One of the founder advisors of BaA, Bangladeshi Architect Zia Ahmed has been working in the Planning sector as the Client Manager of Building and Development Advisory Service at City of Ryde Council in Sydney for many years. He is a community organiser with involvements in Bengali drama and film production groups in Australia, keeping the Bengali and Bangladeshi cultural milieu alive for Expatriates.  Back in 2016, Zia Ahmed produced a short film on 'Family Violence' targeting Bangladeshi community living in Australia in particular(subtitled in English), commissioned by the NSW Government Department of Health along with several Government organisations.

Both Zia Ahmed and his wife Molly Ahmed regularly ran a Bangla Radio segment called "Khanika" ( ক্ষণিকা ) in  Sydney 99.9 SWR FM,  a station that broadcasts to parts of Greater Western Sydney and in most of the Sydney metropolitan area.

This talk includes -

• The certification process for Buildings,
• Why and how he moved into Planning sector,
• How one can get Planning related jobs,
• Tiers in Council Planning policies in Sydney

This talk was also recorded in Bangla.  

This talk or Presentation was recorded on 26 October 2019 at Macquarie Links Community Centre in Sydney arranged by Bangladeshi Architects in Australia (BaA).
Background music in this episode is a mix of the 'piano with Ethera vocals played live over a heartbeat' from Freesounds.org by 'XHALE303' and 'Ural Mountain river in the valley' by 'newlocknew' with Creative Commons licences.

The short film on "Domestic Violence Awareness" link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4fmGRruxCQ 

Watch Zia Ahmed's other Short films on 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoJBe9UViw6KuJC48hL42mw/videos