M. Shahjahan Kabir

Dr Md Shahjahan Kabir a distinguished Agricultural Scientist of the country, joined Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) on Thursday (31 August 2017) as its Director General. Prior to the new position Dr Kabir has been the Director (Administration and Common Service) of the Institute. He began his career as a Scientific Officer in Agricultural Statistics Division of the Institute in 1994 and devotedly performing his duties at different positions over the last 29 years. He obtained his BSc (Hons) degree in 1987 and MSc degree in 1988 from the Rajshahi University. He devoted his whole career as a rice scientist. He undertook his PhD research on ‘Geo-Statistical Modelling’. Dr. Kabir is the senior most scientist in National Agricultural Research System (NARS) of the country and a pioneer in geo-statistical modelling. His research interests include stochastic modelling, statistical dynamics for rice, climate change, GIS and remote sensing and rice policy. He has written over 106 Publications (journals and books) in national and international scientific domains. Dr Kabir was born in 1966 in Digla village of the Netrakona district. He has visited many countries including Philippines, Japan, India, Thailand, Nepal, Bhutan, Australia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, ‍Singapore, USA, Canada, Germany, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium , United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Italy in relation to his research works. He is blessed with two sons.