Md. Sakib

I am Md. Sakib Al Montasir, pursuing my PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. I am a graduate of the Department of Wet Process Engineering from Bangladesh University of Textiles, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Apart from academics and co-curricular careers, I had been actively engaged in 10+ institutional, national, and international organizations, arranging 100+  events, workshops and campaigns, both as an organizer and as a participant.

Previously, I've worked as a "Sustainability and Circularity Engineer" at Reed Consultancy Bangladesh, trained on Water Management, chemical management, Climate Action, Energy assessment, Circular Economy by GIZ, UNIDO, FES, Circle Economy, Swisscontact, Solidaridad, H&M and Inditex. In this tenure, I have been incorporated with two of the projects of GIZ, namely 'WaSaTex' involving 50 textile factories to reduce process water consumption by consequent factory visits, process analysis & problem identification and 'Academia-Industry-Nexus' involving a series of events to connect the industry sector with academia focusing on women empowerment, mentorship, green jobs, job matching and job fair for textile industry of the country. I have also led the data collection for a project of UNIDO from 30 factories for evaluating readiness for digital product passports. Recently, I have led the data collector team consisting of 15 enumerators to conduct 450+ quantitative surveys, 50+ qualitative surveys, 10+ key informant interviews and 4 focus group discussions around different clusters of Bangladesh. For training 100+ participants for 70+ hours, I have recently been formally certified as a 'Circular Economy Master Trainer.

Also, I also worked as a "Research Assistant" at the Wet Process Lab at the Bangladesh University of Textiles, conducting research work on sustainability, circularity, recent advancements in textiles(Technical, and Technological),  applying the concept of polymer composite and nanoparticle, especially in functional textiles, and synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials.  My goal is to establish a career in sustainable supply chain and circular economy.