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Faculty Agriculture Agricultural Extension Education Faculty Members Smita Dash Baishakhy

Smita Dash Baishakhy

Assistant Professor

International Master of Science in Rural Development (IMRD) from the Ghent University, Belgium and B. Sc. in Agriculture (Hons.) from the Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh.

(Study Leave)

Research interests: Transition in the agri-food system; climate change risks and adaptation behaviour

smita.aext@sau.ac.bd

baishakhy.sd@gmail.com
+8801737844408
Dept. of Agricultural Extension Education

Academic Degrees and Qualification

  • Erasmus Mundus International Master of Science in Rural Development (IMRD) from the Ghent University, Belgium and the Agro Rennes-Angers Institute, France (2021-2023).
  • M.S. in Agricultural Extension Education from the Dept. of Agricultural Extension Education, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet (2016-2017).
  • B. Sc. Agriculture (Hons.) from the Faculty of Agriculture, Sylhet Agricultural University, Stlhet (2012-2016).

Positions and Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet (2020 to present)
  • Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet (2018 - 2020)

Other Academic, Administrative and Scientific Research Involvements

  • Principal Investigator of a project entitled: The Indigenous Flood Coping Strategies and Women’s Participation in Haor Areas of Bangladesh: People’s Way of Adapting Their Living. Duration: July 2020-June, 2021. Funded by The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
  • Co- Project Investigator of a project entitled: Identification of Flood Coping Aman Rice Practices in Gowainghat Upazila of Sylhet District. Duration: July 2018-June, 2019. Funded by The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

Awards and Scholarships

  • Awarded Erasmus Mundus scholarship for the International Master of Science in Rural DEvelopment (IMRD) program (2021-2023).
  • Awarded Chancellor’s Gold Medal-2018 from the Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet.
  • Awarded Prime Minister Gold Medal-2016 from the faculty of Agriculture, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet.
  • Awarded National Science and Technology Fellowship 2017-18 in MS program from the Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet

Professional Memberships

  • Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh.
  • Bangladesh Agricultural Extension Society, BAES.

Attended Conferences and Workshops

  • International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development: Road to SDGs. 23-24 January, 2020.
  • Workshop on Watershed Management Policy and its Implementation Framework. 19th February, 2020.
  • Annual Research Review Workshop - 2020 by Sylhet Agricultural University Research System. 11-12 February, 2020.
  • Seminar on Opportunities and Challenges of Cotton Production in Greater Sylhet Area of Bangladesh. 17th February, 2019.

Training

  • Orientation Workshop for Newly Recruited Lecturers of Sylhet Agricultural University. 23-24 December, 2018.
  • Training on Accounts and Financial Management by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Sylhet Agricultural Unversity. June, 2019.
  • 25th Foundation Training for University Teachers by Graduate Training Institute (GTI), Mymensingh. 1st to 27th March, 2020.

Language

  • Bengali (Mother tongue)
  • English (Fluent in reading, speaking and writing)