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Academic Chronology

Farhad Tasneem graduated in Water Resources Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in September 2015. In 2021, she was awarded German Academic Exchange Service- DAAD scholarship and completed MSc in Hydro Science & Engineering (HSE) from Technical University Dresden, Germany in 2023.

Professional Track Record

Mrs. Tasneem started her professional career at the Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) in November 2016 and is presently serving as a Junior Specialist in the Water Supply, Sanitation, and Urban Water Management (WSU) Division. 

Since joining at IWM, Tasneem has been working in the field of Urban Water Management and has been involved in several Urban Water Supply & Sewerage Projects and developed her skills in Water Supply System Planning, Design, Supervision and preparation of Water & Sanitation Master Planning.

She has good knowledge of Hydraulic and Hydrodynamic Modelling as well as GIS Mapping in EPA SWMM, Bently Water GEMS, MIKE+, BASEMENT, HECRAS, QGIS and ArcGIS. She has also gained experience in Google Earth Engine Imagery analysis, Statistical and Climate Change Analysis tools such as RStudio and Panoply & LARS-WG.

Training/Membership/Workshop/Seminar/Publication etc.

Training:

• Training on Advanced Geographic Information System (GIS), IWM, July 2025.
• Training and Experiential Learning on Fecal Sludge Management in Cities: An Element of
  City Wide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS), ITN-BUET, May 2025.
• Training on City Wide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS), IWM, April 2025.
• Training on Basics of Civil 3D, IWM, April 2025.
• Training on Groundwater Modelling, IWM, February 2025.
• Training on Bangladesh Flood Variability and Predictability, IWM, February 2025.
• Online Training Course on Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience by United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR) with support from European Union, in collaboration with SDG Academy and EdX Platform, January 2025.
• Training on Climate-Resilient Sanitation Safety Planning, BUET-ITN, December 2024.
• Training Program on Environmental & Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Environmental Modelling, IWM, August 2024.
• Online Training Course on Understanding Climate Change Basics by IHE Delft Open courseware platform, August 2024.
• Comprehensive DHI Training Package including eight modelling courses covering Urban Drainage, Water Distribution Networks, Urban Integrated Flooding, Seawater Intrusion, Sediment Transport & Morphology in Rivers, Water Quality, Morphology on Coastlines, Advanced 3D HD, March- June 2021, Conducted Online from Denmark by The Academy, DHI.
• Training on Computational Hydraulics, River Hydraulics, Hydraulic Structures, Hydrology, Stochastic Hydrology and Coastal Engineering, by BUET, December 2020 to February 2021, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Training on “Basic Arc-GIS” by IWM, March 2018.

Major Project Assignment:

• Updating the Sewerage Master Plan for Dhaka City (Client: DWASA) funded by UNICEF.
• Updating the Water Supply Master Plan for Dhaka City (Client: DWASA)
• Dhaka Water Supply Network Improvement Project (DWSNIP); Training, Data Preparation and Mapping, Preparation of Survey Report, Modelling and Detailed Design under Contract Package 02.10 of DWSNIP funded by ADB
• Dhaka Water Supply Network Improvement Project (DWSNIP); Training, GIS Data Preparation & Mapping, Prepare Survey Report, Modelling & Detailed Design for the Contract Package ICB 02.9 of DWSNIP) funded by ADB
• Consulting Services for Technical Assistance (TA) for Detailed Design, Development of Service Option & Modality and Preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Water Supply Scheme to Implementation in Thirty Towns of Bangladesh (Client: DPHE) funded by World Bank.
• Feasibility study for water distribution system development in extended 16 (sixteen) union of Dhaka North City Corporation and Dhaka South City Corporation under Interim Water Supply Project (Client: DWASA)
• Designing and Implementation of Water Supply Network considering DMA concept at Uttara Model Town (3rd phase), Uttara, Dhaka (Client: DWASA).
• Contract Package of ICB 02.7 of Dhaka Environmentally Sustainable Water Supply Project (DESWSP), Training and Supervision of Survey Works, Distribution Network Modelling, Design & Detail Design Work, as Consultant of RFL Plastic Ltd. funded by ADB