Biography

DR. MD. AZIZUR RAHMAN KHAN

Present Position : Professor, Since 1990

Founder Chairman
Department of Banking
University of Dhaka
Dhak-1000, Bangladesh.

Date of birth : 1st January, 1949

Education :

Degree Instt./University Class Year
Ph.D. Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics, India Awarded 1984
M.Com. University of Dhaka, Dhaka First 1970
B.Com (Hons.) University of Dhaka, Dhaka First 1969

 

Award for Research Work :

Honoured by the A.R. Hawlader Memorial Trust Award of 1986, usually given for the best research work done on any areas of applied management. The Works considered by the Dhaka University for this award were the following:

- The Recovery problem of Bangladesh Samabaya Bank Ltd. sponsored by the BMET Project of the UGC, under World Bank Project (1988).
- Measurement of Rural Bank Managers attitude and their Determinants, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-C, Vol. V. No. 1, June, 1984.
 

Training :


# Successfully Completed Research Methodology Course Conducted by The Bureau of Economics Research, Dhaka University (1972).
# Attended a workshop on Organizational Performance and Labour Productivity Sponsored by ILO, USAID and BMDC, Dhaka (1977).
# Attended the All India Conference of National Income & Wealth Association held in Poona, India) (1981).
# Participated a one week Workshop on writing Business Cases, held in BMDC Dhaka, under the auspices of the BMET project under world bank scheme (1984).
# Participated a one week workshop on Conducting Research, held in BMDC Dhaka, under the auspices of the BMET project under world bank scheme (1987).
 

Experience Record :


^ Currently working (since 1990) as professor [Selection Grade] of Finance & Banking in the department, University of Dhaka . The main activities include : teaching at the post-graduate level , conducting examinations, helping departmental administration through different committees besides guiding research students for degrees leading to M.Phil/Ph.D.
^ Worked as the Director of the Bureau of Business Research, Dhaka University (1987-1989). In the capacity, the main activities performed were : managing staffs, motivating the faculty teachers in undertaking research projects, sanctioning research projects, conducting research methodology courses, assisting project leaders in the conduct of their research projects, arranging seminars for researchers from with in and out side the Faculty & Foreign researchers.
^ Worked as the Chairman of the Bureau of Business Research, Dhaka University (1992-1993) with the responsibility of overseeing the activities of the Bureau and Presiding over the meetings of the Executive Committee of the Bureau.
^ Worked as the Associate Professor in the department till elevated to professorship (upto 1990).



Editorial Experience :


` Worked as the Chief Editor of the Research based journal : “Finance & Banking� bringing out by the department of Finance & Banking, Dhaka University since, 1990.
` Working as a member of the Editorial Board of the Dhaka University Journal of Business Studies (1991-93).
` Worked as the member of the Editorial Board of a research based journal entitled “Finance & Development� sponsored by Department of Finance, University of Dhaka (1977-80).
` Edited reading materials developed for the participants of the training programme on “Business Research Methodology� conducted by the Bureau of Business Research, Dhaka University, 1988.
` Assisted in editing the National Seminar proceedings on “Industrial Finance�, published by the University of Dhaka, 1975.

 


Professional Membership:

Held or holding professional membership in the bodies as under:

x. First Senate of the University of Dhaka [ 1973- 75 ] ;
xi. Academic Council of the University of Dhaka [ 1990- to date ] ;
xii. Board of Advanced Studies of the University of Dhaka [ 1990 - to date ] ;
xiii. Finance Committee of the University of Dhaka [ 19 94- 96 ] ;
xiv. Finance Committee of the Open University, Dhaka [ 19 95- 98 ] ;
xv. Academic Council of the Islamic University, Kustia [ 1995- 98];
xvi. Academic Council of the Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd [ 1990- to date ]
xvii. Selection Committee of all the Public Universities [ Various Years ];
xviii. Selection Committee of most of the Public & Private Banks [Various Years]; etc.

 

Research Involvement:


i. Ph. D Topic:Institutional Finance for Rural Development A comparative Study of India and Bangladesh, Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics, University of Poona, India, 1984.
ii. Ph.D Awarded as supervisor of :The impacts of Dividends on Stock Prices: An Analysis on DSE Listed Firms by Mohammad Abu Misir, 2008
iii. Guided / Guiding Ph.D / M. Phil Students: 10
iv. Guided / Guiding M. Com / MBA Students : 100
 


Publications :


Following are some of the text books written for both Graduate & Under Graduate Students especially for BBA and MBA Programs:
 

  • Business Ethics
  • Financing Private Sector Industries
  • Entrepreneurship & Small Business
  • Bank Management [ In Bengali ]
  • Rural Finance and Banking [In Bengali];
  • Higher Basic Banking [ In Bengali ]
  • Fundamentals of Banking, [In Bengali] etc.


Adjunct Faculty & Guest Speaker :


Has been widely lecturing on different business & economic subjects in various capacities like part- time faculty, adjunct faculty, guest speaker, etc in the organizations :
 

  • Asian University of Bangladesh, Dhaka ;
  • Darul Ihsan University, Dhaka ;
  • University of Science & Technology, Chittagong _ Dhaka Campus;
  • IBAIS, Dhaka Campus of the American University in London;
  • AIMIT, Dhaka Campus of the American World University;
  • Bhuiyan Academy , Dhaka;
  • Training Institutes of the Islami Banks operating in Bangladesh;
  • Training Institutes of the Nationalized & Private Banks operating in Bangladesh.

 

Subjects taught and or teaching: Various subjects offered from time to time mainly taught and are teaching in the Business Schools/Faculties of the Universities / Institutes. Mentionable ones include the following :


 

  • Principles of Management
  • Bank Management;
  • Money and Banking;
  • Micro Finance / Rural Banking for Rural Development
  • Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management;
  • Business Ethics Socio- Political Issues
  • Financial Institutions & Markets ;
  • Human Resource Management, etc

 

Personal Data :


i. Fathers name:  Late Moulovi Md. Mukhlesur Rahman Khan
ii. Date of birth -1st January, 1949
iii. Permanent Address: PO & Vill : Shahatali; Dist: Chandpur.