Institute of Water Modeling

{{short description|Research institute in Bangladesh}}

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Institute of Water Modeling or IWM,{{cite news |title=Challenges ahead for Bangladesh |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/challenges-ahead-bangladesh-1016410 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=18 March 2016|type=Op-ed |accessdate=21 November 2016}} is a government trustee of Bangladesh Water Resource Ministry and think tank that carries out research, planning and technology transfer related to water management projects in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.{{cite web|title=Institute of Water Modelling|url=http://www.iwmbd.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=5|website=iwmbd.org|accessdate=21 November 2016}}{{cite web|title=Dhaka Could Be Underwater in a Decade|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/08/dhaka-could-be-underwater-in-a-decade/|website=ipsnews.net|date=16 August 2016 |publisher=Inter Press Service|accessdate=21 November 2016}}{{cite news |title=To help climate migrants, Bangladesh takes back land from the sea |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bangladesh-clmate-land-idUSKCN0R90U220150909 |newspaper=Reuters |date=9 September 2016 |accessdate=21 November 2016}}

History

The Institute traces its origins to the Surface Water Simulation Modelling Programme which was founded 1986. It functioned under the Water Resources Planning Organisation. On 24 December 1996 the cabinet of Bangladesh Government decided to institutionalized the programme, which was renamed and established as Institute of Water Modeling on 1 August 2002.{{cite news |title=River erosion turns 50,000 homeless every year |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city/river-erosion-turns-50000-homeless-every-year-1289182 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=25 September 2016 |accessdate=21 November 2016}}

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