Mustafa Bakuluzzaman (Bakul) has 15 years’ experience in social research, project coordination, fund raising and grant management in: community & policy development; climate change; disaster risk reduction; management information systems; ecosystem base management; and training, liaison and partnership management.

Mustafa will coordinate Shushilan team activities, assist with the coordination of the wider Bangladesh team, design and oversee the Participatory Rural Appraisals (PRA) process, conduct training in ethics, social & human research, contribute to desktop studies, and provide input into the conceptual framework and design of semi-structured interviews.

 

Mr Mahanambrota Das (Mahanam) has 15 years’ experience as a social researcher and development practitioner, with expertise in PRA tools, community risk assessment, livelihoods, gender and best practice documentation.  Mahanam’s main focus is in sustainable livelihoods.

Mahanam will assist with the coordination of the Shushilan and Bangladeshi teams, and contribute to household typologies and livelihood systems, the design and conduct of the PRA process, the conceptualisation of socio-ecological systems, and applications of value chains and integrated modelling.  Mahanam will also assist in the development of best practice guidelines and policy analysis.

 

Mr Sambhu Singha is experienced in qualitative and quantitative research tools with PRA.  He has expertise in data collection and data analysis.

Sambhu will assist to practice Ethical Community Engagement (ECE), form and institutionalization of Water Users Group, engagement of farmers (small, marginal and women-headed households) for community-based water management, agriculture intensification and market linkage development. Sambhu will assist the team for data collection, writing field notes and narratives.

 

Sumana Sarah Bhuiyan is experienced in qualitative and quantitative research tools with PRA.  He has expertise in data collection and data analysis.

Sumana will assist to practice Ethical Community Engagement (ECE), form and institutionalization of Water Users Group, engagement of farmers (small, marginal and women-headed households) for community-based water management, agriculture intensification and market linkage development.  Sumana will assist the team for data collection, writing field notes and narratives.