Curriculum Vitae Afaq Ahmad

NAME Afaq Ahmad

PRESENT DESIGNATION Associate Consultant- Environment
EXPERIENCE 5 Years & 5 Months
COUNTRY OF EXPERIENCE India
NATIONALITY Indian
DATE OF BIRTH 20/07/1982
AREA OF INTEREST Environment
Water Quality Monitoring/ Assessment
Soil Quality Monitoring/ Assessment
Environmental Impact Assessment
Social and Environment Assessment
Environmental Management Plan
Municipal Solid Waste Management
Water Treatment
 Waste Water Treatment
 Monitoring and Evaluation
LANGUAGES KNOWN Language Speak Read Write
English Good Excellent Excellent
Hindi Excellent Excellent Excellent
Urdu Good Excellent Good
Arabic Very Poor Good Fair
ADDRESS AF Aliganj Apartments, Flat No. 201,
IInd Floor,
B-13, Sector-G, Near Kendriya Bhawan,
Aliganj, Lucknow, Uttar Pardesh-
INDIA
CONTACT DETAILS E-mail: afaq.irg@gmail.com,
afaq_82@rediffmail.com
Mobile: +91-9889265740 (Home)
Tel: +91-522-4063064 (Office)

Key Qualification:
Mr. Afaq has over 5+ years of work experience in social, environment & agriculture allied
sector such as social and environmental assessment, environmental impact assessment, social
and environmental management plan, municipal solid waste management, soil quality
monitoring, surface & ground water quality monitoring, air quality monitoring, water
resource management, participatory irrigation management, assessment of Water User
Association (WUA), NGO’s officials & UPID officials and monitoring & evaluation.
Monitoring and evaluation of implementation progress of the project and their impacts at
grass root level. He was involved in preparation of project proposals, prepared guidelines for
different sectors, knowledge of data collection tools/ techniques, (i.e. GPS, ArcGIS, google
earth imagery, etc.), developed questionnaire for social survey (i.e. household questionnaire,
village schedule & block schedule), developed questionnaire for environmental survey, (i.e.
questionnaire for surface water quality & ground water quality and questionnaire for soil
quality monitoring), field visits, household survey, site assessment, data collection, data
analysis, and report writing. He developed key performance indicators of social and
environment, identified hot spots. He has vast knowledge about social and environmental
aspects. He was also involved in various activities related to office/ project management like
interaction/ co-ordination with client, co-ordination with lower and upper staff of the
organisation. He will work on 2-3 projects at a time and lead/ manage the team upto 15-20
persons.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
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March, 2011 to till date

1. Impact Assessment of Farmers Participatory Action Research Programme
(FRARP): The project covers about 5000 Farmer’s Participatory Action Research
Program initiated by 60 institutes in 357 districts of 25 States of India. Major
objectives of this assignment are to assume full responsibility for impact assessment of
the above mentioned programmes of Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR); to assess
the benefits accrued out of FPARP; to assess the technologies used in the FPARP
and; to recommend action plan for scale up of technologies. In order to meet the above
objectives, MoWR has formulated the scope of work includes; (i) to analyse the data,
agro - climatic zone-wise; (ii) to verify ground reality of the impact of the
programmes implemented under Farmers’ Participatory Action Research Programme;
(iii) to study pre and post economic conditions of the villages/ farmers benefitted by
the Programmes; (iv) to get the feedback from the farmers benefitted by the
Programmes; (v) to carry out comparative study of the technologies adopted in
different Programmes and make recommendations for their scaling up , agro-
climatic zone-wise and; (vi) to suggest Action Plan for replication of the best
technologies zone-wise.

Role and Responsibility: Responsible for all activities like data collection, Site visits,
data analysis, contribution in preparation of interim report & final report and
coordination with FRARP officers for the states of Uttar Pradesh.

September, 2009 to till date

2. Monitoring and Evaluation of The Diversified Agricultural Support Project-II,
Uttar Pradesh (Zone-IV): The project is implemented in 9 districts of Uttar
Pradesh such as Etah, Firozabad, Bulandshahar, Bijnore, Gautm Budh Nagar, Jyotiba
Phule Nagar, Mathura, Moradabad and Rampur which cover seven line departments
e.g. Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy development, Food
processing and Mandi board.

Role and Responsibility: Office administration/management & coordination with

client, Site visits, Data collection, Data Analysis, Preparation of Reports and
Participate in meeting.

February, 2009 to till date

3. Monitoring and Evaluation of The Diversified Agricultural Support Project-II,
Uttar Pradesh (Zone-III): The project is implemented in 9 districts of Uttar
Pradesh such as Hardoi, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Raebareli, Sitapur, Unnao,
Lakhimpur, Shahjahanpur and Pilibhit which cover seven line departments e.g.
Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy development, Food
processing and Mandi board.

Role and Responsibility: Office administration/management & coordination with

client, Site visits, Data collection, Data Analysis, Preparation of Reports and
Participate in meeting.

May, 2010 to January, 2011

4. Environmental Master Plan (EMP) for state of Himachal Pradesh, India: The
following tasks to be carried out for preparation EMP such as Identification of
different eco-zones with specific environment attributes, Preparation of a detailed
resource inventories covering all environment parameters, Inventorization of needs of
different sections of the population, Trend analysis of cumulative environment
degradation, Vulnerability assessment in the context of air, water and land, to establish
differential development zones, Documentation of potential threats and new
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development policies, Formulation of appropriate development criteria for
optimization of resource use, Establishing inter linkages between different sectors and
points of integration between them, Preparation of sectoral guidelines to mainstream
environment parameters in development activities, Forecasting for externalities and
planning for corrective measures such as those arising from climatic changes and
Finalization of a comprehensive integrated EMP.

Role and Responsibility: Collection of secondary data, Data Analysis, Identification

of environmental issues and preparation of baseline report for different sectors. He is
responsible for preparation of the guidelines for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry &
Livestock and Horticulture sector. Mr. Afaq is also responsible for preparation of the
sector specific baseline reports like Tourism; Horticulture; Agriculture; Animal
Husbandry; Fisheries; Road and Transport; Irrigation and Public Health; Industry;
Forest & Wild Life; Wetland; Biomedical waste and Municipal Solid waste
Management.

April, 2007 to February, 2010 and June, 2004 to June, 2005

5. Ghaghra-Gomti Basin Social and Environmental Assessment: Basin Social and
Environmental Assessment (BSEA) have been undertaken for the Ghagra-Gomti
River Basin covering 31 districts of Uttar Pradesh. It has been undertaken of Uttar
Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring Project (UPWSRP), Department of Irrigation
Government of Uttar Pradesh, which is funded by World Bank.

Role and Responsibility: Coordination with client, Participate in meeting, office

management, Household survey, Institutional survey, Site visits, Data collection, Data
Analysis, and Preparation of Reports. Develop performance indicators and preparation
of monthly progress report. Mr. Afaq is also responsible for contribution of
environment sector expertise in preparation of the reports viz. Inception Report;
Interim Report; Baseline Social and Environmental Assessment Report; Assessment of
Water User Association (WUA’s) Report; Assessment of Uttar Pradesh Irrigation
Department (UPID) officials Report; Assessment of Non-Government Organization’s
(NGO’s) officials Reports; Social and Environmental Assessment Report (Based on
Primary data); Sector Specific Reports; Risk Assessment Report; Human
Development Index (HDI) Report; Draft final Report and; Final Report.

December, 2007 to May, 2008

6. Social & Environmental Management Plan (SEMP) for Ghaghra Gomti Basin:
Social and Environmental Management Plan (SEMP) have been prepared for the
entire Ghagra-Gomti River Basin covering 31 districts of Uttar Pradesh.

Role and Responsibility: Data collection, Data Analysis, and Help in Report Writing.

August, 2007 to November, 2007

7. Soil, Surface & Ground Water Quality Monitoring: The surface and ground water
quality monitoring was carried out for 5 districts of Uttar Pradesh. These districts
are Pratapgarh, Barabanki, Raebareli, Sultanpur and Jaunpur.

Role and Responsibility: Identify Hot spot/ Problematic area at village level for
collection of samples and their monitoring/ analysis, Site visits, Data collection, Data
Analysis, and Preparation of Reports.

July, 2006 to December, 2006

8. Municipal Solid Waste Management: Preparation of Detailed Project Report for 3
districts (Aligarh, Mainpuri and Firozabad) of Uttar Pradesh under JNNURM
Scheme.
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Role and Responsibility: Site visits, Household survey, Secondary data collection
from various agencies, Review of existing regulatory requirements and institutional
arrangements governing Municipal Solid Waste Management, Assessment of MSW
Generation, Composition of waste, Collection, Segregation, Handling, Transportation,
Treatment & Disposal techniques and Preparation of Reports.

LABORATORY ANALYSIS WORK

Sampling & Analysis of Solid Waste, Sampling & Analysis of water & waste water
for measurement of various parameters such as EC, DO, BOD, COD, TS, TSS, TDS,
Acidity, Alkalinity and Turbidity. Familiarity in use of air quality monitoring
instruments such as stake monitoring kit and high volume sampler.

FIELD VISITS DURING STUDY PERIOD

 Biomedical waste incinerator at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, A.M.U, Aligarh
(Uttar Pradesh), India.
 Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) of AMU, Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), India.

EMPLOYMENT RECORD
Period Organization Name &
Period Designation
(Year/Month) Address
April 2010 to IRG System South Asia Associate Consultant-
11 Months
Till date Private Limited, New Delhi Environment
January 2008 to 2 Years & 3 IRG System South Asia Assistant Environmental
March 2010 Months Private Limited, New Delhi Consultant
April 2007 to IRG System South Asia Junior Assistant
9 Months
December 2007 Private Limited, New Delhi Consultant
July 2006 to Tetra Tech India Limited,
5 Months Engineer Trainee
December 2006 New Delhi
June 2004 to IRG System South Asia
1 Year Survey Expert
June 2005 Private Limited, New Delhi
5 Years & 5
Total
Months

EDUCATION
Year Name of degree University
Pursuing MBA in Operation Indira Gandhi National Open University, New
Management Delhi
2011(R/A M.Sc. in Environment The Global Open University, Dimapur,
) Science Nagaland
2007 Advance Dip in Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P.
Environmental Engg.
2004 B. Sc. in Chemistry, Botany Doctor Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra,
& Zoology U.P.
2001 Intermediate UP Board, Allahabad, U.P.
1999 High School UP Board, Allahabad, U.P.

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY
 M.S. Office
 Internet Surfing
 Basic Knowledge of ArcGIS 9.2

PERSONNEL DETAIL
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Father’s Name : Shri Ishtiyaque Ali
Marital Status : Married
Passport Status : Yes (H5121484, Expiry Date: 30/06/2019)
Health Condition : Very Good
Notice Period : One Month
Current Salary : 3.24 Lac p.a. plus accommodation and Health
Insurance
Expected Salary : As per company norms

Date: 01/03/2011
Place: Lucknow
Afaq Ahmad

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