FIELD OF INTEREST/ TEACHING INTEREST:
Sustainable housing and urban development, open spaces with disaster management strategies, pedestrian and bicycle-oriented spaces.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
- Masters of Arts in Urban Management and Development (Specialization in Housing) from Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) at the Netherlands and Housing Development and Management (HDM) of Lund University at Sweden in 2006.
- Bachelor of Architecture (B. ARCH) from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) in 2003.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Experience in International Teaching, Training & Research
- Department of City and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey as Academic Staff from 31 August 2009 to 31 October 2009.
Experience in Teaching
- Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) from November 2017 to date.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) from October 2007 to October 2017).
- Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) from April 2003 to September 2007).
OTHER ACADEMIC INVOLVEMENTS:
- Coordinator, TO&E for the Department of Architecture, in MIST.
- Member, Advisory Committee for the Department of Architecture, in MIST.
- Member, Seminar Organization Committee for the seminar titled “Building Material: Innovation and Influence on Architecture”, 2018 in MIST.
- Coordinator, Publication & Graphics Committee & Design Charrette Committee of Architecture Festival 2018.
- M. Arch. thesis supervision at AUST,
- Member, Board of Post Graduate Studies (BPGS), AUST.
- Member, Seminar Organization Committee for the “International Seminar on Rethinking architectural education and practice in the 21st Century: Responding to Environmental, Humanitarian, Resilience and Social issues”, 2015, AUST.
- Coordinator, the Exhibition Committee and Graphics Committee for the “Architecture Day AUST, 2015” and “International Seminar on Rethinking architectural education and practice in the 21st Century: Responding to Environmental, Humanitarian, Resilience and Social issues”, 2015, AUST.
- Member, Archive Committee of Department of Architecture, in AUST.
- Member, Central Website Development Committee of AUST.
- Member, Publication Committee for 2nd, 3rd and 7th Convocation of AUST, held in 2004, 2008 and 2014.
- Member, Presentation Committee with the responsibility of preparing a multimedia presentation that represent the School of Architecture in Bangladesh focusing the Department of Architecture, AUST for the international seminar held in Pakistan, April 2004.
- Member, Presentation Committee with the responsibility of preparing a multimedia presentation that represent the Department of Architecture, AUST in ARCASIA FORUM-12 held on 7-12 December 2003 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Member, Heritage Cell, Department of Architecture, AUST, 2007. Responsibility includes maintaining liaison with the Heritage Cell, IAB and Department of Archaeology, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, for preparing an action plan for documentation and conservation of Panam Nagar, Sonargaon.
Experience in Profession:
- Consultant Architect & Urban Manager, Data Experts (Pvt.) Ltd., Dhaka, from October 2006 to date)
- Senior Consultant Architect, INGRID Architects, Dhaka, from June 2003 to date.)
- Associate Architect, Taniya Karim & N.R. Khan Associates, Dhaka, from April 2003 to May 2003.
- Associate Architect, Tarique Hasan & Associates Ltd., Dhaka, from January 2003 to March 2003.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Journal Publications:
- SAHA, D. & BISWAS, S. (2018) Dhaka in the Perspective of Urban Development Paradigm. MIST Journal of Science and Technology, Military Institute of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Vol 6, Issue 1. [accepted, in press].
- SAHA, D. (2017) A Review of Housing Cooperative: Evolution and Operating Framework. Bangladesh Planning Research Conference (BPRC, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, 5-6 February 2016. [accepted, in press].
- KHAN, S. I., ISLAM, S. M. & SAHA, D. (2015) Spatial Planning: A prerequisite for Sustainable Development of Bangladesh in Journal of Bangladesh Studies, Vol 17, Issue 1, Page 8-24.
Conference Proceedings:
- Taufique, K. Z. H., SAHA, D & BISWAS, S. (2009) In Search for a new urban design research methodology suitable for Dhaka, a peripheral megacity, Conference on Urban Design Research: Method and Application, School of Architecture, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK, December 3-4.
- BISWAS, S. & SAHA, D. (2009) Life Cycle Assessment for Sustainable Development, ICETESE 2009: International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Environmental Science and Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, A.M.U. Aligarh, India, October 26-28.
Conference Paper Presented:
- BISWAS, S. & SAHA, D. (2016) Open Space for Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Planning. Bangladesh Planning Research Conference (BPRC, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, 5-6 February 2016.
- SAHA, D. (2010) Shankhari Bazaar: The Living Fossil of the Urban Culture in Old Dhaka. International Conference on Social Street, The 7th Urban and Landscape Days, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, April 2224, 2010.
SCHOLASTIC AWARDS:
- Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window of EU for conducting teaching, training and research at Erasmus Partner University of the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
- Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP) scholarship for conducting master course jointly held in IHS-Erasmus University Rotterdam and Lund University at Sweden.
- BUET merit Scholarships.
- Dhaka Board Junior School Scholarship in class eight.
- Dhaka Board Primary School Scholarship in class five.
- Upazila scholarship at Narayanganj, in class five.
SELECTED SEMINAR, CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP:
- Presented the “Action Plan for Faridpur Municipality” as exercised in the Design Studio VII, Department of Architecture, MIST at the Workshop for Faridpur Upazilla Development Plan at Urban Development Directorate (UDD) at 24 July 2018.
- Conducted as instructor for 5-day Workshop on “Advanced MS Word 2016 for Writing of Academic and Research Paper”, held on 8-16 May 2017 at Urban Development Directorate (UDD).
- Presented the “Knowledge taping between government and academia: Interfacing between architecture and planning through urban design studio” along with Ar. Dr. K.Z.H. Taufique in the ‘International Seminar on Rethinking architectural education and practice in the 21st Century: Responding to Environmental, Humanitarian, Resilience and Social issues’, held on 24 November, 2015, Department of Architecture, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Conducted and participated in the seminar titled, “Resources – benefit or curse?”, organized by STUBE SACHSEN, in Freiberg, 4-6 May 2012.
- Conducted and participated in the seminar titled, “Jugend und Bildung”, organized by STUBE SACHSEN, in Leipzig, 7-9 April 2012.
- Participated in the International Conference of ‘Future City – Future Bauhaus’ held on 4-6 November 2009 in Weimar, Germany.
- Participated in the International Seminar of ‘Architecture & Overcoming Constrains’ held on 11-13 June 2003 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) organized the International seminar.
- Participated in the workshop of ARCASIA FORUM-12 held on 12 December 2003 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB) organized ARCASIA FORUM-12.
