Faculty Profile

Md Bahuddin Sikder

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Geography and Environment, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801714432134
  • Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Biography

A Human being, and a Teacher...

Education

  • Secondary School Certificate (SSC); Field of Study: Humanities, Institution: Chitka Mohsin High School, Patuakhali, Bangladesh
  • Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC); Field of Study: Humanities, Institution: Notre Dame College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Department: Geography and Environment, University: University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
  • Masters of Science (M.S.), Department: Geography and Environment, University: University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
  • Summer Semester’ 2023: (as an exchange student within the framework of the Erasmus+, International Credit Mobility, Key Action 1) Department: Department of Geoinformatics–Z_GIS University: University of Salzburg-5020, Salzburg, Austria

Research Interests

  • Human Geography; Rural Geography and Planning; Cultural Geography; Population and Settlement Geography; Migration, Displacement, Mobility and Adaptation strategies,
  • Climate change Issues; Climate change issues, Impacts and adaptation techniques to contemporary consequences; Hazard studies and Disaster Management,
  • GIS and Remote Sensing,
  • SIA; Social Impact Assessments and Management,

Active Research Project

  • 1. Analyzing the Impact of Climate Change on Internally Displaced Persons in the Central Coast of Bangladesh. Co-Investigator. Supplementary Funded by University Research Center, SUST, Bangladesh, Research Grant 2024-25. (Principal Investigator: Md. Nazmul Kabir, Assistant Professor, Dept. of GEE, SUST)
  • 2. Investigating The Relationship Between Climate Change and Involuntary Population Displacement in the South-Central Coastal Region OF Bangladesh.

Previous Research Project

  • 1. “A Study on Comprehensive Earthquake Awareness and Preparedness in Sylhet City Corporation: The case of word no.1”, Sylhet. Funded BDT. 90,000/- by SUST Research Centre, Research Grant 2016-17, As a Principal Investigator.
  • 2. “Migration pattern and adaptation techniques to natural hazards outside the coastal embankment of Bangladesh, the case of barguna sadar upazila, barguna district.” Bangladesh; Funded by BDT. 1,81,350/- SUST Research Centre, Research Grant 2018-19. As a Principal Investigator.
  • 3. “A Comparative Study on Coastal Morphodynamics in the Near shore of Bangladesh: The Case on Cox’s Bazar and Kuakata Beaches”. Funded BDT. 1,92,000/- by SUST Research Centre, 2019-20. As a Principal Investigator.
  • 4. “Measurement of Ecological Footprint Account and Biocapacity to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals: A Study at the Haor Basin of Northeastern Region of Bangladesh”, Funded by, Projects under Grants for Advanced Research in Education (2019-20), Ministry of Education (MoE), Bangladesh (PCN No. SD20191046). As a Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator: Dr. Gokul Chandra Biswash, Professor, Dept. of GEB, SUST)
  • 5. “Study on Tropical Cyclones: pattern, Vulnerability level and Mitigation Capacity of the people of Southwest Coast of Bangladesh”, Funded by SUST Research Centre, Research Grant 2020-21. As a Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator: Md. Nazmul Kabir, Assistant Professor, Dept. of GEE, SUST)
  • 6. “Climate Emergency and Migration: Nature and Consequences in Barguna District of Bangladesh.” Funded BDT. 3,30,000/- by SUST Research Centre, Research Grant 2021-22. As a Principal Investigator.

External Affiliations

  • Student Advisor (2018-2021): Department of Geography and Environment (GEE), Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh.
  • Life member: Bangladesh Geographical Society- BGS
  • Life member: Bangladesh National Geographical Association- BNGA
  • Life member: Dhaka University Alumni Association

Journal Publications

  • 1. Kabir, M. N., Sikder, M. B., Hasan, M. M., & Mostan, N., (2025) “An Analysis of Seismic Risk for the Building Stocks in the Sylhet City Corporation, Sylhet, Bangladesh: A Case Study on Ward No. 1”, SUST Journal of Science and Technology (SUST JST), 33(1) (2025)
  • 2. Chowdhury, P., Sikder, M.B., Sarkar, Khandaker, A. (2025), Sedimentation Yield Assessment in Bangladesh: A Model Study on Surma-Meghna River System. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing (Springer), Vol 53, 1197–1214 (2025)
  • 3. Mazumder, A., Sarkar, A., Sikder, M.B., Tabassum, A., Islam, S. T., & Barua, E., (2024), Impact of Land Conversion on Land Surface Temperature Over the Coastal Area: A Spatiotemporal Study of Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh. Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis Vol 8, (35) (2024)
  • 4. Chowdhury, P., Sikder, M.B., (2024), Shoreline dynamics in the reserved region of meghna estuary and its impact on lulc and socio economic conditions: a case study from nijhum dwip, Bangladesh. Journal of Coastal Conservation (Springer), Vol 28 (01), (2024)
  • 5. Haque, M.M., Islam. S., Sikder, M.B., Islam, M.S. and Tabassum, A., (2023), Assessment of flood vulnerability in Jamuna floodplain: a case study in Jamalpur district, Bangladesh. Natural Hazards (Springer), Vol 116, 341-363 (2023)
  • 6. Haque, M. M., Islam. S., Sikder, M.B., & Islam, M.S., (2022), Community flood resilience assessment in Jamuna floodplain: A case study in Jamalpur District Bangladesh. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier), Vol 72, 102861 (2022)
  • 7. Sikder, M. B., Chowdhury, P., Akter, S. A., Kabir, M. N., & Rawfu, R. N., (2021). Geomorphic Characteristics of Coastal Beach using Geospatial Techniques: a Case Study of Kuakata Beaches, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Maritime Journal (BMJ), Vol 5, Issue 02, ISSN: 2519-5972 (Print), 2520-1840 (Online), Pp 225-240 (2021)
  • 8. Hasan, M.M., Sikder, M.B., Gupta, S., Haque, M.I., Kabir, M.N, Sujan, M.M., Islam, S.T., & Howladar, M.F., (2021), An analysis of the morphological changes of surma river in sylhet district using multitemporal remote sensing images. American Journal of Agricultural Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 5(2), 452-469 (2021)
  • 9. Mazumder, A., Sikder, M.B., Islam, M.S., Haque, M.M., & Talukder, S.H., (2021), Lightning in Northeast Bangladesh: Relation with climatic variables, consequences and adaptation. Journal of Tropical Resources and Sustainable Science. Vol. 9 (02), 103-111 (2021)
  • 10. Islam, M.S., Hossain, M.Z. & Sikder, M.B., (2019), Farmers’ adaptation strategies to drought and their determinants in Barind Tract, Bangladesh. SAARC Journal of Agriculture, Vol. 17(1), 161-174, (2019)
  • 11. Islam, M.S., Hossain, M.Z. & Sikder, M.B. (2019), Drought adaptation measures and their effectiveness at Barind Tract in northwest Bangladesh: a perception study. Natural Hazards (Springer), Vol. 97(3), 1253-1276 (2019)
  • 12. Sikder, M.B., M.N. Kabir & Islam. S., (2019), Spatio - Temporal Change Detection of Shoreline outside of the Coastal Embankment of Bangladesh: The Case Study on Barguna Sadar Upazila, Barguna District. SUST Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 29(2), 24-36 (2019)
  • 13. Islam, M. S. & Sikder, M. B., (2017), Detection of Trend in Hydrologic Variables Using Non-Parametric Test: A Study on Surma River in Northeastern Bangladesh. Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 09 (3), 277-287. (2017)
  • 14. Islam, M.S., and Sikder, M. B., (2016). Hydrological Characteristics Analysis of Surma River in Northeastern Bangladesh: A Quantitative Approach. Daffodil International University Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 11(2), 39 – 47 (2016)

Book/ Book Chapter

  • 1. Kabir, M.N., Sikder, M.B., Anowarul Islam, M., Mostan, N. (2025). Assessing Risk of Landfall Tropical Cyclone on the Southwestern Coast of Bangladesh—A Geospatial Analysis. In: Rahman, M.R., Rahman, A., Saha, S.K. (eds) Advanced GIScience in Hydro-Geological Hazards. GIScience and Geo-environmental Modelling. Springer, Cham. Pp 167-192
  • 2. Sikder, M.B., Baqee, A.H.M.A., Begum, S., & Kabir, M.N. (2021). Migration Patterns and Adaptation Strategies to Natural Hazards Outside the Coastal Embankment of Bangladesh. In: Bangladesh II: Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation in Developing Countries. Springer Climate. Springer, Cham. Pp 283-318

Teaching

  • Courses on Human Geography, Climate Change and GIS & RS

Graduate Supervision

  • 1. (Both Bachelor Project (6.5 Credits) Supervision and MS Thesis (12 Credits) Co-supervision (Selected):  Piash Chowdhury, (2018)  Arnab Mojumder, Registration no. 2017125033 (2017),  Md. Monjurul Haque, Registration no. 2016125010 (2016)  Md. Nazmul Kabir, Registration no. 2015125001 (2015)  Jannatun Nayem, Registration. no. 2014125014 (2014)  Md. Saiful Islam, Registration. no. 2014125005 (2014)