Dr. Rasel Hussain

Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology

Assistant Proctor

Faculty

Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Address

A/2, Jahurul Islam Avenue
Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh

Office

Ext: 313 || Room No# 703
raseldu1971@ewubd.edu

Academic Background

1. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
2. Master of Social Sciences (MSS) in Sociology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
3. Bachelor of Social Sciences (BSS) in Sociology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dr. Rasel Hussain completed his Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) from the Department of Sociology and Social Policy of Lingnan University, Hong Kong with the prestigious HKPFS Scholarship by RGC of Hong Kong,. Currently he is serving as a Assistant Proctor and Assistant Professor at East West University in the Department of Sociology. Earlier he was worked as a Consultant of REACH, University of Oxford and Coventry University, the United Kingdom. He also worked as a Founding Moderator of the East West University Sociology Club. He teaches at Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) and Asian University Bangladesh (AUB) as a faculty of Sociology.

He developed his expertise in the field of Urban Sociology, Demography, Gender studies, and Gerontology. His research interest falls in the arenas of Urban Economy, Informal economy, information based economy and urban marginality, Poverty and Gender studies, Gerontology and so on. He had handful of experiences about field research in connection with different INGO’s and NGO’s including icddr,b, UNICEF, Save the Children, Nielsen, Plan International, Ministry of Health, University Grant Commission(UGC), Bangladesh Medical Research Council(BMRC) and so on at home and abroad and thus gathered handful experience in both quantitative and qualitative research.

Mr. Hussain is publishing and presenting his research articles from the reputed journal and conferences at home and abroad with the progress of his academic journey. Currently, he is doing his research on information based economy, Masculinity and suicide in the context of South Asian Societies. His academic credentials, research experiences, pieces of training, ICT literacy and other extra-curricular activities fully demonstrate his candidature to be a lifetime student of Sociology to serve the nation and as a Researcher to promote the earth for sustainable development.

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor (July 2024-Present), Department of Sociology, East West University.
Assistant Proctor (February 2024, Present), East West University.
Senior Lecturer of Sociology (July, 2019 - Present)
Department of Sociology, East West University (EWU)
Academic Tutor (September 2020- August 2023) Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
Lecturer of Sociology (January 2017- July 2019),Department of Sociology, East West University (EWU)
Lecturer in Sociology (October, 2015 – January, 2017)
Department of Economics, Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT)
Research Consultant (April 2018- March 2019)
REACH, University of Oxford and Coventry University, United Kingdom
Public Lives, Private Water: a study of Gender, Water and Empowerment among Ready-Made Garment Women Workers in Dhaka.
Lecturer (Adjunct) (January, 2015 – December, 2015)
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Asian University of Bangladesh (AUB)
Research Coordinator (September 2015- December 2015)
University Grant Commission (UGC)
Project Name: Program self-assessment 2015, Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka.
Research Assistant (July 2015-September 2015)
Government of the people’s republic of Bangladesh and Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)
Project Name: City Region Development Project (CRDP).
Research Assistant (March 2014 - November 2014)
The Nielsen Company (Bangladesh) Limited.
Project Name: Baseline Survey for Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) Project and Evaluation of Pirgonj ADP Project, Baseline Survey of Urban Resilience Bangladesh.
Researcher (January 2013 - June 2013)
University Grand Commission (UGC)
Project Name: The economic and social impact of social forestry: A study on the rural women in Bangladesh

Research Interest

Academic and Research Interest:

Urban Sociology (Information Economy, Informal Economy, Urban Poverty, and Marginality)
Gender Studies, Gerontology, Demography, Society and Social Changes

Selected Publications

Khan, A. R., & Hussain, R. (2025). A Content Analysis of Prison/Custodial Suicide in Bangladesh," in Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences. (Accepted for Publication)
Islam, M., Hussain, R., & Ahmed, M.F. (2025). Change management and its impact on overcoming employees’ resistance to change: Evidence from the cement & automobile industry of an emerging economy. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 12 (2), 1669–1687. http://dx.doi.org/10.61426/sjbcm.v12i2.3297
Hussain, R., Shova, T.Y. (2024). Increasing Rate of Suicide among the University Students of Bangladesh: A Sociological Investigation. ASR: CMU Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (2023) Vol.11 No.1. ISSN: 2465-4329 (online). http://dx.doi.org/10.12982/CMUJASR.2024.001
Hussain, R., Shova, T.Y.(2023). “Effects of Covid-19 on Bangladesh's School Dropout and Child Marriage Rates: A Threat to Achieving Sustainable Development Goals and Promotion of Intergenerational Poverty”. East West Journal of Business and Social Studies. Special issue (volume 9-11).
Hussain, R. & Shimul, S. M. A. K. (2023). Women Migrant Workers and Their Transition across State Boundaries : Labour Exporting Policies of Bangladesh and the Reality. (IPS Working Paper Series No.3). Hong Kong: Institute of Policy Studies, Lingnan University. DOI: 10.14793/ipswp_03
Khan, A. R., Hussain, R., & Rahman, M., Md (2022). Pathways to the studies on men and masculinities in Bangladesh. HUMANISMA: Journal of Gender Studies, 06(July- December 2022), 18-39. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.30983/humanisme.v6i2
Hussain, R. (2022). Cultural globalization and its stimulus on urban youth: A sociological study among university students in Bangladesh. Journal of Indian Research (ISSN: 2321-4155). Vol. 9, No. 3 & 4, July- December- 2021, Pp 12-24. Published on April 2022.
Hussain, R., Saha, A.K. (2022). Street-based Female Sex Workers and Their Vulnerabilities: A Study in the Municipalities of Bangladesh. Journal of Social Health (February, 2022), Volume 5, Issue 1. ISSN 2651-6837. University of Santo Tomas, Philippine.
Hussain R. (2021). Information Economy, Employment Vulnerability, and the Emergence of New Urban Marginality in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. In: Huong L.T.T., Pomeroy G.M. (eds) AUC 2019. Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5608-1_40
Hussain, R. (2019). City, Informality and Poverty: The Polarization of the Street Vendors in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Italian Sociological Review,9 (3), PP.413-430. [DOI: 10.13136/isr.yi3.249]
Hussain, R., & Shova, T. Y, (2018), Unusual and unnecessary C-Section practices in Bangladesh: Violation of respect for autonomy principle and absence of social equity in health care system. Social Science Review, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D, Volume 35, Number-2, December 2018, PP 247-260, ISSN 1562-269X.
Pervin, I., Hussain, R. (2018), Web Technology and the Changing Pattern of Relationship: A Study on Urban Youth in Dhaka City, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) |Volume II, Issue XII, December 2018|ISSN 2454-6186
Shova, T.Y, Hussain, R. (2018). Child Murder Issues in Bangladesh: Reasoning from Socio-Ethical Observation. ‘Society and Change’ a Social Science Journal Vol. XII, No.2, April-June 2018, ISSN :1997-1052 (Print), 227-202X (Online): pp37-48.
Hussain, R., (2015); The Emerging Digital Culture of Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects; Journal of Philosophy, Culture and Religion; ISSN 2422-8443; An International Peer-reviewed Journal; Vol.6, 2015, P: 18-24.
Hussain, R., Saha, A. K., Rabbani, G., Pervin, I., Shamma, W.T., & Khan, S.H., (2015); State and the Low Cost Housing for the Poor: Fall of BashentekRehabilitation Project (BRP) in Dhaka City: Bangladesh; Journal of Education and Practice; ISSN 2222-1735 (Paper), ISSN 2222-288X (Online); Vol.6, No.13, 2015
Saha, A. K., Hussain, R., Rabbani, G., Pervin, I., Shamma, W. T., & Khan, S.H., (2015); Anti-pornography Act (2012) and the Current Behavior, Knowledge Status and Opinion poll: A study on the Students of University of Dhaka; Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization, ISSN 2224-3240 (Paper) ISSN 2224-3259 (Online)Vol.36, 2015
Hussain, R., (2014); The Hidden Misery of the Marginal group of People: The Case of Street Vendors in Dhaka City; writerscafe.org

Hussain, Rasel (2015); State, Informality and Urban Marginality: The miseries of street vendors; LAP (Lambert Academia Publishing); ISBN:978-3-659-67628-4.66121, Saarbrucken, Deutschland/Germany.

2025

Khan, A.R., Hussain, R., Uddin, H. & Parvin, R. (2025). Civil Service Careers Through the Lens of Weber’s Social Stratification Model: A Qualitative Study. Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centers (BPATC), Bangladesh Government.
Hussain, R., & Ahmed, M. (2025). The Role of Village Court in Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Study in the Different Union Parishads of Bangladesh. National Institute of Local Government (NILG), under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Co-operatives, Bangladesh.
Tanjeela. M., Hussain, R., & Uddin, H. (2025). Environmental Degradation and Displacement of Forest-Dependent Communities: A Socio-ecological Study in the Sundarbans Area, Bangladesh. East West University Centre for Research and Training (EWUCRT).East West University.
Khan, A.R., Islam, Z., Hussain, R., (2025), “Motivation for Civil Service Jobs in Bangladesh: An Explanation from the Weberian Model of Social Stratification and the Way Forward” Brownbag Seminar Series, Department of Sociology, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh,23rd of April 2025.

2024

Hussain, R. (2024). Behavioral intention and attitudes towards the adoption of technology by the informal sector workers; their employment and livelihood vulnerabilities in the era of information economy: A case of Bangladesh. “Hong Kong Sociological Association (HKSA)” 25th annual conference. Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong, 7th December 2024.
Hussain, R. (2024). Economic Restructuration and the digital transportation platforms in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Question of Employment opportunities or Employment Vulnerability? Future of Work in the Global South and Global North Symposium. School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia, 2-3 May 2024
Hussain, R. (2024). Information economy, employment vulnerability and the development of new urban marginality: The case of Bangladesh. Brownbag Seminar Series. Department of Sociology. East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 28th March , 2024.

2023

Hussain, R., (2023). Possession of capital by informal sector workers and their role in the placement of jobs in the era of the information economic system: A case of Dhaka, Bangladesh.” The Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS)-2023. The Australian Sociological Association- TASA at University of Sydney, Australia. 28th November 2023.
Hussain, R. (2023). Rumours (Gujob) and Misinformation in the Era of Information Society: A Case of Bangladesh Society. XX ISA World Congress of Sociology. Melbourne, Australia. 25th June- 1st July 2023.
Hussain, R., Hasan M.H., (2023). Children's ingratitude, negligence, and abuse towards elderly parents: A sociological insight from Bangladesh Society. Postgraduate Conference on Interdisciplinary Learning: Intersections of Research, Society and Postgraduate Education. Lingnan University, Hong Kong. 31^st March-1April 2023.

2022

Hussain, R. (2022). Marginalization of the Informal sector workers in the era of information economic system from the lens of recruiters: A case of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Hong Kong Sociological Association 23^rd Annual Conference, Lingnan University, Hong Kong. 3^rd December, 2022.
Hussain, R. (2022). Educational institutes dealing with Covid-19 pandemic: Experiences from Bangladesh. 22^nd Annual Conference: Global Crises, Alternative Futures. Hong Kong Sociological Association, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. January 8, 2022.

2021

Hussain, R. (2021). Child marriage and school dropout in Bangladesh during Covid-19: Challenges for youth education sustainability. China and Higher education conference (ChinaHE21 Hong Kong Session). Education and SDGs: Promoting Quality Education for All. Organized by Manchester University in collaboration with Lingnan University. Hong Kong, 6^th December.
Shova, T.Y, Hussain, R. (2021). Integration and recognition of Asian Immigrants: A critical Exposition on Will Kymlicka's Polyethnic Rights. The 12th International Convention of Asia Scholars: Creating a Global Future. Kyoto, Japan, 24-28 Aug 2021. https://www.eventscribe.net/2021/ICAS12/agenda.asp?BCFO=M&pfp=Browse%20By%20Day&tn=&cpf2=&cus2=&pta=&all=1&mode=
Hussain, R. (2021). Information Economy, Employment Vulnerability and the Development of New Urban Marginality: A Case of Bangladesh. Postgraduate Conference on Interdisciplinary Learning: Re-Imagining Postgraduate Studies in the 21^st Century and Beyond. 26-27 March 2021. Organized by Lingnan University, School of Graduate Studies & University Grants Committee. Tuen Mun, Hong Kong.
Hussain, R., Shimul, S.M.A.K (2021). Women and the Transition across State Boundaries: The Warps and Woofs of National Labor Exporting Policies of Bangladesh and the Reality. ESA RN 35 “Sociology of Migration” – Midterm Conference. Towards Reflexivity in Migration Studies. Knowledge Production in Times of Contested Politics and Post-Colonial Dynamics. 21-22 January 2021. In collaboration with the IMISCOE Standing Committee “Reflexivities in Migration Studies”.

2020

Hussain, R. (2020). Challenges, Opportunities, and Responses to and by Higher Education institute amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, Higher Education Research(CHER,2020), “Innovations of Higher Education Amid that Pandemic: Institutional Management, Teaching, and Research Perspectives” Organized by Lingnan University and Co-Organized by University of Bath & Durham University. Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, 13-14 November 2020.
Hussain, R. (2020), Online Intolerance: Netizens Responsibility, Organized by East West University Telecommunications Club in collaboration with 'Move Foundation', 02 March 2020, CCC Lobby (EWU), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Khan, A.R, Hussain, R. (2020). ‘’Pathways of the Studies on Men and Masculinities in Bangladesh’’, Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences; Gender, Health, Information and the EnvironmentThe Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (FLASS) in collaboration with Life Sciences, East West University, February 27-29, 2020

2018-2019

Hussain, R.(2019).''Information Economy, Employment vulnerability and the Emergence of New Urban Marginality in Dhaka City, Bangladesh''.15th International Asian Urbanization Conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 27-30th November 2019.
Hussain, R. (2019), Women Health Issue: Reproductive Health (ARH) and Rights, Organized by East West University Sociology Club, 01 August 2019, CCC Lobby (EWU), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Hussain, R., Shova, T.Y (2019). ‘’Inclination of Suicide among the University Students of Bangladesh: A Socio-Moral Investigation’’ The 1st International Conference on Social Sciences and Law, Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Law, University of Barishal on15-16 March 2019.
Hussain, R. (2018). ‘’ The Alienation of Bachelor in the Metropolitan Areas: A Case of Dhaka City, Bangladesh’ ’The 1st National Conference on ‘’ Contemporary Changes in Bangladesh Society’’, Department of Sociology, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh held on May 12, 2018
Hussain, R. (2018), ‘’ Information Economy and the New Urban Marginality in Dhaka City, Bangladesh’’. International Conference on ‘South Asian Sociology & Beyond’, Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, held on 19-20th January 2018.
Hussain, R. , Shova, T.Y (2017) “Child Murder Issue in Bangladesh: Reasoning from Socio-Ethical Observation”. Insearch 2017: 4th International Integrative Research Conference at Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Comilla, Bangladesh held on 18-19 December 2017.

Award:

"Best Researcher Award" in the Assistant Professor Category in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts( FLASS) of East West University.

"Best Researcher Award" in the Assistant Professor Category at the Department of Sociology of East West University.

Fellowship:

Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS), Lingnan University, Department of Sociology and Social Policy. Tuen Mun, Hong Kong.

Professional/Academic Membership:

Hong Kong Sociological Association (2021-2022)

Bangladesh Sociological Association (2015- Cont.)

Public Sociology (Editorial, Op-Ed and Interview)
TV Interview: 2024-2025

Rasel Hussain (2025). Fake News Scanner at Ekattar Tv. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPFwu3XDP5E
Rasel Hussain (2024). কেমন আছে বাংলাদেশের সংখ্যালঘুরা?; ভারতের অতিরঞ্জিত সংবাদে অপমানিত বোধ করছেন সনাতনীরা. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?mibextid=UalRPS&v=869080951916310&rdid=Zcwu2TcowwtqKwfA

Newspaper Op-Ed: 2024-2025

Dr. Anisur Rahman Khan & Dr. Rasel Hussain (2025, July 5). বাংলাদেশে কারাগার/হেফাজতে আত্মহত্যা: একটি উপেক্ষিত সংকট.
https://www.sottonews.com/article/3172?fbclid=IwY2xjawLZz1xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETE2NThJNEZ2d2xjSzlmRGI4AR5z_cv5TV5fnPBbbvSLRCPcDUfgCgFco_hhkvlcN7B51XtRp7XwoQ1NLvQD6A_aem_6QGjU0T6GxBQeuybvSm9vw
Hasan Shesheir & Dr. Rasel Hussain (2025, July 7). "Mob Justice in Bangladesh: A Crisis of Judicial Trust, Rumour, and Collective Violence" as a Special Contribution.
https://www.theseoultimes.com/ST/index.html?ckattempt=1
Dr. Rasel Hussain & Hasan Shesheir (2025, June 30). New Covid-19 variant in town: Are we ready to fight the old enemy in a new guise? The Business Standard.
https://www.tbsnews.net/thoughts/new-covid-19-variant-town-are-we-ready-fight-old-enemy-new-guise-1177566
Hasan Shesheir & Dr. Rasel Hussain (2025, June 22)The Rise of the New Variant of Covid-19: Ready to Fight Back Strongly to Minimize Casualty?
https://www.theseoultimes.com/ST/index.html?ckattempt=1
Mahmodul Shesheir; Dr. Rasel Hussain (2025, March 16). Punishment: Does it actually deter Rape? The Daily Good Morning Kashmir.GMK, PAGE: 5 https://epaper.dailygoodmorningkashmir.com/epaper/edition/1466/gmk-mar-25/page/5?fbclid=IwY2xjawJH4LtleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdK-6ltSJykBwy9EXBIHnIf2BhbzEA-uFC6iiQa_WWq7ZA_LUseAt6mNuw_aem_3KnDnu10D61BUHzrQ263GQ
Mahmodul Shesheir; Dr. Rasel Hussain; Mehadi Shawon; and Faiaz Ahmed (2025, March 2). Suicide- a silent parasite in society: It’s alarming rise among students. The Daily Observer. https://www.observerbd.com/news/514543?fbclid=IwY2xjawJH4KdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfKdOleBJtgSOypFhpvUugqG5Tx_FGcrIwJvd8V9uzsJ0zo9N51vmP6-dQ_aem_KWpvSNWyeDz3inJAvcHP2Q
Shesheir, Mahmodul Hasan, Hussain, Rasel; Shawon, Mehadi; and Ahmed, Faiaz (2025, January 31). Suicide- a Silent Parasite in Society: Breaking the Silence and Addressing the Alarming Rise in Madrasa Student Suicides in Bangladesh. Policy Watcher.
https://policywatcher.com/2025/01/suicide-a-silent-parasite-in-society-breaking-the-silence-and-addressing-the-alarming-rise-in-madrasa-student-suicides-in-bangladesh/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIK8gVleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHYlsnfjHUabur-qNisohTd5eBf5nQc-8zZO92GkIUP0lVWIVyKpclb9Miw_aem_eRox4t8AEziIeosyD_ZDjQ
Shesheir, Mahmodul Hasan, Hussain, Rasel; Shawon, Mehadi; and Ahmed, Faiaz (2025, January 13), It’s in the air. Dhaka Tribune, 13 Jan 2025.
https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/longform/370669/it%E2%80%99s-in-the-air
Hussain, Rasel, and Shesheir, Mahmodul Hasan (2024, September 9), ‘Community-Based Flood Management Strategies: Lessons from Recent Flood in Bangladesh – OpEd’. The Eurasia Review.
https://www.eurasiareview.com/09092024-community-based-flood-management-strategies-lessons-from-recent-flood-in-bangladesh-oped/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFTW71leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXROyeTkFTKm25TaKt_oL2w-awFWdu3bEfu4teMD6O30PELzJNRQjGU_oA_aem_6r-OU079ptzE7djG5awNkg
Hussain, Rasel (2024, August 24) ‘Alarming rise in suicide rates among university students in Bangladesh’. The Daily Messenger. https://www.dailymessenger.net/opinions/news/25784?fbclid=IwY2xjawFTW8RleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeEQ0ptl3Pj8c8E-0mzzX-Rw_gbptYf7hfbXGqnGYP5rH_Xeq7uRCIkoNg_aem_W794z9m7RP-c5CYLVWOdVQ
Hussain, Rasel (2024 July 17). ‘Crisis and sufferings of elderly people is alarmingly in rise in Bangladeshi society’. The Daily Messenger.
https://www.dailymessenger.net/opinions/news/24227
Hussain, Rasel (2024, July 9). ‘Study with Scholarship: From Bangladesh to India’. The Daily Messenger, 9th July 2024, https://www.dailymessenger.net/feature/news/23685
Howlader, Hasan and Hussain, Rasel, (2022, November 10). ‘The Researchers and the Research Must be Judged in Due Process!’. The Daily Messenger.
https://www.dailymessenger.net/opinions/news/936

Translation Work (English to Bangla)
Global Dialogue, a magazine of the International Sociological Association (ISA).
Volume: (2022-2024), Vol 14.3, 14.2, 14.1, 13.3, 13.2, 13.1, 12.3, 12.2, & 12.1.
https://globaldialogue.isa-sociology.org/languages/bengali

Anisur Rahman Khan, Rasel Hussain, Helal Uddin & Ruma Parvin (2025-2026). Civil Service Careers Through the Lens of Weber’s Social Stratification Model: A Qualitative Study. Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centers (BPATC), Bangladesh Government.
Mumita Tanjeela, Rasel Hussain & Helal Uddin (2025-2026). Environmental Degradation and Displacement of Forest-Dependent Communities: A Socio-ecological Study in the Sundarbans Area, Bangladesh. East West University Centre for Research and Training (EWUCRT). East West University.
Anisur Rahman Khan, Rasel Hussain (2025-2026). Men’s Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence and Coping/Help-Seeking Strategies in Bangladesh. East West University Centre for Research and Training (EWUCRT). East West University.
Rasel Hussain & Moti Ahmed (2024-2025) "The Role of Village Court in Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Study on Selected Union Parishad in Bangladesh". National Institute of Local Government (NILG), Ministry of Local Government Rural Development and Co-operatives, Bangladesh Government . https://flass.ewubd.edu/sociology-department/news-details/dr-rasel-hussain-wins-nilg-grant-village-court-study

Awards & Achievements

2020-2023	Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scholarship (HKPFS), UGC, Hong Kong Government, HKSAR.
2018	Youth Blood Donor Award (17 times), Badhan, University of Dhaka
2015	Merit Scholarship, University of Dhaka, for Merit Position in MSS in Sociology
2012	Merit Scholarship, University of Dhaka, for Merit Position in BSS honors in Sociology
2007	Merit Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Cumilla Board, Bangladesh for Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) Result
2005	Merit Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Cumilla Board, Bangladesh for Merit position in Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Result

Teaching Materials

Teaching Courses :

Introduction to Sociology (SOC 7101)
Bangladesh Society and Culture (7307)
Globalization, Migration, Development and Refugee Issues (SOC7316)
Urban Sociology (SOC 7303)
Social Problems and Analysis (SOC 7107)
Sociology of Poverty (SOC 7402)
Social Demography (SOC 7312)
Social Gerontology (SOC 7320)
Social Changes in Bangladesh (SOC 7416)

Affiliation Professional Membership

March 2024-Present Reviewer of the Journal of Housing and the Built Environment (JOHO). Springer Nature Publication.

September 2022- Present Reviewer of the Journal of Population and Social Studies (JPSS), Published by the Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand.

September 2021-Present Hong Kong Sociological Association

September 2021-Present UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab Expert

January 2021-Present SEDA Recognized Leader for Teaching Enhanced Learning

March 2019- Present Reviewer, Journal of Population and Social Studies (JPSS), Published by the Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University, Thailand.

Nov. 2018- Nov. 2020 Moderator of East West University Sociology Club (EWU Sociology Club)

January 2017-Present Member of the Academic Committee, Department of Sociology, East West University, Aftab Nagar, Dhaka-1212

January 2017-Present Research Fellow at the organization South Asian Youth Research Institute for Development (SAYRID), Dhaka, Bangladesh

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