Short Biography:
Professor Md. Sofi Ullah, MPhil
Md. Sofi Ullah, MPhil, is a distinguished professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Dhaka, with over 25 years of experience in teaching, research, and consultancy. His academic and professional journey has been deeply rooted in geospatial science, climate change, disaster ...
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| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
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| M.Phil. | Geography and Environment | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2000 |
| Masters | Department of Geography and Environment | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 1988 |
| Bachelor | Department of Geography and Environment | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 1987 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
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| Curriculum Expert Resource Person | Bangladesh Technical Education Board | Bangladesh Technical Education Board, Dhaka | 01, Jan 2021 | Currently Working |
| GIS Trainer | Action Against Hunger, Bangladesh | Cox's Bazar | 21, Dec 2020 | 24-12-2020 |
| Professor | University of Dhaka | Department of Geography and Environment | 29, Oct 2020 | Currently Working |
| GIS Trainer | UNICEF | UNICEF | 13, Oct 2019 | 16-10-2019 |
| Expert Member, Committee to Formulate Rules to Appoint Geospatial Officers and Staffs in a new GIS Division | Land Record and Survey Department (DLRS) | Dhaka | 09, Jul 2019 | |
| GIS Expert as External Member | DESCO | DESCO Electricity Line Automation Process | 01, Aug 2018 | Currently Working |
| Project Lead | Dhaka University | Geospatial Research under an MoU between HKI (Helen Keller International) and GIS Lab, Department of Geography and Environment | 26, Feb 2018 | 30-04-2019 |
| FOCAL point | BGISP | BBS | 01, Jan 2018 | Currently Working |
| Course Coordinator | Dhaka University | Training Courses on GIS and Remote Sensing, Department of Geography and Environment | 01, Jul 2015 | Currently Working |
| GIS and Remote Sensing Lab In-charge | Dhaka University | Department of Geography and Environment | 01, Jan 2011 | Currently Working |
| Student Advisor | Dhaka University | Department of Geography and Environment | 07, Jan 2010 | 07-01-2016 |
| Assistant Professor | Dhaka University | Department of Geography and Environment | 21, May 2003 | 26-12-2009 |
| Assistant Proctor | Dhaka University | Faculty of Science | 20, Jan 2002 | 23-02-2009 |
| Lecturer | Dhaka University | Department of Geography and Environment | 29, Jul 1999 | 20-05-2003 |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
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| Climate Change and Water Security in Bangladesh | Land degradation and sustainable development modeling |
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| GIS and Remote Sensing | Tools and Techniques for Spatial data capturing, editing, storing, managing, analyzing and modeling. | |
| Disater Management | Flood Hazard and Risk Analysis, Fire Hazard and Risk Analysis, Landslides Susceptibility Analysis, Flash Flood Modeling, etc. | |
| Climate Change and Water Resource Management | World Water Resouce Scenario, Water Scarcity, and Stress, Water Uses, Water Demand, and Supply, Water Politics, Surface Water Change Delineation, and Future Prediction |
Project/Research Supervision
| Level of Study | Title | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor(s) | Name of Student(s) | Area of Research | Current Completion |
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| M.Phil | Environmental Quality of Savar Pourasava | Supervisor | Tahera Sultana | Environment | 2019 |
Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
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| Hydrological Modeling | Hydrological Modeling of Riverbank Erosion of the Jamuna River of Bangladesh: Future Predictions and Livelihood Impacts | UGC | 28-04-2025 | ||
| Water Security | Modeling Climate-Induced Water Security Dynamics in Rajshahi District, Bangladesh: An Integrated Approach | DRTMC | 01-01-2025 | 30-06-2025 | |
| Landslide | Landslide Modeling and Early Warning System | Caritas | 01-01-2024 | 30-06-2024 | |
| Water Security | Assessing the impacts of climate change on present status and future scenario of water security in the barind area of Bangladesh | UGC | 25-09-2022 | 26-09-2023 | |
| Land Use Zoning | Landuse Zoning for Caritas, Mamysingh | Caritas | 15-06-2018 | 15-08-2018 | GIS Lab, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka |
| Landslide Modeling | Geospatial Research for Landslides and Flash Flood Modeling in Bandarban District of CHT: Bangladesh Under MoU between GIS lab, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka and Helen Keller International | USAID | 20-02-2018 | 30-04-2019 | GIS Lab, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka |
Invited Talk
| SL | Invited Talk |
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| 1 | A three hours talk at CID head office on "Crime Hot Spot Analysis" |
| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Expire Year |
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| Book Section | |
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| 1 |
K .M. Nafee, Mohammad Sofi Ullah, Md. Shakib Al Fahad, Munira Nusrat, Md. Khayrul Islam Tuhin and Sadman Ahmed "Geospatial Techniques for Mapping, Monitoring, and Modeling Erosion of Jamuna River in the Shahjadpur Upazila of Sirajganj District, Bangladesh to Support Risk Management."
Remotely Sensed Rivers in the Age of Anthropocene. Subodh Chandra Pal, Uday Chatterjee, Martiwi Diah Setiawati, Dipankar Ruidas Springer Nature, 2025 261-283 .
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| 2 |
Md. Sofi Ullah "Geospatial Modeling of Potential Landslide Hazard Estimation for Better Management in the Bandarban District of Bangladesh."
Landslide: Susceptibility, Risk Assessment and Sustainability Application of Geostatistical and Geospatial Modeling. Springer, Cham, 2024 669–693 .
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K. M. Nafee, Md. Shakib Al Fahad, Md. Khayrul Islam Tuhin, Md. Sakhawat Hossen and Md. Sofi Ullah "Mapping of Landslide Susceptibility Using State-of-the-Art Method and Geospatial Techniques in the Rangamati District in the Chattogram Hill Tracts Region of Bangladesh."
Landslide: Susceptibility, Risk Assessment and Sustainability Application of Geostatistical and Geospatial Modeling. Springer, Cham, 2024 103–152 .
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Indrajit Pal, Afshana Parven, Mohammad Sofi Ullah and Khan Ferdousour Rahman "An Analysis of Small-Scale Fisheries Management Status by Focusing on Degrading Fisheries Resources in the Sundarbans."
Sundarbans Mangrove Systems A Geo-Informatics Approach. Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Debashis Mitra and Sugata Hazra 2021 .
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Md. Sofi Ullah "Vegetation Change Detection by Using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI): A Study of the Chittagong Hill Tracts."
Environment and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh: Geographical Perspectives,. Khatun, H. et al, (edited) Dhaka: 2018 181-196 .
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Md. Sofi Ullah,, Md. Faruk Hossain and Zahidul Islam "Renewable Freshwater Scarcity and Global Sustainable Issues."
Environment and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh: Geographical Perspectives. Khatun, H. et al, edited Dhaka: 2018 .
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Amanat Ullah Khan, A H M Atiullah Khan and Md. Sofi Ullah "Location Decision-making of Industrial Entrepreneurs in Chittagong City."
Recent Urban Studies, Bangladesh. Nazrul Islam (Edited) Dhaka: Urban Studies Programme, Department of Geography, University of Dhaka, 1998 .
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আমানত উল্লাহ খান and মহাম্মদ সফি উল্যাহ "শিল্পের অবস্থান তত্ত্ব ও বাংলাদেশী উদ্যোক্তাদের শিল্পের অবস্থান সিদ্ধান্ত প্রক্রিয়া: একটি সমীক্ষা."
নগরায়ণে বাংলাদেশ: নির্বাচিত ভৌগোলিক প্রবন্ধ সংকলন. নজরুল ইসলাম এবং আবদুল বাকী সম্পাদিত Dhaka: পরিচালক, নগরায়ন চর্চা কার্যক্রম, ভূগোল বিভাগ, ঢাকা বিশ^বিদ্যালয়, 1996 .
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Md. Sofi Ullah and Asib Ahmed : Present status and future scenario of water security in the Barind area of Bangladesh,
Ecology Journal , vol.7 , no.1 Ecological Society of Bangladesh , pp.15-26 , 2025
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| 2 |
Md. Sofi Ullah, Md. Khayrul Islam Tuhin, Tarulata Shapla and Kazi Farha Farzana Suhi : Geospatial Assessment of Wetland Changes in the Fringe Area of Dhaka City: Past, Present and Future Scenarios,
The Dhaka University Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences (impact factor:0.1) , vol.12 , no.2 Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh. , pp.97-117 , 2023
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Abdullah Ar Reyad and Mohammad Sofi Ullah : Spatial inequality in Bangladesh: A geospatial analysis,
International Journal of Basic and Applied Science (impact factor:.415) , vol.11 , no.3 Institute of Computer Science (IOCScience) , pp.95-106 , 2022
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Mohammad Sofi Ullah : MAPPING LANDSLIDE AND SIMULATING SPATIAL STATISTICS: A CASE OF BANDARBAN DISTRICT OF THE CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS,
Oriental Geographer , vol.61 , no.1&2 Bangladesh Geographical Society, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka , pp.67-88 , 2022
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Mohammad Sofi Ullah : Geospatial Modeling of Landslide Vulnerability and Simulating Spatial Correlation with Associated Factors in Bandarban District,
The Dhaka University Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences , vol.8 , no.2 Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Dhaka , pp.51-66 , 2021
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Md. Sofi Ullah, Tarulata Shapla, Md. Amran Hossain and Md. Hasibul Hasan : Delineating Agricultural Landuse Change using Geospatial Techniques and Markov Model in the Tarakanda Upazila of Mymensingh, Bangladesh and Future Prediction,
The Dhaka University Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences , vol.8 , no.01 The Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Dhaka , pp.19-31 , 2019
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Md. Sofi Ullah and Muhammad Esmat Enan : Landuse and Land Cover Change in Dhaka Metropolitan Area During 1991-2022,
Oriental Geographer , vol.60 , no.1 & 2 , pp.01-18 , 2019
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Md. Sofi Ullah : Water Bodies Delineation and Change Detection Using GIS and Remote Sensing with Multitemporal Landsat Imagery: A Case Study of Tanguar Haor,
Oriental Geographer , vol.59 , no.1 & 2 , pp.69-82 , 2018
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Md. Sofi Ullah, Anamik Ani Khan and Md. Amran Hossain : Spatiotemporal Variability of Rainfall in Bangladesh Using Thiessen Polygon and Spline Interpolation,
Oriental Geographer , vol.58 , no.2 , pp.91-111 , 2017
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Md. Sofi Ullah, Mausumi Ara and Anamik Ani Khan : Change Detection of Vegetation Coverage in Birand Tract, Rajshahi: Using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Erdas Imagine’s DeltaCue,
Bangladesh Journal of Geoinformatics (BJGI) , vol.1 , pp.73-80 , 2014
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| 11 |
Asif Ishtiaque and Md. Sofi Ullah : The Influence of Factors of Migration on the Migration Status of Rural-Urban Migrants in Dhaka, Bangladesh,
Human Geographies- Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography , vol.7 , no.2 , pp.45-52 , 2013
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Md. Sofi Ullah and Gopal Chandra Ghosh : Water Quality Aspects of Dhaka City’s Peripherial Rivers: A Case Study on Tongi Canal and Balu River,
Society and Change , vol.V , no.01 , 2011
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Md. Sofi Ullah : রিকশা মেরামতকারীদের রাজনৈতিক অর্থনীতি এবং সামাজিক পরিবেশ: ঢাকা মহানগরীর অপ্রাতিষ্ঠানিক খাতের চিত্র (Rickshaw Repairer's Political Economy and Social Environment: Image of Dhaka City's Informal Sector),
ভূগোল ও পরিবেশ র্জানাল (Journal of Geography and Environment) , vol.7 , 2011
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Rejuan Hossain Bhuiyan, Md. Sofi Ullah and Md. Kamal Hossain : Quality of Surface Water at the Savar and its Adjacent Areas,
Society & Change , vol.II , no.2 , 2008
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Md. Sofi Ullah : Economic Characteristics of Hawkers in the Urban Economy: Some Evidence from Dhaka City,
Society & Change , vol.1 , no.2 , 2007
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Kazi Md. Fazlul Haq, Md. Sofi Ullah and Abdullah Al Masud : Super-Centers as a Retail Market in Dhaka City: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis,
Society & Change , vol.1 , no.4 , pp.37-51 , 2007
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কাজী মোঃ ফজলুল হক, মোহাম্মদ সফি উল্যাহ and মোঃ কামাল হোসেন : পটুয়াখালীর মির্জাগঞ্জের ঘূর্ণিঝড় সংঘটন ও ঘূর্ণিঝড় সিডর-এর ক্ষয়ক্ষতি-মূল্যায়ন (Cyclone Formation in Mirzaganj, Patuakhali and damage assessment of Cyclone Sidr),
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় পত্রিকা (Dhaka University Journal) , vol.88 , pp.65-78 , 2007
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মোহাম্মদ সফি উল্যাহ : ঢাকা অপ্রাতিষ্ঠানিক কর্মকাণ্ড: প্রসঙ্গ হকার ও তাদের অর্থনৈতিক বৈশিষ্ট্য (Dhaka Informal Activities: Hawkers and Their Economic Characteristics),
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় পত্রিকা (Dhaka University Journal) , vol.65 , 1999
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Md. Sofi Ullah : Socio-Economic Aspects of Hawkers and Their Activities in Dhaka City,
Oriental Geographer , vol.40 , no.1&2 , 1996
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আমানত উল্লাহ খান and মহাম্মদ সফি উল্যাহ : শিল্পের অবস্থান তত্ত্ব ও বাংলাদেশী উদ্যোক্তাদের শিল্পর অবস্থান সিদ্ধাস্ত প্রক্রিয়া: একটি সমীক্ষা (Industrial Location Theory and the Industrial Location Decision Process of Bangladeshi Entrepreneurs: An Analysis),
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় পত্রিকা (Dhaka University Journal) , vol.46 , pp.155-168 , 1993
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Mohammad Sofi Ullah
Professor
Department of Geography & Environment
Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Email: sofiullah.geoenv@du.ac.bd
Phone: 01552-424523