Shaikh Mohammad Bokhtiar
SAARC Agriculture Centre, Bangladesh
Biography
S M Bokhtiar was born in Chapai Nawabganj district, Bangladesh on 1 January, 1963. He graduated and achieved B.Sc. Ag (Hons.) from Bangladesh Agricultural
University (BAU), Mymensingh in 1985. MS in soil science from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mojibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Bangladesh and Ph.D
degree from the United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Ehime University, Japan in 1999 and 2006, respectively. Dr. Bokhtiar worked as post doctoral
research fellow at Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangxi, China for two years and studied on silicon nutrition of sugarcane crop. He started his carrier
as a Scientific Officer in Farming Systems Research and Development Project (FSR & D) at Bangladesh Sugarcane Research Institute (BSRI), Bangladesh in
1989. During his service period at BSRI, Dr. Bokhtiar was promoted as a Senior Scientific Officer and also performed as a heads of division of Soils & Nutrition
Division, BSRI till December 2010. Dr. Bokhtiar was appointed as a Principal Scientific Officer at Soils Unit of Natural Resources Management Division of
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC), Bangladesh in 10 January 2011 and assigned for programme planning, execution, evaluation and monitoring of
soils programme of National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) in Bangladesh. Currently Dr. Bokhtiar serving as a Director, SAARC Agriculture Center (SAC),
Dhaka, Bangladesh and involved in policy planning, formulation and implementation of the activities in the SAARC member states assigned by SAARC Secretariat
Katmandu Nepal. Dr. Bokhtiar has 60 research papers in his credit with total citations of 253 and author of two books. Dr. Bokhtiar attended several international
seminars and training programme in home and abroad. Dr. Bokhtiar visited several countries like Japan, Thailand, China, Egypt, Philippine, Malaysia, Mongolia,
South Korea, Pakistan, New Zealand and India. Dr. Bokhtiar is actively associated with the International Association of Professionals in Sugar and Integrated
Technologist (IAPSIT) based in Nanning, China since the very beginning of its formation in 2004. Dr. Bokhtiar also served as a Member-Secretary of Exchange and Cooperation Consortium for Agricultural Science and Technology, China- South Asia (ECCAST-CSA) Bangladesh part.
Abstract
Abstract : Reliability and policy framing for fisheries statistics in saarc region