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Institute of Water and Flood Management - IWFM, BUET The Institute of Flood Control and Drainage Research was established in 1974 and later renamed as the Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM) in 2002.

It pursues research and capacity development in the field of water and flood management.

🚨 *Short Course Announcement* 🚨We are excited to announce the upcoming short course on “Remote Sensing and GIS in Climat...
21/04/2026

🚨 *Short Course Announcement* 🚨

We are excited to announce the upcoming short course on “Remote Sensing and GIS in Climate and Water Management”, offered by the Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET. This program is designed especially for water professionals from diverse organizations.

📅 Date: 09 June – 28 July 2026
🕕 Schedule: Every Sunday & Tuesday, 6:00 – 9:00 PM
đź“Ť Location: RS-GIS Lab, IWFM, BUET

đź’° Course Fee: 15,000 BDT
đź“ť Application Deadline: 30 May 2026

đź“Ś Apply Here: https://forms.gle/FRiBRtL3WVPiQeUw9

The course details and program schedule can be found in the IWFM Website: https://iwfm.buet.ac.bd/site/home_slide/short-course-on-remote-sensing-and-gis-in-climate-and-water-management-2026/

The course flyer has also been attached to the post.

âś… Selected applicants will be contacted via email for registration confirmation, after which they can proceed with the payment to complete their enrollment.
đź’° Registration Payment Deadline: 07 June 2026

For any queries, please contact the course coordinator at [email protected]

Applications are invited for full-time Research Assistant positions under the Research Project: Six-Hour Shield: Comm...
09/03/2026




Applications are invited for full-time Research Assistant positions under the Research Project: Six-Hour Shield: Community-led Now-Casting Warning System for Flash Flood

đź”° The 4th year students of WRE, Civil (who will be graduated soon) are also eligible to apply.

🗓️ Application Deadline: 25 March, 2026

📢 Call for Volunteers – ICWFM 2025! Join us in organizing the 10th International Conference on Water and Flood Managemen...
06/02/2025

📢 Call for Volunteers – ICWFM 2025!

Join us in organizing the 10th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM 2025) and connect with national and global experts in water and climate resilience. Apply now!

Congratulations to Dr A.K.M Saiful Islam for joining as the Director of the Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWF...
09/01/2022

Congratulations to Dr A.K.M Saiful Islam for joining as the Director of the Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET.

Dr. A.K.M. Saiful Islam is a Professor at the Institute of Water and Flood management of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He has received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (1989) from BUET, a Master of Science in Water Resources Engineering (1999) from BUET, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (2004) from Drexel University, USA. His research interests aim at climate change impact on hydrology, water resources management, urban and coastal flood management, remote sensing for disaster risks reduction. His research adopted regional climate modelling, basin-scale hydrological modelling, river hydrodynamic modelling, urban flood modelling, coastal and storm surge modelling, weather forecast modelling, satellite remote sensing for environmental monitoring, hydroinformatics for disaster risks reduction and climate change adaption. He has published over 55 peer-reviewed journal articles, more than 100 conference papers, and contributed to 6 book chapters. Over the past decade, Dr. Islam has led several major international scientific climate change assessments and the reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He contributed to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report and IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C as an Expert Reviewer. He is currently a Lead Author on the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report.

Dr. Islam has given more than 100 invited talks and seminars throughout the world, speaking on diverse topics focusing on climate change impacts on water resources, challenges of weather and flood forecasting, urban drainage management, estimation of riverbank erosion using remote sensing, cyclonic storm surges under sea-level rise, changes in meteorological droughts, environmental impact assessment & mitigation, and climate vulnerability & risks assessment. He is teaching about 10 graduate courses and organized many workshops locally and overseas. He also currently serves as the Coordinator of the Climate Change Study Cell at IWFM, BUET.

Congratulations to Dr Sonia Binte Murshed for joining as an Associate Professor of the Institute of Water and Flood Mana...
09/01/2022

Congratulations to Dr Sonia Binte Murshed for joining as an Associate Professor of the Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET.

She joined the institute on June 30, 2009 as a Lecturer and became an Assistant Professor on October 10, 2012. Her research interest is on Integrated Water Resources Management, Hydro-climatology, Hydro-morphology, and Water Conflict Management. One of her co-authored article titled as "Changes of rainfall extremes around the haor basin areas of Bangladesh using multi-member ensemble RCM" (published on Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Springer) has been cited 55 times since 2014.

IWFM, BUET wishes her all the best for her future journey.

09/01/2022

Bangladesh is predominantly a floodplain country where water is key to socio-economic development and sustainability of the eco-system. Flood, drought, cyclone, river erosion, siltation, and water scarcity in dry season have made water management a challenging task. The gradual degradation of the environment due to human interventions is adding further complexities to water management.

To address these issues, the Institute of Flood Control and Drainage Research was established in 1974 and later renamed as the Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM) in 2002. The Institute pursues research and capacity development in the field of water and flood management that is vital for economic development and social prosperity of the country.

The Institute also provides advisory and consultancy services to government and non-government organizations.

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