Prof Islam led a major regional capacity building program called "Environmental Assessment Capacity Building in South Asia" funded by World Bank during 2014-2016. Under the project he planned and successfully piloted a Green MBA Specialization within the post-graduate program in management as Indian Institute of Management Kashipur. He was the principal Investigator for the project on "Performance Indicators for Subordinate Courts and Suggestive Policy / Procedural Changes to Reduce Civil Case Pendency" funded by Ministry of Law &amp; Justice, Government of India project under research in Judicial reform scheme. He was the Project Director for a major research project on Communication Strategy for Disaster management in Uttarakhand state in India. Communication is one of the key issues during any emergency, and pre-planning of communications is critical. Miscommunication can easily result in emergency events escalating unnecessarily. This is a major project funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research after the 2013 North India floods.