Ms. Iffat obtained her MSC degree in Environmental Assessment from Concordia University, Montreal, where her specialization was in EIA- Concepts, Principles and Practice, Data Collection and Analysis, Environmental Economics, Environmental Law, GIS and Remote Sensing application for EIA. She has more than thirty year's working experiences in Bangladesh in the field of Water and Environmental Sector and she is considered one of the pioneers of Remote Sensing application in many development projects since 1988 through which she possesses profound knowledge on GIS/Remote Sensing.
She worked in many projects of the trust organization under the Ministry of Water Resources of Bangladesh and also UNDP/Dutch funded projects.