My Story

My name is ENGR. ISHTIAQUE AHMED, and I am an ICT & Media Consultant, Creative Designer and Freelancer living in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Now I am working in a multi-disciplinary consultant team of Local Government COVID-19 Response and Recovery Project (LGCRRP) of LGED funded by the Word Bank as MIS Analyst.

I have almost Eleven (11) years’ experience in the field of ICT, MIS, Project Management, and Freelancing. Among them, I was involved for about Ten (10) years in Urban Projects (Municipal Governance & Services Project-MGSP, City Region Development Project-CRDP) and MIS unit of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED).

In those projects and unit, my prime responsibilities were to provide technical support to Municipality through Web-based Application, Mobile Application, ICT & MIS support, Data Security and Management, Data Backup, Network Management, Software and Hardware Troubleshoot, GIS Data Collection & Analysis, Map Preparation, Reporting, Event Management and Municipality capacity building through ICT. Moreover, I was involved in ICT based project management of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) and Municipalities.

My Education

  • Ph.D. in Technology, APU (Continuing)
  • Professional Masters in Environmental Planning, Management and Sustainable Development,DU (Continuing)
  • M.Sc. in Computer Science, JU
  • M.Sc. in GIS for Environment and Development, JU
  • Masters in Governance Studies, DU
  • M.Sc. in Environment and Disaster Management, JnU
  • MBA in Aviation Management, BSMRAAU

Membership Highlights

  • Life Member, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (M/41260)
  • Member, IEEE
  • Life Member, Dhaka University Alumni Association (DUAA)
  • Member, Bangladesh National Geographical Association (BNGA)

Country Visited

  • Singapore
  • Thailand
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Malaysia
  • China