Brooklyn, New York, United States
New York native of Bengal origin. I am ever-curious about the nature of the world and our place as humans in and amongst it. I have worked in the practice of flood risk management throughout my career, and am interested in exploring avenues for collaboration and coordination across partners. I believe engaging with communities around their relationships with flooding is critical to achieving meaningful outcomes and building sustainable practices. There's a momentum I see gathering towards resilient, human-centric development initiatives; let's keep it moving!
Project Manager for resilient infrastructure development projects in Miami, FL and Brooklyn, NY
Worked as Project Monitor for FEMA’s RiskMAP projects, which delivered regulatory Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and Flood Insurance Studies (FIS), flood risk data, and technical assistance throughout FEMA Region 2 (New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands) Served as Regional Dam Safety Program Manager, working directly with state Dam Safety officials to administer the National Dam Safety Program and High Hazard Potential Dam Rehabilitation grants, and provided technical assistance on climate-resilience planning in dam safety operations Supported Disaster Recovery Operations in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria, coordinating the development of Advisory Flood, Wind, and Landslide hazard mapping products to assist with redevelopment, and in Brooklyn, NY during the federal vaccination effort in 2021, managing the intake of ~3000 daily vaccine recipients over a three month period
Designed water distribution, sanitation, and drainage infrastructure for USAID residential development project in Haiti; consisted of site data collection, stakeholder engagement, data analysis, model development, conceptual design production, and construction documentation using AutoCAD and Civil 3D Optimized model parameters in GIS for New York City East Side Coastal Resiliency Project to accurately demonstrate flooding conditions in lower Manhattan from combinations of rainfall and storm surge scenarios Developed green infrastructure screening tool for the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority, using GIS analysis to develop a methodology for selecting site for green infrastructure implementations based on environmental, socioeconomic, and public health metrics Conducted business development tasks such as proposal writing, website management, project documentation, client/collaborator coordination, and standardized template development (timesheets, expense reports, proposals, etc.)