Professional Qualification:

1999-2001:

M.Sc in Geographic Information Management with specialization in "Rural Development and Resource Management" from International Institute For Aerospace Survey & Earth Sciences (ITC) Enschede, The Netherlands

Core Subjects/Terms undertaken at ITC, The Netherlands:

• Principals of Geographic Information Systems (G I S)
• Principals of Remote sensing (RS)
• Advance Remote Sensing (RS), and Digital Image Processing and GIS application in NRM
• GIS and RS based Information system analysis, designing, documentation and implementation
• Spatial Data acquisition, Modeling, Analysis and Management
• GIS Application Development with ArcView/Avenue
• Application of Rural Information Systems
• Aerial Photography and interpretation
• Land Ecology and Evaluation
• Natural Resource Management and land allocation modeling
• Multi objective decision making and its application in planing

Research Work/Thesis:

Designing of an information system for deforestation monitoring with accuracy management using Remote Sensing and GIS (A case study of Makwanpur district in Nepal)

1984-86

B.Sc. Forestry from Pakistan Forest Institute (PFI) Peshawar University, N.W.F.P Pakistan in October 1986.

Additional Qualification:

Certificate/Short Courses:

• Geographic Information systems organized by PFI and ICIMOD Nepal at Peshawar
• Application of Satellite Remote Sensing & GIs for resource and environmental management organized by SUPARCO at Islamabad
• Web page designing at Concordia Institute Enschede The Netherlands
• National workshop on Indigenous technologies and knowledge for watershed management organized by Local government and FAO United Nation at Islamabad
• Rural Development in Hilly areas organized by Pakistan Academy For Rural development Peshawar
• Community forestry extension organized by Regional Forestry Training Center (RECOFTC) AND University of Reading U.K at Bangkok Thailand
• Communication Techniques organized by Social Forestry Project Malakand/Dir
• Forestry Extension organized by PFI and IGPRA Forestry extension NWFP
• Managing Change Managing Forest organized by Greenwich University and NWFP Forestry Sector Project at Peshawar
• National Cadet Crop in Govt: College Timargara by Timargara Battalion Pakistan

Computer Literacy:

• Window 98,Office 2000 and related packages
• GIS and Remote Sensing software like, ERDAS Imagine 8.5, ArcView 3.1&3.2, ArcInfo3.5.2 and ILWIS 3.0
• Microsoft Access
• Dreamweaver (A web site development software)
• GAMS (General Algebraic Modeling System)
• SDW (System Development Work bench)
• Other Desktop applications like Acrobat, WinZip, Photo Shop etc.

Additional Skills Acquired:

• Social mobilization and community organization
• Participatory forest management and development
• Concept development skills
• Working independently
• Analytical skills
• Negotiations
• Oral and written communication
• Initiatives

Professional Experience:

November 2001 to date:

Northern Area Development Project (NADP) an IFAD, UNDP & GOP Funded Project, focused on to alleviate poverty through participatory development, efficient use of land and water resources on optimal sustainable basis and equal participation of gender in planning & development

Position:

Employer:

Major Responsibilities:

• Designing and developing of NADP web site (http://www.nadpchilas.org.pk), web site registration, hosting and quarterly updating
• Identification of Hardware & software and budgeting for the establishment of NADP GIS laboratory
• Conceptual, logical and physical designing of NADP GIS data base
• Geo-referencing and preparing mosaic from the scanned GT sheets for the core project areas
• Satellite Image correction, merging and geo-referencing
• Preparing land cover maps by visual image interpretation as well as supervised classification
• Onscreen digitizing of various features likes roads, rivers, social facilities, COs location from satellite images and scanned GT sheets for spatial analysis
• Use of Global Positioning System (GPS) for measurement, ground truthing of data
• Preparing Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and Digital Terrain model (DTM)
• Integrating GIS and Remote Sensing in Participatory Planning, Monitoring and Management as well as Conservation.
• Land cover change analysis and preparing land cover change maps especially for vegetation
• Land suitability analysis for various developmental interventions
• Planning, organizing and conducting national and local level workshops, seminars and conferences
• Developing training modules for field staff and Imparting training to field staff regarding the use of GPS and GIS products in the Forestry Sector
• Making of yearly plan of operation for NADP GIS
• Participating as resource person in training's organized for field staff regarding the use GIS, GPS and RS data for planning and monitoring of developmental activities
• Developing an MIS for the project and linking it with GIS

December 1997 October 2001:

Forestry Sector Project an Asian Development Bank & Dutch Funded Project, focused on to improve the mountainous environment of NWFP with the active participation of local Communities in the design, planning and execution of Natural Resource management related activities

Position:

Employer:

Major Responsibilities:

• Conceptual, logical and physical designing of Forest GIS data base
• Geo-referencing and preparing mosaic from the scanned GT sheets for the project areas
• Satellite Image correction, merging and geo-referencing
• Preparing land cover maps by visual image interpretation as well as supervised classification
• Onscreen digitizing of various features likes roads, rivers and settlements from the satellite images to update the maps for the project areas
• Preparing Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and Digital Terrain model (DTM)
• Integrating GIS and Remote Sensing in Participatory Natural Resource Planning, Monitoring and Management as well as Conservation.
• Land cover change analysis and preparing land cover change maps especially for vegetation
• Land suitability analysis for NRM interventions
• Developing training modules for field staff and Imparting training to field staff regarding the use of GPS and GIS products in the Forestry Sector
• Making of yearly plan of operation for Forest GIS
• Participating as resource person in training's organized for field staff regarding the use GIS, GPS and RS data for Natural Resources Management

October 1986 to November 1997:

NWFP Forest Department, WFP (World Food Programme), SWISS funded KIDP (Kalam Integrated Development Project),UNDCP funded DDDP (Dir District Development Project), DHV funded Social Forestry Project Malakand/Dir

Position:

Employer:

Major Responsibilities:

• Financial planning & budget control both developmental and non development at the range level
• Supervision and task distribution to field staff
• Maintaining timber record at forest check post & forest depot
• Initiating dialogues with rural communities for plantation & conservation of resources on their lands
• Conducting and compiling of resource inventory & facilitating in formation of participatory management of natural resources in Forestry Sector
• Collection, analysis and interpretation of natural resource, socioeconomic data and making of stock maps Plantation, Forest nurseries, protection and conservation of Forest resources.

Countries Visited: The Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Nepal, Thailand and Saudi Arabia.

Personal Information:

Date of Birth:

Domicile:

• Country

• Province

NWFP

• District

Languages:

Current Address

Northern Area Development Project, P&DD, NAs Secretariat Gilgit Pakistan. Emails: <[email protected]> Web site: www.geocities.com/shamsfsp Ph. # ++92 5811-50343)(Fax # ++92-5811-50215)

Referees:

Dr. Ir. Wietske Bijker

Assistant professor ACE Division, International Institute for Aerospace survey and Earth Sciences(ITC) P.O. Box 6 7500 AA Enschede, The Netherlands Email<[email protected]>Ph#+31 (0)53 4874203 Fax#+31 (0)53 4874388

Mr.S.M.S.Chishti

CTA Northern Area Development Project, Diamar Distract, Chilas. Northern Areas, Pakistan. Email: <[email protected]> Ph# ++92 5812 50139-140

Mr. Mohammad Riaz

GIs Consultant, NWFP Forestry Sector Project, Palosi Road Amanabad Peshawar, Pakistan (Ph #: ++92 91-9216251) (Fax #: ++92 91-16252)

Mr. Mohammad Arif Khan

Natural Resource Development Officer NWFP Forestry Sector Project, Palosi Road Amanabad Peshawar, Pakistan (Ph #: ++92 91-9216251) (Fax # ++92 91-9216252)