Profile:  Md. Nazrul Islam is a dedicated expert with more than 30 years of practical experiences in providing high-level and demand-driven monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) supports to the development projects. He led MEL activities of the development projects with major responsibilities of designing MEL plans, setting baseline and targets of the indicators, conducting routine monitoring, annual/biannual performance assessments, and preparing multiple forms of reports (i.e., progress report, performance plan and report, annual performance report, etc.). He also designs and implements operation/action researches, assessments, feasibility studies, case studies; and manage third-party contracts for project evaluations and other special studies. He conducted data quality assessment with actionable recommendations to address any emerging data quality issues and assist IP to develop a performance improvement plan based on the DQA recommendations. He also facilitated MEL capacity building of the implementing partners and the key stakeholders through training, transfer of learning, and knowledge management activities. He has excellent communication skills for relaying information for improvement and process change, and strong interpersonal skills with extensive production of technical knowledge. Mr. Islam is constantly updating knowledge of monitoring, evaluation, and learning to implement them effectively at own place of business.