Scholarships, awards, and grants
Received the finalist award in the Young European Transport Research Arena in 2010 in the category of Societal Importance of transport (Year2010).
Received the best paper publication award in 2010 from the University of Ulster.
Runner up, GeoMash Up Competition 2008, conducted jointly by the Department of Finance and Personnel and the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI) in March 2008.
Receiving the Vice Chancellor’s Research Scholarship (VCRS) for the PhD programme at the University of Ulster.
Received the Netherlands Fellowship (NFP) for the MSc programme at ITC, the Netherlands.
Declined the Commonwealth Scholarship, nominated for an MSc by research in Geoinformatics at the University Technology Malaysia in 2004.Received the University Technical Scholarship for the bachelor programme at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Research grant worth around £2000 from the University Grants Commission, Bangladesh in 2007 for a research project entitled ‘Landfill Site Selection in Dhaka using Spatial Multi Criteria Evaluation Techniques' (declined due to attend the PhD programme).
Received the certificate of appreciation from the Regional Development Council, Republic of the Philippines in order to provide expert services on Boundary Conflict Resolution.