MD SUMAN MIAH

Environmental Specialist, Hydrogeologist, and Evaluation Practitioner

Ministry of Land

Biography

As an Environmental Specialist with a passion for sustainability, I bring over 14 years of experience working at the intersection of climate change, water resources, and community resilience in South Asia. With a foundation in hydrogeology and strong skills in data analytics, M&E, and GIS, I thrive on turning complex environmental data into actionable insights that help drive positive change. I’ve been fortunate to collaborate with diverse teams in government and NGOs like DASCOH, SRC, Water Relief, and Bangladesh’s Ministry of Land, contributing to projects that build climate-adaptive solutions and protect vulnerable communities. I’m eager to connect with like-minded professionals and continue growing my impact in the sustainable development space.

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Interests

Environment, Climate Change
Hydrogeology, Water Management
GIS, Remote Sensing, Mapping
Monitoring & Evaluation, MEAL, MEL
Data Science

Education

Master of Science in Environmental Science, 2024
Jahangirnagar University
MSc. in Geology and Mining (Water & Environmental Management), 2012
University of Rajshahi
BSc. in Geology and Mining (Remote Sensing and GIS, Mapping, Geophysics, Hydrology & so on), 2011
University of Rajshahi
Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in ICT (PGDICT), 2023
BKIICT, Dhaka
Graduated IPDET Core Course on Evaluation (World Bank Funded Scholarship), 2024
University of Bern, Switzerland
Multilevel Water Governance (Dutch OKP Scholarship), 2019
The Hague Academy for Local Governance, The Hague, Netherlands
International Water Law and the Law of Transboundary Aquifers (SDC Scholarship), 2019
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Faecal Sludge and Water Management in Rural Areas, 2021
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, India
Geographic Information System (GIS), 2015
RUET
Surveying, 2022
Dhaka Polytechnic Institute, BTEB

Skills

Web Application

5+ years of experience in web application development with strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, PHP, and MySQL.

Python

5+ years of experience using Python

ArcGIS, Pro

8+ years of experience using ArcGIS

Data Science

8+ years of experience of Data Solution, Analysis

Survey

7 years of experience of conducting data acquisition, surveying through KoBo Toolbox/ODK and relevant technologies

Database

7 years of experience of using SQL & advance-excel

Experience

Environmental Specialist

Ministry of Land

Dec 2024 – Present Dhaka

Responsibilities include:

GIS and Remote sensing, Geospatial analysis
Environmental Policy
EIA, EA, EMP, SIA, SEA, ESIA, M&E

Consultant

Ministry of Land

Apr 2021 – Nov 2024 Dhaka

Responsibilities include:

GIS and Remote sensing, Geospatial analysis
Geodatabase, Land Use Information and Management Systems
Conduct surveys, Data Analysis, Impact Assessment
Monitoring and Evaluation

Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

DASCOH Foundation

Jun 2015 – Apr 2021 Rajshahi

Responsibilities include:

Conduct surveys using KoBo, ODK
Monitoring and Evaluation
Water policy, legal instruments
Groundwater Monitoring, Hydrological investigation, analysis & Report
GIS and Remote sensing

Publications

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MD SUMAN MIAH (2025). Wally and Deanna's Groundwater Adventure (Bengali). In GWP.

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MD SUMAN MIAH, Et. El (2024). Role of artificial intelligence (AI) in civil engineering to minimize environment pollution. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews.

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MD SUMAN MIAH (2020). MAR Model with IWRM Approach in Barind Tract- An Adaptation Tool for Alleviating Water Scarcity in Thirsty Hard-to-Reach Area in NW Bangladesh. In ICBEN-4.

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MD SUMAN MIAH, Anwara Begum (2020). Documentary: Water and Women. DASCOH Foundation.

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MD SUMAN MIAH (2020). Integrated Water Resources Management Tool. DASCOH Foundation.

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MD SUMAN MIAH, Israt Zahan (2020). Economic Valuation of Small Scale Water Management Intervention in Barind Area, Bangladesh. AIJR,1(1).

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Razzaqul Islam, Chowdhury S. Jahan, Quamrul H. Mazumder, MD SUMAN MIAH, Ferozur Rahaman (2019). Water Footprint and Governance Assessment for Sustainable Water Resource Management in Drought-Prone Barind Area, NW Bangladesh. Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 1(371–373).

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MD SUMAN MIAH (2018). Mouza Map Book. DASCOH Foundation.

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MD SUMAN MIAH (2016). Rainwater Harvesting to Alleviate Water Scarcity in Drought-prone Barind Tract, NW,Bangladesh: A Case Study.. 1st International Conference on Botanical Pesticide and Environmental Sustainability, IES, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

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MD SUMAN MIAH (2016). Field Data Collection Manual using KoBo Toolbox. DASCOH.

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MD SUMAN MIAH (2011). Study of Groundwater Potentiality in the Rajshahi University Campus using Geoelectric Resistivity Survey. University of Rajshahi.

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Accomplishments

Training & Short Courses I’ve accomplished

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Talked on Loggers and Continuous GW Monitoring

DASCOH implemented a continuous groundwater monitoring program to help impoverished communities improve water security, sanitation and health.

2020-21-10 1:00 PM Online

Talked on Loggers and Continuous GW Monitoring

Projects

DataLens Pro — Excel & CSV Analyzer

A Chrome Extension that instantly analyzes, visualizes, and exports Excel and CSV data right inside your browser — with charts, pivot tables, and PDF reports. 100% private, no upload. Perfect for analysts, researchers, students, and professionals.

Zone Processor

18 Zoning Process

eProcure CV Auto-Fill

A Chrome Extension that auto-fills Form 3B (Curriculum Vitae) on Bangladesh’s e-GP tender portal (eprocure.gov.bd) in one click — saving consultants hours of repetitive data entry on every tender submission.

ExamGist - AI Study Summarizer

A Chrome Extension that summarizes and extracts key points from any website, especially Bangla and English newspapers, for competitive exam preparation (BCS, Bank Job, Admission, NTRCA).

LR Prompt Builder

A mobile and desktop-friendly offline tool for quickly generating structured prompts for studies. Input the location and data, and instantly get a fully formatted prompt ready to paste into any GenAI platform.

Vat Tax Calculator

A real-time VAT and Tax Calculator that helps businesses and individuals instantly compute VAT, tax, and net bill amounts using customizable rates. It supports both VAT Tax Adding and VAT Tax Deducting methods, making invoicing and tax compliance fast and effortless.

Recent Posts

SQL Queries

SQL Statements

2024-18-02 3 min read SQL

Best practice and lessons learned

Leading evaluation thinker Michael Quinn Patton has strong opinions on the terms ‘best practice’ and ’lessons learned’. In an article from 2001, he argued:

In the endlessly hyped knowledge age of the new millennium, evaluators are being asked to generate lessons learned and best practices … The demand for knowledge acquisition, which demonstrates membership in the elite ranks of learning organizations, has crescendoed into an organizational development and program evaluation mania. But just what is popularly meant by a best by a best practice*? What does it mean to* learn a lesson*? And what’s evaluation’s role in all this?*

2023-06-06 2 min read M&E

Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results-Based Management

This Glossary provides conceptual clarity on common terms used in results based management, monitoring and evaluation. This 2nd Edition includes new terms, as well as updates and improvements to the original Glossary published in 2002. It is intended to support thoughtful approaches to resultsbased management, monitoring and evaluation, which in turn support better progress on sustainable development through learning and accountability. Members of the OECD DAC Network on Development Evaluation and the OECD/DAC Results Community of Practice developed the Glossary, under the guidance of the OECD Secretariat. The text has benefited from consultation with many experts and partners in the broader evaluation and results communities, and input from other DAC subsidiary bodies. Note: This English-only prepublication version provides the full English text for reference. It will be replaced by the formal trilingual publication following translation and formatting.

2023-04-06 32 min read

AI Prompt Engineering

1. Start with an instruction

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2. Add some examples

It’s helpful to both show and tell the model what you want. Adding examples to your prompt can help communicate patterns or nuances. Try submitting this prompt which includes a couple examples.

2023-10-05 1 min read AI