Short Biography:
Muntasir Akash is a faculty member at the Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is focused on the conservation and ecology of lesser-known carnivores and leads various camera-trap surveys in Bangladesh. His works have helped to bring dhole, wolf, short-clawed otter, Asiatic black bear, Asiatic golden cat, hog ...
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| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
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| Masters | Wildlife Biology | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2014 |
| Bachelor | Zoology | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2013 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
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| Assistant Professor | Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka | Curzon Hall premises, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh | 28, Dec 2021 | Currently Working |
| Guest Lecturer | Department of Oceanography, University of Dhaka | Qazi Motahar Hossain Bhaban, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh | 01, Apr 2017 | 30-06-2018 |
| Guest Lecturer | Department of Oceanography, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University | Plot# 14/06-14/23, Pallabi Mirpur, Dhaka 1216 | 01, Mar 2017 | 30-06-2017 |
| Lecturer | Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka | Curzon Hall premises, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh | 02, Feb 2017 | 28-12-2021 |
| Research Assistant | IUCN Bangladesh | Road 22, Mohakhali DOHS, Dhaka 1212 | 01, Nov 2015 | 31-01-2017 |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
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| Mammalian carnivores | ecology and conservation of the lesser-known and threatened mammalian carnivores |
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| Grassland birds | ecological association and interaction of grassland birds in altered sandbar-grassland mosaics | |
| Wallacean shortfalls | exploratory investigations in existence of species presumed long gone from its historic regions |
Project/Research Supervision
| Level of Study | Title | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor(s) | Name of Student(s) | Area of Research | Current Completion |
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| Masters | Diversity and activity patterns of mammalian carnivores in Satchari National Park, Bangladesh | Dr Md Anwarul Islam | Muntasir Akash | Tania Zakir | Carnivore study |
2019 |
| Masters | Assessment of bird diversity and their threats in the sandbars of Rajshahi metropolis | Professor Dr Md Anwarul Islam | Muntasir Akash | Md. Mizanur Rahman Minu | Bird ecology |
2019 |
| Masters | Study of bird use of fig (Ficus species) in Satchari National Park | Professor Dr Md Anwarul Islam | Muntasir Akash | Fatima Tuz Zahura | Bird ecology |
2019 |
| Masters | Association of avifauna with a peri-urban greenery in the Lower Ganges region of Bangladesh | Professor Dr Md Anwarul Islam | Muntasir Akash | Ummye Shakera | Bird ecology | 2018 |
| Masters | The feeding and breeding ecology of Mmangrove kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris hummi) in the Sundarbans | Professor Dr Md Anwarul Islam | Muntasir Akash | Asif Ahmed | Bird ecology | 2018 |
| Masters | Birds of Tungipara upazilla, Gopalganj | Professor Dr Md Anwarul Islam | Muntasir Akash | Rana Sarder | Avian inventory update | 2017 |
| Masters | Biodiversity registration of Dharmapur Sal forest, Dinajpur | Professor Dr Md Anwarul Islam | Muntasir Akash | Meherun Niger Sultana | Biodiversity assessment | 2017 |
| Masters | Investigating ecological and social drivers of human-elephant conflict in northern Bangladesh | Professor Dr Md Anwarul Islam | Muntasir Akash | S. M. Anwar Hossain Palash | Human-wildlife conflict | 2017 |
Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
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| Ecology | The present status, ecology, and conservation of bears and dholes in Eastern Bangladesh | Fund under Sustainable Forests & Livelihoods (SUFAL) Project | 30-11-2022 | Bangladesh Forest Department; Rangamati University of Science and Technology | |
| Ecology | A carnivore conservation initiative in north-eastern forest reserves of Bangladesh | Conservation Leadership Programme | 01-01-2021 | 31-12-2021 | Several stakeholders |
| Zoology | Investigating trends in ornithological discoveries and receding wildlife habitats in Bangladesh over space and time | Delta Study Centre, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka | 01-11-2017 | 30-11-2018 | University of Dhaka |
| Zoology | Investigating Phylogeography of Endangered Fishing Cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) Populations in Bangladesh | Biotechnology Research Centre, University of Dhaka Research Grant | 01-05-2017 | 31-05-2018 | University of Dhaka |
| Zoology | Conservation and Management of A Grassland in Northeast Bangladesh | The Munir Ahmed Khan Bird Conservation Fund (MAKBCF) Grant | 01-07-2015 | 31-10-2016 | Bangladesh Bird Club |
| Zoology | Status and Diversity of Avifauna of Dhaka Metropolis | The National Science and Technology (NST) fellowship, the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh | 01-04-2014 | 01-04-2015 | University of Dhaka |
Invited Talk
| SL | Invited Talk |
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| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Expire Year |
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| 1 | Society for Conservation Biology | 2023 | Life Time | |
| 2 | Society for Conservation Biology | 2023 | Life Time | |
| 3 | IUCN SSC Smal Mammal Specialist Group | 2022 | Life Time | |
| 4 | IUCN SSC Otter Specialist Group | 2022 | Life Time | |
| 5 | IUCN SSC Canid Specialist Group | 2022 | Life Time | |
| 6 | Bangladesh Bird Club | 2014 | Life Time | |
| 7 | Zoological Society of Bangladesh | 2019 | Life Time | |
| 8 | IUCN SSC Small Carnivore Specialist Group | 2021 | Life Time | |
| 9 | IUCN SSC South Asian Invertebrate Specialist Group | 2018 | Life Time |
| Journal Article | |
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| 1 |
Muntasir Akash, Mariano Javier Feldman, Animesh Ghose and Tania Zakir : Assessing habitat selection of the vulnerable Asian small-clawed otters in an anthropized riparian forest of eastern Bangladesh.,
Mammal Research (impact factor:1.5) , vol.69 Springer , pp.101–114 , 2024
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Allama Shibli Sadik and Muntasir Akash : A treetop diner: camera trapping reveals novel arboreal foraging by fishing cats on colonial nesting birds in Bangladesh.,
Mammalia (impact factor:1.0) , vol.88 , no.2 De Gruyter , 2024
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Muntasir Akash and Sourav Chakma : First evidence of Eurasian otters in post-independence Bangladesh,
Otter , vol.9 the International Otter Survival Fund , pp.72-78 , 2023
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| 4 |
Sukanya Hasan, Ranjit Rabi Das and Muntasir Akash : Recent incursions of nilgais (Boselaphus tragocamelus) into Bangladesh, a former range country,
Gnusletter: Journal of the IUCN Antelope Specialist Group , vol.40 IUCN Antelope Specialist Group , pp.14-21 , 2023
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Muntasir Akash, Suprio Chakma, Joyanto Biswas, Joyanto Biswas, Haris Debbarma, Tania Zakir, Hasan A. Rahman, Md Zaber Ansary and Jahidul Kabir : How far westward? Revisiting the distribution of Arctonyx badgers in the westernmost global range,
Mammalia De Gruyter , 2022
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Muntasir Akash, Fariha Iqbal and Sodanondo Mondal : Only south of the Ganges? On recent occurrences and distribution of smooth-coated otters in Bangladesh,
Otter , vol.8 International Otter Survival Fund , pp.59-39 , 2022
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Muntasir Akash, Sultan Ahmed, Joyanto Biswas, Mohammad Samiul Alam, Tania Zakir, Shah Mohammad Shafi, Azizul Islam Barkat, Md Tajul Islam, Haris Debbarma, Khurshed Alom and Chonchol Guala : What does a discovery tell Us? Camera-trapping insight into the Asian small-clawed otter in north-eastern Bangladesh,
IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin , vol.39 , no.3 IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group , pp.158-170 , 2022
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| 8 |
Yadav Ghimirey, Wyatt Joseph Petersen, Nasratullah Jahed, Muntasir Akash, Antony J. Lynam, Kun Shi, Jaffar Ud Din, Muhammad Ali Nawaz, Priya Singh, Tashi Dhendup, Marcus A.H. Chua, Pyae Phyoe Kyaw and Thomas NE Gray : Prionailurus bengalensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.,
IUCN Red List Assessment , 2022
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Muntasir Akash, Tania Zakir, Sultan Ahmed, Joyanto Biswas, Mohammad Samiul Alam, Chanchal Guala and Md Tazul Islam : Camera trapping insights into leopard cat movement in eastern Bangladesh,
Cat News , vol.75 , no.Spring , pp.18-23 , 2022
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MA Reza Khan, Enam Ul Haque, M Monirul H Khan, Inam Ahmed, Suprio Chakma, Habibon Naher, Mohammad Abdul Wahed Chowdhury, Sharif A. Mukul, Sayam U. Chowdhury, Shahriar Rahman, M. Tarik Kabir, Hasan Arif Rahman, Muntasir Akash, Mandira Mukutmoni, Animesh Ghose, Hassan Al-Razi and Sabir Bin Muzaffar : A Proposed Safari Park in a Subtropical Forest in Northeastern Bangladesh Will Be Detrimental to Native Biodiversity,
Conservation , vol.2 , no.2 , pp.286-296 , 2022
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| 11 |
Muntasir Akash and Anika Tabassum : First record of Clorida latreillei (Stomatopoda: Squillidae) from Bangladesh, with an annotated checklist of the Bangladeshi stomatopods,
Journal of Asia-Pacific Diversity (impact factor:0.85) , vol.15 , no.2 Production and Hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and Korea National Arboretum (KNA). , pp.280-284 , 2022
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Muntasir Akash, Anika Tabassum, S. M. Shafi and Joyanto Biswas : Four new records of crabs (Brachyura, Dorippidae, Galenidae, Portunidae, Xanthidae) from the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh,
Crustaceana (impact factor:0.794) , vol.93 , no.8 , pp.867-879 , 2020
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| 13 |
Muntasir Akash and Tania Zakir : Appraising carnivore (Mammalia: Carnivora) studies in Bangladesh from 1971 to 2019 bibliographic retrieves: trends, biases, and opportunities,
Journal of Threatened Taxa (impact factor:0.45) , vol.15 , no.12 , pp.17105–17120 , 2020
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| 14 |
Tania Zakir, Harish Debbarma and Muntasir Akash : Dhole Cuon alpinus in Satchari National Park: on the first verifiable evidence from northeast Bangladesh,
Mammalia (impact factor:0.778) , pp.1-10 , 2020
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Muntasir Akash, Rafsana Rahman, Rehnuma Jahan and Niamul Naser : On the rare occurrence of the pompano dolphinfish Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758 (carangiformes: coryphaenidae) in maritime Bangladesh waters,
Species , vol.21 , no.68 , pp.1-10 , 2020
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Muntasir Akash, Umar Faruq Chowdhury, Fatema‑Tuz‑Zohora Khaleque, Rifath Nehleen Reza, Dulal Chandra Howlader, Mohammad Riazul Islam and Haseena Khan : On the reappearance of the Indian grey wolf in Bangladesh after 70 years: what do we know?,
Mammalian Biology (impact factor:1.595) , 2020
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| 17 |
Tania Zakir, Muntasir Akash, Tania Khan and Mostafa A. R. Hossain : Dario kajal Britz & Kullander, 2013 (Percomorpha, Badidae): the first documentation of the genus Dario Kullander & Britz, 2002 from Bangladesh,
Check List (impact factor:0.46) , vol.15 , no.1 , pp.229-233 , 2019
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| 18 |
Muntasir Akash, Tania Khan and Sayam U. Chowdhury : Association of grassland birds with Saccharum-Imperata patch in a northeastern tea estate of Bangladesh.,
Journal of Threatened Taxa (impact factor:0.44) , vol.10 , no.7 , pp.11831-11843 , 2018
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| 19 |
Muntasir Akash and Mostafa A. R. Hossain : A Southeast Asian species in the Ganges Delta: On spreading extent of non-native Trichopsis vittata in Bangladesh (Teleostei: Perciformes: Osphronemidae).,
BioInvasions Records (impact factor:1.504) , vol.7 , no.4 , pp.447-450 , 2018
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| 20 |
Anwar Palash, Muntasir Akash and Md. Anwarul Islam : Sociological dimensions of Human-Elephant conflict with trans-boundary herds in northern Bangladesh.,
Gajah: IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group journal , vol.48 , pp.12-19 , 2018
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| 21 |
Gawsia W. Chowdhury, Nime Sarker, Muntasir Akash and Gulshan A. Latifa : An enquiry on ichthyodiversity of the chalan beel, a key ichthyofaunal hotspot of northwestern Bangladesh,
Ecoprint: An International Journal of Ecology , vol.24 , pp.37-46 , 2017
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| 22 |
Muntasir Akash, Nusrat Jahan and Mahatub Khan Badhon : Occurrence of a huntsman spider Olios lamarcki Latreille, 1806 (Araneae: Araneomorphae: Sparassidae) from Nijhum Dwip, Bangladesh.,
Bangladesh Journal of Zoology , vol.45 , no.1 , pp.97-100 , 2017
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| 23 |
Muntasir Akash and Gawsia W. Chowdhury : First record of the Bengal Fiddler Crab Uca (Austruca) bengali Crane, 1975 (Braychura: Ocypodidae) from Kuakata National Park, Bangladesh.,
Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences , vol.26 , no.2 , pp.199-203 , 2017
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| 24 |
Muntasir Akash, Tania Khan and Sayam U. Chowdhury : Grassland specialist birds in a managed habitat of north-east Bangladesh.,
Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences , vol.26 , no.2 , pp.175-187 , 2017
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Gawsia W. Chowdhury, Muntasir Akash and Alifa B. Haque : Status of the Ganges River Shark Glyphis gangeticus (Müller & Henle, 1839).,
Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences , vol.26 , no.1 , pp.111-116 , 2017
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Muntasir Akash and Mostafa A. R. Hossain : First record of the Two Striped Box Crab, Calappa bilineata Ng, Lai & Aungtonya, 2002 (Brachyura: Calappidae) from St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh.,
Journal of Threatened Taxa (impact factor:0.44) , vol.9 , no.1 , pp.9771-9773 , 2017
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| 27 |
M.F.A. Banu, Muntasir Akash, Gawsia W. Chowhdury and Md. Anwar Hossain : Status and seasonal occurrence of birds in Dhaka University campus.,
Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences , vol.25 , no.1 , pp.27-37 , 2016
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| 28 |
Sultana Rajia, Md. Mahbub Alam, Gawsia W. Chowdhury, Muntasir Akash and Md. Anwarul Islam : Status and Diversity of Birds of Ramna Park, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
Bangladesh Journal of Zoology , vol.43 , no.2 , pp.291-301 , 2016
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Muntasir Akash, Md. Anwar Hossain, Gawsia W. Chowdhury, Humayra Mahmud and Md. Anwarul Islam : Status of Avifauna in Curzon Hall Premises, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
Ecoprint: An International Journal of Ecology , vol.20 , pp.1-8 , 2014
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Muntasir Akash, Arjun Dheer, Stephanie M Dloniak and Andrew P Jacobson : The faded stripes of Bengal: a historical perspective on the easternmost distribution of the striped hyena,
European Journal of Wildlife Research (impact factor:2.038) , vol.67 , 2021
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Muntasir Akash, Scott Trageser, Tania Zakir, Shahriar Caesar Rahman, Fatema-tuz-zohora Khaleque Mila and Animesh Ghose : Detecting the spots: A review on leopard occurrences in Bangladesh,
Cat News (impact factor:0.8) , vol.73 , no.Spring IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group , pp.20 - 26 , 2021
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| Conference Proceedings | |
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Tania Zakir, Joyanto Biswas, Mohammad Samiul Alam, Shah Mohammad Shafi, Sultan Ahmed, Azizul Islam Barkat and Muntasir Akash "Finding fantastic beasts: A camera-trapping story on threatened carnivore mammals inhabiting forgotten forests of northeast Bangladesh."
Student Conference on Conservation Sciences
University of Cambridge, 2022
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Muntasir Akash, Tania Zakir, Tahsina Saniat and Anika Tabassum "A cat out of water: Assessing spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of human-fishing cat conflict in Bangladesh from media reports."
Student Conference on Conservation Sciences
University of Cambridge, 2022
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Muntasir Akash, Anika Tabassum, Tania Zakir, Joyanto Biswas and Shah Mohammad Shafi "Two stomatopods, one xenophthalmid decapod, one cymothid isopod: cursory expeditions to the Sundarbans adds four new crustaceans for Bangladesh."
The 21st International Biennial Conference & AGM 2019 of the Zoological Society of Bangladesh
, pp. 103-104. Dhaka: the Zoological Society of Bangladesh, 2019
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Ashikur Rahman Shome and Muntasir Akash "Fish diversity in a Lower Ganges district of Bangladesh."
21st National Conference and AGM 2019 of the Zoological Society of Bangladesh
Dhaka: the Zoological Society of Bangladesh, 2019
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Meherun N. Sultana and Muntasir Akash "Biodiversity registration of the Dharmapur forest beat, a wet deciduous patch of Dinajpur district, northern Bangladesh."
The 21st National Conference and AGM 2018 of the Zoological Society of Bangladesh
, pp. 89-90. Dhaka: the Zoological Society of Bangladesh, 2018
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Muntasir Akash, Meherun N. Sultana, Anwar Palash and Nusrat Jahan Urmy "On surveying the rocky tidal habitats of St Martin’s Island: Bangladesh gets nine new species, eight new genera and two new families.."
The 21st National Conference and AGM 2018 of the Zoological Society of Bangladesh
, pp. 98-99. Dhaka: The Zoological Society of Bangladesh, 2018
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Anwar Palash, Meherun N. Sultana, Tania Zakir and Muntasir Akash "An updated assessment of the anthropogenic encounter patterns and rates of the globally Endangered fishing cat Prionailurus viverrinus (Bennett, 1833) in Bangladesh.."
The 21st National Conference and AGM 2018 of the Zoological Society of Bangladesh
, pp. 103. Dhaka: the Zoological Society of Bangladesh, 2018
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Sabrina Sabbir, Ummye Shakera, Muntasir Akash, Gawsia W. Chowdhury and Alifa B. Haque "The 21st National Conference and AGM 2018 of the Zoological Society of Bangladesh,."
The 20th International Biennial Conference and Annual General Meeting, the Zoological Society of Bangladesh
, pp. 83. Dhaka: 2017
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Muntasir Akash "An Analysis on Diversity in Exotic Aquatic Pet Trade: A Potential Threat to Fisheries Resources of Bangladesh."
The 7th Biennial Fisheries Conference and Research Fair, Bangladesh Fisheries Research Forum
, pp. 19. Dhaka: Bangladesh Fisheries Research Forum, 2016
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
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| International | Best Poster Award | 2022 | United Kingdom | Best Poster Award at the Student Conference on Conservation Science 2022 organised by the University of Cambridge at the University of Cambridge. |
| International | Future Conservationist Award | 2019 | United States | Future Conservationist Awards are granted to teams of early-career conservationists who are conducting high-priority projects focused on protecting species listed as Data Deficient, Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. |
| Local | Scientific Publication Award | 2019 | Bangladesh | Awarded in Bird Fair 2019 by Jahangirnagar University for investigating association of grassland birds with an altered patch in northeastern Bangladesh |
| Local | Inter-university Bird Identification Competition | 2015 | Bangladesh | Awarded in Bird Fair 2015 by Jahangirnagar University |
| Local | Dean's Award | 2015 | Bangladesh | Awarded by the Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Dhaka for performing in BS program |
| National | National Science and Technology (NST) fellowship | 2014 | Bangladesh | Awarded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh for completing MS program |
| National | National Zoology Olympiad Champion | 2014 | Bangladesh | Became champion at university level in the National Zoology Olympiad Competition 2014 organized by the Zoological Society of Bangladesh |
Muntasir Akash
Assistant Professor
Department of Zoology
Faculty of Biological Sciences
Email: akashmuntasir10@gmail.com
Mobile (Dept): +88 01765806177