Department of Public Administration

DR. PRANAB KUMAR PANDAY PROFESSOR MSS (Raj), M.Phil (Norway), PhD (Hong Kong), Post Doc (Cornell Univ, the USA; Senior Fulbright Fellow) Research Interest: Public Policy and Public Management, Public Administration, Governance (both urban and local governance), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Urban Policy and Development, Electoral Politics, Gender and Governance in the Third World Countries, Social Accountability, Public Sector Policy and Management, Ethnic Conflict in CHT Region Email Address: pranabpanday@ru.ac.bd, pranabpanday@yahoo.com Details
FARDAUS ARA PROFESSOR MPhil (Norway), PhD (Australia) Research Interest: Gender, Development, Governance Email Address: fardaus@ru.ac.bd Details
DR. MD. AWAL HOSSAIN MOLLAH PROFESSOR BSS, MSS & PhD in Public Administration (Rajshahi University, BD) Certificate Courses from Universities of Oxford(Economics), Pennsylvania(American Law), London(English Common Law), Harvard (Education). Research Interest: Politics, Administration and Governance: Democracy, Human Rights, Judicial Oversight of Bureaucracy, Administrative Reform, Accountability and Access to Justice. Email Address: awal.h2007@gmail.com, awalh14@ru.ac,bd Details
M. MOSTAFIZUR RAHMAN PROFESSOR MSS (DU), MPA (UIB, Norway) Research Interest: Local Government, Gender, Governance Email Address: mostafizkhan@ru.ac.bd Details
PARVAZ AZHARUL HUQ PROFESSOR PhD (Flinders University, Australia); MA in Development Studies (International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands); Master of Social Science (Rajshahi University); Bachelor of Social Science (Rajshahi University). Research Interest: Public policy, development management, local governance, community development, civil society and social change. Email Address: parvaz.huq@ru.ac.bd Details
SHAJEDA AKTAR PROFESSOR M.S.S; M.Phil (Rajshahi), PhD (Flinders, Australia) Research Interest: Gender Mainstreaming, Capacity Building, Public Policy, Local Government, Women Empowerment Email Address: aktar96@ru.ac.bd Details
MD. NURUL MOMEN PROFESSOR BSS and MSS in Public Administration (University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh), MPhil in Public Administration (University of Bergen, Norway), PhD in Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability (Sant' Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy) Research Interest: Public Policy Process and Electoral Process; Governance Structure and State Failure; Peace and Conflict Transformation; Rule of Law and Access to Justice Email Address: nurulmomen@ru.ac.bd, nurulmomen78@gmail.com Details
MARZINA BEGUM PROFESSOR BSS & MSS in Public Administration (University of Rajshahi), Ph.D in IAPR (University of Pavia, Italy) Research Interest: Climate change, Disaster management, Environmental policy and governance Email Address: marzinabegum80@gmail.com, marzinabegum@ru.ac.bd Details
DR.MD. SHAFIUL ISLAM PROFESSOR BSS (Honors) in Public Administration (Dhaka University), MSS in Public Administration (Dhaka University), Ph. D (RU); PGD in Education (IER, RU), Certificates in Developing Research Project (UK); Basics of Health Economics (World Bank Institute); Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDESA) Research Interest: Development, Governance, Education, Management, Quality Education, Disaster Management, Rural Development, Media, SDGs, 4iR, Leadership, Capacity, PPP, Ethics, Local Government, Outcome-based Education (OBE) Email Address: shafiul_luc@ru.ac.bd Details
A. H. M. KAMRUL AHSAN PROFESSOR PhD (Rajshahi), M. Phil (Norway), MSS (Rajshahi), BSS (Rajshahi) Research Interest: Policy implementation, Inter-organizational relation, Electoral politics, Social Accountability, Climate Change and Sustanability Email Address: ahmkamrulahsan@ru.ac.bd Details
Dr. FARAHA NAWAZ PROFESSOR PHD (AUSTRALIA), RESEARCH SCHOLAR (UK) Research Interest: Public Policy Analysis, Local Governance, Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Civil Society, Good Governance, Migration Governance, Poverty, Gender and Development in South Asia, Entrepreneurship Email Address: faraha.nawaz@gmail.com, faraha.nawaz@ru.ac.bd Details
MST. SHUVRA CHOWDHURY PROFESSOR MSS (Raj), PhD (Raj under “Prime Minister Office (PMO) Higher Education and Research Fund") Research Interest: Public Administration, Policy Process, Open Government Partnerships, Digital Surveillance System, Change Management, Participation, Regulatory Framework, Grievance Readdress System, Responsiveness and Accountability, Donor's Role, State Civil Society Synergy, Procurement Policy, Service Delivery, Public Sector Change Management Email Address: shuvrachowdhury@ru.ac.bd Details
HAROLD SOUGATO BAROI PROFESSOR PhD (Australia), MPhil (Norway), Advanced Certificate Course in Disaster Management (UK) Research Interest: Governance, Public Policy, Refugee crisis and human rights, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, Local Governance, Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness, NGOs and Community Development, Freedom of Information, Social Accountability Email Address: sarothi_baroi@yahoo.com Details
SHARMIN SULTANA Professor MSS Research Interest: Not Provided Email Address: sharminjsnpa.ru@gmail.com Details
MD. TANZIR MOSABBIR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Research Interest: Not Provided Email Address: na
JM ABDULLAH (On Leave) ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MSS (Rajshahi University), MSc (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand), PhD candidate (University of Tasmania, Australia) (expected completion 2023) Research Interest: Health services, Social care, Elderly people, Dementia care, Translational Research, Health management, Health services and system, Aged health care, Health informatics and information system Email Address: jmabdullah@ru.ac.bd Details
ABU SAYED MD. NAZMUL HAIDER ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR M.Phil (University of Dhaka), MSS in Public Administration (University of Chittagong) Research Interest: • Public Policy, Local Government, Gender and Migration, Women Empowerment and Equality, Politics and International Relations, E-governance & ICT Email Address: asmnh.04@ru.ac.bd, asmnh.04@gmail.com Details
SWAPNIL RAHMAN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR B.S.S. (Honors) in Public Administration (University of Rajshahi); M.S.S. in Public Administration (University of Rajshahi); Evening MBA in Management Studies (University of Rajshahi) Research Interest: Micro Finance, Comparative Public Administration, Women Entrepreneurship Development, Field Administration. Email Address: swapnilrahman@ru.ac.bd , swapnilrahman@yahoo.com Details
Md Golam Rabbani ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MSS(Raj), MPPG (NUS/NOMA), MSc(Sweden) Research Interest: Peace and Conflict, Social Policy Analysis, Critical Thinking, Climate Change and Environment (Policy and Governance) Email Address: rabbani.golam@ru.ac.bd Details
MD. MAHBUB ALAM PRODIP (On Leave) ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Mahbub Alam Prodip is an Associate Professor in Public Administration at the University of Rajshahi in Bangladesh. He is a feminist scholar, and he has developed his expertise in gender and politics, as well as refugee education in South Asia. He is one of the rare and leading scholars in refugee education in South Asia. He holds a PhD in Peace Studies at the University of New England in Australia. He did his Master of Science in Gender and Development Studies from the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. He also completed his Master of Social Science and Bachelor of Social Science in Public Administration from the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh. He has authored many publications including journal articles, edited book, book chapters, and conference proceedings. BSS & MSS (CU, Bangladesh), MSc (AIT, Thailand), PhD (UNE, Australia). Research Interest: Gender and Politics, Women's political empowerment, Gender Quotas, Gender and Development, Gender-based violence, Public Policy, Refugee education, Rohingya refugees, India, Bangladesh, South Asia Email Address: prodip.mahbub@ru.au.bd; prodip.mahbub@yahoo.com Details