BBA (Accounting), MBA (Accounting)

Chief Executive Officer

Institute of Social Business (ISB)

B.Sc (Zoology ), M.Sc (Entomology), MPH

Chief Operating Officer

Institute of Social Business (ISB)

Professor Muhammad Nazmul Haq, M.Sc, M.Ed, M.A
Lead Consultant (Inclusive Education), Institute of Social Business,
Professor, Institute of Education & Research, University of Dhaka

Mr. Haq has enormous experience on teaching, research and curriculum development. He also attended different national and/international level seminars/workshops in the field of education. He served as principal researcher/team member of different research projects such as ‘Final evaluation of the Bangladesh basic education for the hard to reach urban working children (BEHTWRUC), 2nd phage. The project was undertaken by PINZ International, New Zealand supported by SIDA, CIDA and UNICEF; “Needs assessment for USAID Bangladesh’s engagement in improved reading skills in primary grades. This project was under RTI International, USA and sponsored by USAID Bangladesh; Review BRAC’s pre-primary school pilot in Tanzania. Funded by BRAC Tanzania; Evaluation of char livelihood programme a DFID funded project in Bangladesh; Conduct the second national assessment report on primary school children for grade III and V (for 2008); national status survey of teachers in Bangladesh, sponsored by UNESCO. FREPD, Dhaka; First national assessment report on primary school children for grade III and V (for 2006); Review the Early Childhood Resource Centere (ECDRC) of BUIED, sponsored by Plan Bangladesh; Baseline survey to determine the situation of early childhood education, sponsored by Save the Children USA; Study on teacher motivation in Bangladesh sponsored by University of Sussex, UK; Study to determine the situation of early childhood education in Bangladesh. Undertaken by Creative Associates International, Washington; Study on evaluation of 2002 C-in-Ed curriculum sponsored by World Bank; Conduct the terminal evaluate of the ESTEEM project sponsored by DFID; Baseline survey of secondary schools in Bangladesh. Jointly sponsored by IED, BRAC University and PACE programme, BRAC; Study on ‘Situation of out-of-school adolescents in Bangladesh’. UNESCO, Bangladesh; Evaluation of Non-Formal Education, Project II of DNFE. Sponsored by Sida and Norad, Dhaka; Final Review and Evaluation of the Active Learning Core Project (ALCP). DFID, Dhaka etc. Mr. Haq has more than 20 research base publications like books/articles/reports.

Dr. Md. Ahsan Habib, B.Ed (Hons.), M.Ed, MA Special Education Needs, PhD
Senior Consultant, Institute of Social Business,
Associate Professor, Institute of Education and Research, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mr. Ahsan is specialized on teaching, research and training. Reviewing Early Learning and Development Standard (ELDS), Early Learning for Children Development 2nd phase Project- sponsored by Bangladesh Shishu Academy, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and Bangladesh ECD Network (BEN); Baseline study and Development Monitoring Tools for “English and Digital for Girls’ Education (EDGE)” (an international project consists of Bangladesh, India and Nepal)- jointly sponsored by Leeds University and funded by British Council Bangladesh; Impact assessment of “English and ICT for Adolescents (EITA)”- sponsored by British Council Bangladesh and so on are key accomplishments of him. More than 14 papers of Mr. Ahsan have published in different journals and others publications. Moreover Mr. Ahsan presented her research paper in different forum national and international forum.

MBBS, MPH, MPhil
Chief Consultant (Universal Health Care), Institute of Social Business,
Professor and Head of Department, National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM), Bangladesh

Dr. Ahmed was Line Director of Communicable Diseases of Bangladesh Government. epidemiological and entomological intervention ‘Malaria Hot Spot’ control approach, piloting and scaling ‘Malaria Pre-Elimination  Approach’, ‘Malaria Free Town’ strategy, introduction of ‘Malaria Protective Jacket’ for at higher risk population (Zoom Cultivator and Wood Cutters) of high endemic hilly districts, paradigm shift in strategy from malaria control to ‘Malaria Elimination’, piloting and scaling up the ‘Little Doctors’ concept for overall development of health of school children through health education, health checkup, deworming and promotion of healthy lifestyle with target of reaching 26 million children through 1.5 million Little Doctors in over 100 thousands primary level institutes, Health checkup 26 million children twice a year, piloting and scaling up of morbidity management of 3-4 hundred thousand Filariasis patients through over 3 thousands Community Clinics, piloting and scaling up of  Indoor Residual Spray (IRS) for elimination of Kala-azar in all the endemic districts and sub-districts of the country, Camp approach and house to house search for Kala-azar and PKDL cases, Combined search of PKDL and Leprosy, Piloting and scaling up of ‘Zero Kala-azar Transmission’ strategy, research and scaling up of ‘Single Dose Liposomal Amphotericin B’ for management of Kala-azar, establishment of ‘Dog Bite Management Centers’ in all the 64 districts of the country with provision of free vaccine and Piloting & scaling up of Mass Dog Vaccination (MDV) against rabies in all the 64 district municipalities of the  country were the key innovative and conventional interventions of him during the tenure of Line Director. Dr. Ahmed is specialized on Teaching, Research, Training, Development of Strategy, SOP and Guideline, Operational Plan (OP) and Annual Development Plan for Communicable Disease, SEAR strategy for control of rabies and other zoonotic disease, Clinical Service and so on. He conducted and involved in hundreds of researches and has over 100 national and international scientific and technical publications. Now, he is working as Professor and Head of Department, National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM), Bangladesh.

MSS in Sociology, PhD

Prof. Dr. Rasheda Akhtar, MSS in Sociology, PhD
Senior Consultant, Institute of Social Business,
Professor, Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dr. Rasheda is specialized on Teaching, Research, Training and Development of Strategy. “Ethnic and Socio-economic background of Tea plantation workers’’ sponsored by Winrock International; “A study of flood perception of selected households” sponsored by War and Want; “The cultural context of condom use in Bangladesh” sponsored by Family Health International, USA; “The impact of Development Interventions on Women and their Changing Role: A Study of Selected Households”, sponsored by Human Resource Development Center (HRDC), Jahangirnagar University. Savar, Dhaka; “NGOs Under Attack : A Study of Socio-cultural and political Dynamics in Bangladesh’’ sponsored by PACT Bangladesh; “Vulnerability and Survival Strategies of the river bank eroded women in Harirumpur: An Anthropological Study in a village’’ sponsored by Grameen Trust. Mirpur, Dhaka; “VGD IES Round Two Study of women participated during 1994/96 period”, sponsored by world Food Program, Dhaka; “Women and herself Image: Women’s Perception about themselves – A Study on Bangladesh Village’’ sponsored by Human Resource Development Center, Savar, Dhaka; Cultural Construction of Reproductive Health of Pregnant and Lactating Mother: An anthropological study sponsored by Ford Foundation, Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka; Conceptualization of Early Marriage and Social Analysis: Context Rural Society, sponsored by Social Science Faculty, Jahangirnagar University. Savar. Dhaka; and Commercialization of Organ Transplantation: Case Kidney Business, funded by University Grand Comission. Dhaka are key research of her. More than 35 papers of Dr. Rasheda have been published in different journals and others publications. Moreover Dr. Rasheda presented her research paper in different forum.

Professor (Dr.) Sk. Akhtar Ahmad, MBBS, DPH, MPH, Certificate in Environmental Science
Senior Consultant, Institute of Social Business
Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences (BUHS)

Professor Akhtar is working as Senior Professor and Researcher in teaching occupational and environmental health for more than 30 years. Fields of interest are environmental health and occupational health & safety including arsenic contamination, climate change issues, and workers health & safety issues. Organized and conducted a number of researches in the field of environmental health such as arsenic contamination, climate change, salinity in water; air pollution, tobacco smoking, etc and in the field of occupational health, health problems of the worker, musculoskeletal disorders, lead toxicity, noise problem, asbestosis, chromium toxicity, pesticide toxicity etc. Conducted many collaborative researches with Tokyo University, Miyazaki University Kyushu University of Japan, and University of British Columbia, Canada in home and abroad. Conducted researches in Nawalparasi, Nepal, Bahraich, UttarProdesh, India. Published many articles in the national and international journals with high impact factor and contributed in a number of books and reports on environmental health and occupational health. Supervised and guided many theses on environmental and occupational health issues of PhD. MPhil and MPH students. Having working experience as consultant and expert with WHO, ILO, DFID, UNEP, JICA, AAN and ENPHO, Nepal.

MBBS, Master of Community Nutrition, MPH

Professor (Dr.) Rowshan Ara, MBBS, Master of Community Nutrition, MPH
Senior Consultant, Institute of Social Business (ISB),
Professor and Head, Dept. of Reproductive & Child Health, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences (BUHS)

Professor Rowshan Ara had been serving under the Directorate General of Health Services under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in different capacities. She has been working in public health field for the last 18 years. She has acquired wide range of knowledge and experience on public health issues, programs, methods, procedures, and standards within area of expertise, knowledge and understanding of all facets of public health programmes and ability to design, conduct and evaluate independently public health programmes. She developed the competence to collaborate and provide technical assistance to carryout public health programs in Bangladesh in collaboration with different national international & multi-national NGOs, development partners, UN & other government agencies.

For five years she had worked at National Institute of Preventive & Social Medicine (NIPSOM) at the Departments of Reproductive & Child Health and at Nutrition & Biochemistry as Assistant Professor. As assistant professor the main responsibilities are teaching, training of post-graduate public health students. Plan, and develop research protocols for individual and for the institution and also conducted individual research and institutional research and supervised public researches of the students.

Prof. Dr. Shawkat Ara Shakoor, MBBS, MSc in Community Eye Health, MS Ophth
Senior Consultant, Institute of Social Business,
Professor, Community Ophthalmology, National Institute of Ophthalmology, Agargaon , Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dr. Shawkat Ara is skilled on teaching, training, evaluation and advocacy. School vision testing in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Operational research study to assess the need and uptake of spectacle provision in children aged 9 – 13 years; Comparative study of Refractive error between urban and rural school children in Bangladesh; Prevalence of Refractive Error in children of Bangladesh: A community based study. 2011; National Blindness survey in Bangladeshi adults; evaluate the existing Cataract surgical program through Demand Side Financing (DSF) by ORBIS in Manikgonj; final evaluation of the Bangladesh District eye Care Project by FHF; final evaluation of Char project of ORBIS were the major studies of her. She was also key resource person of Counseling training for eye care personnel personnels by SightSavers-Bangladesh; and counseling training in eye care for the nurses of NIO jointly organized by SS-Bangladesh office and the department of community Ophthalmology, NIO. Dr. Shawkat Ara also involved in the preparation of ‘Counseling manual on eye Care’ jointly by Sightsavers and National eye Care.

Dr. Md. Mahmudul Haque, MBBS, MPH
Senior Consultant, Institute of Social Business,
Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM), Bangladesh

Dr. Haque has 16 years professional experience in health sector. He participated a number of research activities. Nutritional Status of the children of 5-14 years in selected arsenic exposed and non-exposed areas in Bangladesh, Essential Public Health Functions in Bangladesh, Unmet needs of family planning and practice of family planning in a selected rural to urban migrated population of Dhaka city, Public Health Workforce in Bangladesh, Evaluation of Dietary Management in various Private and public Hospitals in Bangladesh, Nosocomial infection among pediatric patients in tertiary level Hospitals of Dhaka city, Role of Mass Media in Disseminating Knowledge of Public Health among the Population of Bangladesh, State of Service Delivery and Utilization of Services in Selected Community Clinics, Depression among Elderly People Living in Old Homes and with Families: A Comparative Study are the remarkable research of him. His 21 articles were published in different national and international journal. He was Assistant Chief (Statistical), Management Information System (MIS)-Health, DGHS. Now, he is working as Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM), Bangladesh

Mahbub Ahsan Khan, MA, PhD
Senior Consultant, Institute of Social Business,
Associate Professor, Institute of Education and Research, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mr. Ahsan is specialized on teaching, research and training. National Student Assessment 2013(Funded by The World Bank); Implementing Learning Assessment Survey 2012 for Secondary Education Quality and Access Enhancement Project (SEQAEP), DSHE, GOB, funded by The World Bank; Measuring the Effectiveness of Instructional Materials in Pre-primary and Primary Schools Provided by Plan Bangladesh; Diploma in Primary Education Curriculum Development Project, Directorate of Primary Education (DPE); Primary Education Development Project-I (Baseline Survey), Directorate of Primary Education (DPE); COL-BOU Adult Learning Project, Bangladesh Open University (BOU); Malaysian E-publication Project, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia and so on are key accomplishments of him. More than 11 papers of Mr. Ahsan have published in different journals and others publications. Moreover Mr. Ahsan presented her research paper in different forum.

Dr. Kabirul Bashar, MSc in Zoology (Entomology), Ph.D
Senior Consultant, Institute of Social Business,
Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dr. Bashar has enormous experience in teaching, research and capacity development. Studies on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) studies regarding dengue fever (DF) and dengue vectors mosquito among the residents of Dhaka city; Studies of some Socio-demographic Factors Related to Dengue Outbreak in Dhaka city, Bangladesh; Socio-demographic factors influencing knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) regarding malaria in Bangladesh; Seasonal prevalence of dengue vectors mosquito in Dhaka city, Bangladesh; Surveillance of dengue vectors mosquito in some rural areas of Bangladesh are the remarkable researches of him. Total 20 research papers and article of Dr. Bashar have been published in different national and international journals and others publications. Furthermore his research papers were presented in various national and international forums.

B.Sc in Agricultural Economics, M.S. in Agricultural Finance
Chairman and Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Finance, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh:

Mr. Rais has more than 18 years experience in teaching and research areas. A total of 32 (thirty two) research articles of him published in different foreign and inland journals. Impact of Institutional Credit on Food Grain Production in Bangladesh; Role of Farm Credit in Agricultural Capital Formation in a Selected Area of Mymensingh District; An Economic Analysis of Homestead Farming in Some Selected Areas of Mymensingh District; Economics of Dairy Farming under Livestock Credit Programme of BKB in a Selected Area of Mymensingh District; Market Performance of Poultry Hatchery Industry in Bangladesh; Profitability of Selected Cropping Patterns in Some Selected Areas of Rangpur District; Utilization of Farm Credit Extended by Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) in a Selected Area of Jamalpur District; Impact of Enhancing Financial Capabilities of Union Parishad Project in Two Selected Upazilas of Bangladesh; Micro Credit Programmes of GB and RAKUB- a Comparative Study in Rangpur District; Effectiveness of RAKUB Crop Credit in Selected Areas of Rangpur District; Profitability and Resource Use Efficiency of Maize Production in Changing Farming System and Its Implication in Household Food Security; ): Economics of Small Scale Marine Fishing in Teknaf Upazila of Cox’s Bazar District are the key research of him.

Dr. Ashoke Kumar Ghosh, M.S. in Rural Sociology,  Ph.D. in Rural Sociology
Chairman and Faculty Member of the Department of Development and Poverty Studies, Faculty of Agribusiness Management, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University

Dr. Ashoke has more than 6 years of practical experiences regarding poverty alleviation, rural income generation, marketing linkage, agricultural development and rural cooperative. Moreover, having 7 years of study and research experiences in multicultural environment. Additionally, a number of national and international donor funded evaluative researches have conducted.

Md. Mizanur Rahman , M.Sc, Ph.D
Senior Consultant, Institute of Social Business,
Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dr. Rahman started his key profession as university teacher and he has been in this profession for more than 15 years. He teaches several courses under the broader Geography discipline i.e. Urban Geography, Geography of Housing and Shelter, World Regional Pattern, Research Methodology, Anthropogeograpy and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Apart from his classroom teaching he has been supervising a number of undergraduate and post-graduate research students on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as different urban development and environmental management related issues. He has been continuously updating and sharing his views on the above mentioned research areas in different national and international conferences, seminars, workshops and symposiums. Besides, he offered his specialized knowledge and shared his views through consultancy services with a number of development organizations and NGOs especially in the field of WASH. His gained knowledge and activities in the above mentioned field helped him to recognize as one of the leading expert in the field of water, sanitation and hygiene. He is life member of Bangladesh National Geographical Association (BNGA), Bangladesh Geographical Society (BGS), Jahangirnagar University Geographical Association (JUGA), and founder/core member of Geo-ecological Research Team (GeRT).

Dr. Rahman’s core research interest focuses on the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in urban informal/low-income settlements. He particularly emphasizes social-technological-governance dimensions and link them with existing water and sanitation systems. He also developed his expertise in assessing sustainable sanitation technologies, governance as well as strategic options for WASH related project planning and implementation. Over the years, he has been engaged in water, sanitation and hygiene research and consultancy assignments run by donor agencies, development organizations and NGOs in Bangladesh. Currently, he is working as a sanitation specialist in a project titled ‘Scanning and Mapping the WASH Situation in Coastal Bangladesh: Problems and Potential’ funded by the ICCO Cooperation, The Netherlands. Apart from his research and consultancy he also disseminated his knowledge in various events and he has been working there as facilitator/tutor where the targeted audiences/trainees are from different development organizations, NGOs, CBOs and the grassroots people. Dr. Rahman conducted few training sessions on water, sanitation, hygiene, latrine construction, installation, operation and management, which was arranged by NGOs and international development organizations.

Md. Ashraf Sadek, B.Ed, M.Ed, PhD.
Consultant, Institute of Social Business,
Assistant Professor, Institute of Education and Research, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mr. Sadek is experienced in teaching, guiding students’ research work, developing curriculum and preparing instructional materials for students, providing training services to education professionals and researchers; and conducting research in different areas of education. In addition, he contributed in different training and research initiatives of government and non-government organizations. ‘Quality Enhancement in Diploma in Primary Education (DPEd) Program’ sponsored by Government of Bangladesh; “Assessment of Literacy Level of Primary Students”, sponsored by Room to Read Bangladesh; “Assessment of Literacy Level of Primary Students”, sponsored by Room to Read Bangladesh; “Final Evaluation of Children’s Rights to Quality Education Project”, sponsored by RDRS and Norwegian Charge Aid (NCA); “Baseline survey of Children’s Rights to Quality Education Project”, sponsored by RDRS and Norwegian Charge Aid (NCA); “Investigate the pattern of class routine and Its Impact on Students’ Learning”, sponsored by BRAC are the majors researches of him. Besides a number of his research article had been published in different national and international journals.

Shamima Akther Chowdhury, MSS in Economics, MBA in HRM
Consultant, Institute of Social Business

Mrs Shamima has 15 years experience as a teacher in Private College & University. Experienced Master Trainer of the Consortium of RHSTEP & BAPSA for more than 5 years (specialty in SRHR issues). Enlisted Trainer of Plan Bangladesh, Anukul Foundation, Nagorik Uddog and other several national NGO’s. Main areas of training: SRHR, Gender, Advocacy & Community Mobilization, Behavior Change Communication (BCC)Counseling, Life skill Education, Peer approach, Interpersonal communication, Facilitation skills, NGO Fund Raising and Project Development, Project Proposal writing etc.

Mohammod Mosharrof Hossain, M.S.S in Sociology, DYDW
Consultant, Institute of Social Business

Mr. Hossain has enormous experience on capacity building initiative like conducting and delivering Training young entrepreneurs, Information workers, teachers and students; Developing training modules and Audio-Visual material; SME business plan development etc. He has conducted an action research and founded an ICT Based Rural Women Entrepreneurship Program through eSheBee Model. He is regular consultant of CIRDAP on designing and implementing Training and Workshop on women entrepreneurship in CIRDAP Countries. He worked with ICT4D (Information and Communication for Development) model building (e.g. ‘INFOLADY’ a modern ICT based entrepreneurship model for rural young educated women). He had worked as a Lead of Inventory, Impact of Public Access to ICT Venues run in collaboration with Washington University and a Lead of Livelihood Content Development Research team and conducted may needs and resource assessment studies. He also worked with Ministry of Women and Children Affairs & Ministry of Food in Bangladesh, and others national & international organizations.

Arif Mahmud, LLM, MDS
Consultant, Institute of Social Business

Mr. Mahmud is a seasoned Development Professional with 15 years of experience in training & capacity building; issue based advocacy in the areas of: health service delivery; water and sanitation; human rights, legal issues and justice; livelihoods; social empowerment and entrepreneurship development program design, implementation and management with non-governmental organizations (NGO) and community based organizations (CBO). He obtained Master of development studies from East West University and Master of laws from Rajshahi University.

Gazi Faruque, MA in English
Consultant, Institute of Social Business (ISB)

Mr. Gazi Faruque is well experienced in development management professional at national and international NGOs. Besides this he is an actor, director, lyricist & script writer at – stage, Radio, Bangladesh Television & film studio. There are 36 TV drama is tele casted and more than 15 stage drama is staged directed by him and also musical programs , TV Ad & documentary film is directed during the last 20 years

Nusrat Zerin, Bachelor of Education (Honours), Master of Education

Ms. Zerin is working as Education expert in educational development and disability sector. She has 14 years’ experience in developing, implementing, and managing complex programs and projects within time and budgetary constraints in Inclusive Education, Early childhood care and education,  Non-formal, Formal education with expertise in inclusive education and disability in development. As an educationist and investigator, she was involve is several researches on education, inclusive education and disability issues. She is one of the Thematic Group Member (Education Theme) of the Disability Network “National Forum of Organizations Working for the Disabled (NFOWD)”. She started he career as teacher for special needs children. She has working experiences in several international NGOs and NGOs, such as- Sightsavers-Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind; Helen Keller International (HKI) and Centre for Disability in Development (CDD). She was also a former Member of Participatory Research Group of Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, UK (As representative of Bangladesh in UN Policy Influence and Advocacy). She represented Bangladesh in the UN general assembly in New York, USA in 2013 as a member of Participate Research Group (PRG), Institute of Development Studies (IDS), under University of Sussex to share the situation and challenges faced by person with disabilities and older people in Bangladesh in different discussion panels and participated in the exhibition on the participatory research on “Voice of Marginalized people in Bangladesh”.

Nusrat Zerin has directly worked with different departments & ministries of Government of Bangladesh, such as – Directorate of Primary Education under Ministry of Education, Directorate of Higher and Secondary Education under Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, Department of Social Services (DSS) under Ministry of Social Welfare, Department of Disaster Management (DDM) and Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP) under the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief  and also with different INGOs and donor agencies. She has trained approx. 9000 school teachers, staff of partner organizations, government education officers and social service officers, community level volunteers, parents & caregivers, children and local govt. representatives on Inclusive education for the children with disabilities (including visually impaired & low vision children) throughout the career in Inclusive education management. She has developed several training curriculums & manuals, IEC materials on education, inclusive education, disaster risk reduction etc. She developed different education teaching learning materials of early childhood age, pre-school and primary level children with disabilities (such as- pre Braille alphabet books, tactile scrapbooks, tactile materials with colour contrast, materials for low vision children etc.). She has several publications. She works with different Disabled People’s Organizations to support them in developing programs.