Md Kapil  Ahmed, Deputy Director (Research & Evaluation)

Md Kapil Ahmed

Deputy Director (Research & Evaluation)

Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs

Location
Bangladesh
Education
Doctorate, Demography and Population
Experience
41 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :41 years, 6 Months

Deputy Director (Research & Evaluation) at Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs
  • Bangladesh
  • My current job since February 2015

Lead Policy Research Grant Programs in Tobacco Control; Develop protocols/proposal, prepare RFP/TOR for commissioning activities; and implement program/project, follow-up monitoring process. Execute different formative, mid-term and end-line evaluations using qualitative & quantitative approaches, Program evaluation, Implementation operational research and writing reports (Scientific & Technical).

Research Fellow Epidemiologist at University of West Scotland
  • United Kingdom
  • January 2014 to January 2015

Undertaken data analysis of Scotland Drug Surveillance System; Interpretation of results for Periodic report and produce scientific papers for publishing; Involved in writing grant proposals and Supervision of post-graduate & PhD dissertation works.

Lead Researcher at Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs
  • Bangladesh
  • May 2011 to January 2014

Coordinated Research Grants of Tobacco Control Program in Bangladesh; Managed various research studies; Guide the design of different surveys & Lead to conduct formative, baseline and evaluative research; facilitated courses, particularly M&E.

Epidemiologist/Demographer at St. George's University of London
  • United Kingdom - London
  • December 2008 to March 2011

Involved in Monitoring & Evaluation of UK Volatile Substance Abuse (VSA) Mortality Surveillance Program as project lead; Led epidemiological studies in the UK; Maintained Health Surveillance databases and developed logical quires.

Statistics Analyst at IOM International
  • United Kingdom
  • January 2006 to January 2008

Managed Health & demographic information of unlawful people through SQL relational database; Monitored Assisted Volunteer Return (AVR) migrants data and evaluate to prepared periodic statistical reports for policy people; and Responded statistical quires.

Data Analyst
  • January 2005 to January 2006

Crime Reduction Initiative (CRI), DIP England, United Kingdom
Monitored drug-related information as per National Treatment Agency (NTA) requirement through DIRWED Database; Analyzed statistics, evaluated program impacts and assessed the performance of data transferring system; and Disseminated through periodic report.

Demographer
  • January 2003 to January 2005

/Statistician,
Int. Research & Development Organizations, Dhaka & UK
Developed research proposals & designed sample strategies for different commissioning project in the UK; Implemented various studies on Health, Social issues; Designed questionnaire for quantitative and topic guide for qualitative studies; Analyzed data and prepared technical for project and scientific reports for journals.

Senior Project Manager
  • January 2000 to January 2003

Health & Demographic Surveillance System, ICDDRB, Bangladesh
Managed and monitored routine activities of Matlab Health & Surveillance System through maintenance of project cycles; Coordinated Periodic/Rolling censuses and different surveys; and prepared periodic projects reports including scientific papers.

Assistant Scientist
  • January 1994 to January 1999

ICDDRB: Centre for Health & Population Research, Dhaka
Conducted independent research through qualitative and quantitative approaches using primary and secondary information collected through longitudinal surveillance system; Produced Scientific papers and published in the journals, disseminated findings over the globe; and supervised researchers to advise for different analytical techniques.

Data Management Officer/Manager
  • January 1982 to January 1994

ICDDRB: Centre for Health & Population Research, Dhaka
Led a team of data management/processing personal to ensure data quality & comprehensiveness using large relational SQL Database system; Developed and modified tools & techniques of data consistency by logical specifications for SQL relational, EXCEL, ACCESS and SPSS databases.

Statistical Assistant at Institute of Nutrition Food Science
  • January 1981 to January 1982

Edited questionnaires and data collection modules minimize the errors; prepared statistical tables, graphs & charts through computer outputs; Facilitated short courses on basic statistical methods and data collection modules.

Education

Doctorate, Demography and Population
  • at International Institute for Population Sciences
  • April 2000
Master's degree, Demography and Population
  • at International Institute for Population Sciences
  • May 1994
Master's degree, Statistics
  • at University of Chittagong
  • October 1976

Specialties & Skills

Epidemiology
Public Health
Statistics
Research
Teaching Skills
DATA MANAGEMENT
DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
MICROSOFT ACCESS
MICROSOFT EXCEL
PROPOSAL WRITING
QUALITY
RESEARCH
SCIENTIFIC

Languages

English
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Hindi
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Urdu
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