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Md. Abdus Salam

GIS Specialist
A highly qualified GIS Specialist; spent 6+ years in Geospatial decision making filed with eminent national and international organizations funding project. Focus being on working with the government and partners in addressing critical Urban and Regional planning issues, designing & coordinating associated projects to drive pragmatic solutions. Can work under pressure, manage team of diverse personnel, hardworking, self-starter.
Nagar Daridra Basteebasider Unnayan Sangstha, Dhaka
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET)
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Professional Background

  • Current status
    Employed
  • Profession
  • Fields
  • Work experience
    6-10 years (4-6 years relevant)
  • Management
  • Skills
    powerpoint
    google analytics
    excel
    word
    GIS applications
    Geospatial Analysis
    Remote Sensing
    Project Management
    Excel
    Python
    R
  • Languages
    Bengali
    Native or Bilingual
    English
    Professional
    Hindi
    Intermediate
    Urdu
    Intermediate
  • Highest level of education
    Bachelor

Job search preferences

  • Desired job type
    Full-time
    Interested in working remotely
  • Desired positions
    GIS Specialist
  • Desired work locations
    Dhaka, Bangladesh
    Rangpur, Bangladesh
  • Freelance
    Non-freelancer

Work Experience

Deputy Team Leader

Nov 2019 - Present
LIUPCP is an UNDP funded project. A component of the project is to build a geographical representation of the Urban Poor Settlements. In this project, I have been working as a GIS Specialist and Deputy Team Leader. My job responsibilities are as follows: • Increased productivity by supervising daily activities and performance of 10 personnel. • Developed requirements for application of GIS solution data, including graphical representations. • Designed standardized protocols for data collection, creating cohesive database input guidelines to streamline intelligence retrieval and exploitation. • Provided technical recommendations and support documentation to aid in GIS process improvement. • Analysing the surveyed data and preparing report with graphical representations

GIS Specialist

Mar 2017 - Oct 2019
2 yrs 8 mos
To solve the problems arises due to the rapid urbanization in Bangladesh LGED has taken "Third Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector)” Project. My activities are focused on- • Preparing and analyzing Survey Map using GIS • Providing GIS, spatial analysis, and spatial database management support • Supervising Survey works, collecting necessary data, compiling analyzing the data and presenting it in an understandable way using GIS. • To collect, compile, and manage spatial data of the Project • Assist the Remote Sensing Specialist to prepare the land cover land use maps

GIS Analyst

Jan 2016 - Mar 2017
1 yr 3 mos
“Preparation of Action Area Plan for Narayanganj City Corporation” Project is taken by the LGED to eradicate the problems of Narayanganj in a planned way and distribute the donor fund in more systematic process. My activities are focused on- • Preparing survey map using GIS, presenting survey data to the councilors of the city corporation and consulting with them about the problems of their respective works. • Making the experts of the pourashava to be able to do data export and import of the GIS data • To collect, compile, and manage spatial data of the Project • Assist the Remote Sensing Specialist to prepare the land cover land use maps • Improving multi-user capabilities of the GIS environment • Developing Geographical data in an open format for use by other systems

GIS Assistant

Aug 2015 - Dec 2015
5 mos
• Working as an Assistant consultant on the project focusing on Social Resource Mobilization for Female empowerment • Database preparation and inventory preparation using SPSS and GIS

GIS Operator

Jun 2014 - Jun 2015
1 yr 1 mo
Digitized and prepared a GIS Database of Physical Features of Dhaka City under Regional Development Planning (RDP) Project, from June 10, 2014 to June 15, 2015.

Education

Engineer’s Degree
Urban and Regional Planning
2010 - 2015
3.3/4 GPA
Activities and societies
Principal, subject/ occupational skill: Project Evaluation and Management; Statistics for Planner; Sociology; Micro and Macro Economics; Environmental and Resource Economics; Rural Development Planning; Regional Development Planning; Urban Planning and Urban Management; Environmental Management and Planning; Natural Hazard and Disaster Management etc.