Introduction

A telecommunications professional with over a decade of experience, focused on building and securing resilient submarine cable infrastructure in Bangladesh.

• Deputy Manager (Development) at Bangladesh Submarine Cables PLC (BSCPLC)
• Worked on SEA-ME-WE 5 and SEA-ME-WE 6 submarine cable projects, strengthening Bangladesh’s international connectivity
• Integrity Award 2024 recipient from BSCPLC for professional excellence
• Letter of Appreciation from BSCPLC for minimizing the impact of a nationwide internet blackout
• Started in power generation before moving to telecommunications
• An OIC Scholarship recipient during my B.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Islamic University of Technology
• Live in Bangladesh, committed to building the resilient network infrastructure that will power the digital future

Experience

• Bangladesh Submarine Cables PLC (BSCPLC)
  • Deputy Manager (Development), Jan 2025 – Present
  • Deputy Manager (SEA-ME-WE 6 Project), Additional Charge, Oct 2022 – Jan 2025
  • Assistant Manager (Development), Oct 2022 – Jan 2025
  • Assistant Manager (Bandwidth Planning), May 2024 – Jul 2024
  • Assistant Manager (International Internet Gateway Network Operation Center), Jul 2021 – Oct 2022
  • Deputy Manager (Maintenance, Kuakata Submarine Cable Landing Station), Oct 2020 – Mar 2021
  • Assistant Manager (Operation, Kuakata Submarine Cable Landing Station), May 2016 – Jul 2021
• United Ashuganj Energy Limited (UAEL)
  • Engineer (Turbine and Boilers Operation and Maintenance), Mar 2015 – Apr 2016

Skills

• Data Science & Machine Learning: Statistics, Python (NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn, SciPy), SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server), Excel (PivotTable, PivotChart), Jupyter Notebook, Google Colab
• AI & Prompt Engineering: Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, GPT
• Programming & Scripting: C, Bash, MATLAB, GNU Octave
• Simulation: PSpice, HSPICE, GNS3, EVE-NG, Cisco Packet Tracer
• Web Development: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Markdown
• Developer Tools: Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, APT), GNU Core Utils, Git, GitHub, Vim/vi, nano
• Cybersecurity: Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit, Nessus, ZAP, John the Ripper
• Software & Productivity: Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, Project), LibreOffice, LaTeX

Education

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Islamic University of Technology, 2014

Publications

• Challenges in Implementing Machine Learning-Driven IoT Solutions in Semiconductor Design and Wireless Communication System IJIRTCC 2024
  Ahmed Selim Anwar, Sujan Kumar Bhowmik, Raqqib Bin Kadir, Muntasim Ul Haque, Siddikur Rahman, Istiaque Ahmed Badhan
• Analysis of Charge-Shared Matchline Sensing Schemes and Current Race Scheme in High-Speed Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) ICISET 2016
  Raqqib Bin Kadir, Ahmed Selim Anwar, Muntasim Ul Haque

Details on my Google Scholar profile

Projects

• Visualizing the History of Nobel Prize Winners
  A Python project on visualizing the history of Nobel Prize winners.
• Exploring NYC Public School Test Result Scores
  A Python project using pandas to explore NYC Public School Test Result Scores.
• Analyzing Crime in Los Angeles
  A Python project on analyzing crime in Los Angeles.
• Impact Analysis of GoodThought NGO Initiatives
  A SQL project to analyze the impact of an NGO initiatives.
• Case Study: Analyzing Customer Churn in Excel
  A Microsoft Excel case study to investigate a dataset from an example telecom company and analyze their churn rates.
• Investigating Netflix Movies
  A Python project using exploratory data analysis to do research on movies released in the 1990s.
• Analyzing Students’ Mental Health
  A SQL project to see how going to university in a different country affects students’ mental health.
• Introduction to Notebook Projects
  An introductory project on using DataCamp’s DataLab Notebook.

Training and Certification

• Python
  • Introduction to Functions in Python (DataCamp)
  • Introduction to Data Visualization with Matplotlib (DataCamp)
  • Python Data Fundamentals (DataCamp)
    • Exploratory Data Analysis in Python (DataCamp)
    • Introduction to Statistics in Python (DataCamp)
    • Introduction to Data Visualization with Seaborn (DataCamp)
    • Joining Data with pandas (DataCamp)
    • Data Manipulation with pandas (DataCamp)
    • Intermediate Python (DataCamp)
    • Introduction to Python (DataCamp)
• SQL
  • SQL Fundamentals (DataCamp)
    • Database Design (DataCamp)
    • Functions for Manipulating Data in PostgreSQL (DataCamp)
    • PostgreSQL Summary Stats and Window Functions (DataCamp)
    • Data Manipulation in SQL (DataCamp)
    • Joining Data in SQL (DataCamp)
    • Intermediate SQL (DataCamp)
    • Introduction to SQL (DataCamp)
• Excel
  • Excel Fundamentals (DataCamp)
    • Introduction to Excel (DataCamp)
    • Data Preparation in Excel (DataCamp)
    • Data Visualization in Excel (DataCamp)
    • Data Analysis in Excel (DataCamp)
• Git & GitHub
  • Intermediate GitHub Concepts (DataCamp)
  • Introduction to GitHub Concepts (DataCamp)
  • Intermediate Git (DataCamp)
  • Introduction to Git (DataCamp)
• AI & Prompt Engineering
  • ChatGPT Fundamentals (DataCamp)
    • Intermediate ChatGPT (DataCamp)
    • Understanding Prompt Engineering (DataCamp)
    • Understanding ChatGPT (DataCamp)
  • Introduction to ChatGPT (DataCamp)
• Data Science
  • Understanding Data Science (DataCamp)
• Cybersecurity
  • Cyber Security for Everyone (Cyber Bangla)
• Networking & Telecom
  • Segment Routing Workshop (Bangladesh Network Operators Group)
  • SEA-ME-WE 5 Cable System Type-B1/B2/B3 Training (NEC Corporation)
• Industry & Professional Development
  • e-Nothi training (Department of ICT, MoPT&IT)
  • Industrial Training (Islamic University of Technology & Bangladesh Power Development Board)

Awards and Scholarships

• Integrity Award 2024 by BSCPLC for exemplary integrity during FY2023-24, Sep 2024
• Appreciation letter from BSCPLC for minimizing the duration of the nationwide internet blackout, Apr 2018
• OIC Scholarship awarded during undergraduate years at Islamic University of Technology
• Government scholarships for outstanding achievement in Higher Secondary and Secondary exams
• Talentpool scholarships for exceptional results in Junior and Primary public exams

Extracurricular Activities

• Founding Member of Esonance - Organized the Electrical and Electronic Engineering fest at IUT
• Active Member of IEEE Student Branch - Arranged seminars and industrial tours
• General Member of IUT Debating Society - Coordinated and participated in various events
• Man of the Tournament in inter-office Cricket competition for exceptional performance
• Winner of inter-office Badminton Doubles, praised for versatile, ambidextrous gameplay

Test Scores

• IELTS Overall Band 8.0 (Listening 8.5, Reading 8.0, Writing 7.5, Speaking 7.0), Sep 2024

Blog Posts

• Microsoft Office 365 Thick Window Title Bar Issue - August 09, 2025

• Time Mismatch Between Devuan and Windows Dual Boot - August 05, 2025

• ‘br-connection-profile-unavailable’ Error on Devuan 5.0 Daedalus - August 05, 2025

• Why I Stopped Using the One Big Text File (OBTF) for Note Taking - May 12, 2025

• “Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda” Error During Linux Mint Installation - April 27, 2025

• Workaround for Missing in-note Search Feature of Standard Notes for Android - March 26, 2025

• IELTS Tips from a Band 8 Scorer - December 24, 2024

• Design choices I made for my personal website - December 16, 2024

• Hello World! - October 26, 2024