PRESENT JOB STATUS

• Working as a Freelance Consultant
• Key skills –

• Project management
• Interpersonal and official communication skill in Bangla and English
• Quantitative and qualitative research
• Qualitative and quantitative data analysis
• Designing and implementing large-scale quantitative surveys
• Report writing
• Research supervision
• Planning and implementing advocacy strategies and tools
• Development of policy papers/ briefs
• Staff management and mentoring
• Translating and Copy Editing
• Content development
• Printing and publication
• Graphic design

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Sustainable development
• Governance, transparency and accountability
• Anti-corruption agency
• Election, election institutions, election process monitoring
• Democratic institutions, political party finance
• Migration, displacement and refugees
• Gender and women empowerment
• Disaster management, humanitarian assistance
• Local government
• Health
• Education
• Public procurement

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Total Length of Experience: 25 years 8 months

1. Senior Research Fellow-Qualitative, Research and Policy, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), the national chapter of Berlin-based Transparency International (TI), from April 2022 to 18 May 2023.

Employment History at TIB: Joined TIB as Research Officer on 10 July 2005; promoted to Senior Research Officer on 7 February 2007; Senior Programme Manager, Research and Policy, TIB, from 1 April 2009 to March 2022.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify and conduct independent research on issues pertaining to governance and corruption, produce research reports, make public presentations, and participate/ represent the organisation in national and international policy dialogues, conferences and forums, as and when assigned;
• Lead and supervise qualitative studies from the design to implementation stage (designing tools, planning field operations, training field supervisors/ staff, supervising / coordinating data collection, analysing data, and report writing), provide substantive and technical feedback in concrete terms on draft research reports prepared by researchers, provide guidance in preparing policy papers/ briefs and designing policy advocacy strategies on the basis of research findings;
• Provide support to the research team with feedbacks, designing and editing reports, preparing concept papers, policy briefs and public presentations of the same;
• Assist in managing projects undertaken by TIB as a part of the Senior Management Team; this includes preparing Annual Operations Plan (AOP) along with budget, assisting the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team in preparing quarterly and annual progress reports, and taking part in the decision-making process with regard to issues related to project management;
• Monitoring and evaluating the performance and development of research staff.

2. Program Officer, South Asia Migration Resource Network (SAMReN), managed by Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) from 1 April 2004 to 9 July 2005.

Key Responsibilities: correspond with partners; liaise with other organisations; organise events such as national and international conferences, seminars and workshops; prepare project reports; provide editorial and management support in publications and website development under the project.

3. Research Associate, RMMRU, from December 1997 to 31 March 2004.

Key Responsibilities: conduct independent research; provide support in research undertaken by the Unit; correspond with the British Council; liaise with partner organisations; organise programmes; organise Young Researchers’ Forum (YRF); prepare project reports; provide editorial and management support in publications under the project.

Professional achievements

1. Designed, implemented and managed around five projects in TIB and RMMRU (see Annex 1). Also actively involved in the development of five project proposals, which have been successfully implemented. Successfully organised a number of national and international conferences, seminars and workshops.
2. Successfully conducted/ involved in 33 researches. Some of them were conducted under the organisations that I have worked for, some were commissioned by international agencies, whereas some were international studies where I was involved as country researcher (see Annex 2).
3. Edited books and newsletters for the organisations I have worked for; edited 13 volumes of books containing summaries of research reports released by TIB, newsletters published by TIB and RMMRU (see Annex 3).
4. Presented papers in a number of national and international conferences and seminars (see Annex 4).
5. Contributed in developing the Bangla Writing Guide (2022) and the Gender Manual (2007) of TIB. Was a Member of the Gender Core Committee of TIB during 2005 – 2015.
6. Was awarded the Young Professional Fellowship for a research study on Women Married to Migrant Workers: Their Security and Empowerment in Bangladesh Context, under the Forum on Women and Security in International Relations (FOWSIA) funded by Bangladesh Freedom Foundation, July 2003 – March 2004.
7. Received different professional and topical training including project cycle management, policy analysis and advocacy, data analysis tools, and research methodology (see Annex 5).

FREELANCE WORK EXPERIENCE

• Consultant for conducting research on Collection and Documentation of Evidences of Best Practice from Right2Grow Program, commissioned by Save the Children in Bangladesh, November – December 2023.
• Consultant for conducting research on Teaching, Learning and Assessment Process and Gaps in Primary Education in Disaster-prone Areas in Bangladesh, by BuziBond Ltd. and commissioned by Wave Foundation, September – October 2023.
• Consultant for translation and editing services to Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Bangladesh.
• Consultant for providing translation and editing services to the UNDP, Bangladesh (2010 – 2014).
• Consultant for producing a report titled Placing Vulnerable Groups at the Centre of Result Monitoring of World Bank Supported Projects, on the Third Party Monitoring (TPM) Project implemented by Manusher Jonno Foundation, June 2012.
• Consultant for conducting baseline survey for the Advocacy and Human Rights Unit of BRAC project titled Safe Migration facilitation Centre (SMFC) during July – October 2007.
• Consultant for developing visual aide and posters for the manual on Training of the Trainers’ Module for Raising Awareness of Union Parishad against Trafficking of Women and Children, implemented by RMMRU, March 2002 – February 2004.
• Consultant for developing visual aide for the manual on Awareness Campaign on Labour Migration Process, undertaken by RMMRU, April – May 2002.
• Consultant for developing visual aide and logo for the Self-Help Organization of Women Project under ‘Rural Management Program’ of CARE Bangladesh, July – August 2001.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

COMPUTER SKILL

LINGUISTIC PROFICIENCY

AFFILIATIONS

• Member, Executive Committee of RMMRU, from December 2005 till now.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

1. Date of Birth : 18 February 1973
2. Nationality : Bangladeshi
3. Sex : Male
4. Residence : Munshi Tower, Flat # 8A, House # 295/Jha/5/A

                                                Shikder Real Estate, Tali Office Road

                                                Dhaka-1209, Bangladesh

REFEREES

Annex 1: Projects Managed

1. Policy Consultation and Media Campaign: Electoral Nomination and the Electorate: Enhancing the Impact Citizen’s Voice and Demand’ – project developed for TIB, and funded by UNDP, Bangladesh, 2009.
2. Tracking the Electoral Process and Choose the Right Candidate – project developed for TIB, and funded by UNDP, Bangladesh, 2008.
3. Role of Parliament and Members of the Parliament: Charter of Citizens’ Expectations – project developed for TIB, and funded by UNDP, Bangladesh, 2008.
4. South Asia Migration Resource Network (SAMReN) – a two-year project managed by the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), a research, training and advocacy organization of the University of Dhaka. The project was funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), UK.
5. Higher Education Link Programme – a six-year project between RMMRU and Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, UK, funded by DFID and managed by The British Council, Dhaka.

Project Proposals Developed

1. ‘Policy Consultation and Media Campaign: Electoral Nomination and the Electorate: Enhancing the Impact of Citizen’s Voice and Demand’, for TIB, 2009, implemented in 2009.
2. ‘Tracking the Electoral Process and Choose the Right Candidate’, for TIB, 2008, implemented during 2009.
3. ‘Role of Parliament and Members of the Parliament: Charter of Citizens’ Expectations’, for TIB, 2008, implemented during 2009.
4. ‘Paribartan – Driving Change’, for TIB, 2008, implemented during 2009-2014.
5. ‘Capacity Building for Ensuring Safe Labour Migration (CABSLAM)’, for RMMRU, 2005, implemented during 2005-2007.

Research (International)

1. Country Researcher, Money, Politics and Transparency, jointly commissioned by Global Integrity, Sunlight Foundation and Electoral Integrity Project, 2015.
2. Lead Researcher, Crinis Project on Transparency in Political Finance: Bangladesh Chapter, TI Secretariat, Berlin, Germany, 2009.
3. Field Research Associate, Mapping Corruption Risks in Humanitarian Assistance, jointly conducted by TI Secretariat, Berlin, and Overseas Development Institute, UK, 2006.
4. Field Research Associate, Good Practices: Safe Migration, Implementation of Law and Care of Survivors, study conducted by South Asia Regional Initiative/Equity Support Program, New Delhi, India, 2005.
5. Researcher, Male Perception on Violence against Women, study conducted under a Higher Education Link with the University of North London, UK, and funded by DFID, UK, 2001.

Annex 2: Research (National)

1. Lead Researcher, Governance in Public Procurement: Effectiveness of E-GP in Bangladesh, TIB, 2020.
2. Lead Researcher, Anti-Corruption Agency Strengthening Initiative: Assessment of the Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission, TIB, 2020.
3. Lead Researcher, Review Report on Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Citizen’s Platform for SDGs Bangladesh, 2019.
4. Lead Researcher, Election process Tracking: The Eleventh National Parliament Election, TIB,
5. Lead Researcher, Governance and Integrity in Election Manifestos of Political Parties in Bangladesh, TIB, 2018.
6. Co-Researcher, Liabilities of Income and Properties earned through Corruption: Roles and Risks of Women and Way Out, TIB, 2018.
7. Co-Researcher, Good Governance in Labour Migration Process: Challenges and Ways Forward, TIB, 2017.
8. Lead Researcher, Sustainable Development Goal 16: Preparedness, Progress and Challenges of Bangladesh, TIB,
9. Lead Researcher, Anti-Corruption Agency Strengthening Initiative: Assessment of the Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission, TIB, 2016.
10. Lead Researcher, Undress Corruption: How to Prevent Corruption in the Readymade Garment Sector: Scenarios from Bangladesh, TIB, 2015.
11. Lead Researcher, Women’s Experience of Corruption: Lessons from Two Unions of Bangladesh, TIB, 2014.
12. Lead Researcher, Effective Election Commission: Achievements, Challenges and Way Out, TIB, 2013.
13. Co-Researcher, Local Government Engineering Department (LGED): Problems of Good Governance and Way Forward, TIB, 2013.
14. Researcher, An Assessment of Positive and Negative Roles Played by the Members of the 9^th Parliament, TIB, 2012.
15. Lead Researcher, Electoral Commitments on Establishing Good Governance and Curbing Corruption: Tracking the Progress, TIB, 2011.
16. Lead Researcher, Local Participation and Expectation in the Nomination Process of National Elections, TIB, 2010.
17. Lead Researcher, Public Opinion Survey on Proposed Amendment of ACC Law, TIB, 2010.
18. Co-Researcher, Tracking the Process of Ninth Parliamentary Election: An Assessment of Electoral Campaign by Candidates, TIB, 2009.
19. Co-Researcher, People’s Expectations from the Parliament and Public Representatives: Citizen’s Charter, TIB, 2008.
20. Co-Researcher, Bangladesh Election Commission, TIB, 2006.
21. Co-Researcher, Women Married to Migrant Workers: Their Security and Empowerment in the Bangladesh Context, study conducted under the Young Professional Fellowship offered by the Forum on Women and Security in International Relations (FOWSIA), funded by Bangladesh Freedom Foundation, 2004.
22. Co-Researcher, Mobility Patterns and HIV Vulnerability in Bangladesh, with Professor Tasneem Siddiqui, University of Dhaka, 2003; project undertaken by the Asia Pacific Migration Research Network (APMRN), Australia.
23. Co-Researcher, Assessment of Vulnerability of Migrant Workers to HIV/AIDS; study commissioned by HIV/AIDS and STD Alliance Bangladesh (HASAB), 2002.
24. Research Assistant, Migrant Workers’ Remittances and Micro-finance in Bangladesh, under Professor Tasneem Siddiqui, Dhaka University; study commissioned by International Labour Office (ILO), Dhaka, 2001.
25. Research Assistant, Recruitment and Placement of Migrant Workers, under Professor Tasneem Siddiqui, Dhaka University; study commissioned by International Organization for Migration (IOM), Dhaka, 2000.
26. Research Assistant, Return Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Returnee Migrant Workers of Bangladesh, under Professor Tasneem Siddiqui, Dhaka University; study commissioned by IOM, Dhaka, 2000.
27. Co-Researcher, Disaster Related Displacement: 1998 Flood, RMMRU, 1999.
28. Researcher, Disaster Related Displacement: The Magurchara Case, RMMRU, 1999.

Annex 3: Publications

Articles / Books

1. ‘Ensuring Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (SDG 16)’, in Four Years of SDGs in Bangladesh: Non-State Actors as Delivery Partners, edited by Mustafizur Rahman, Citizen’s Platform for SDGs Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2020.
2. Anti-Corruption Agency Strengthening Initiative: Assessment of the Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission, TIB, February 2017.
3. Undress Corruption: How to Prevent Corruption in the Readymade Garment Sector: Scenarios from Bangladesh, TIB, February 2017.
4. Local Government Engineering Department: Governance Challenges and Way Out, with Nahid Sharmin, TIB, Dhaka, 2014.
5. Effective Election Commission: Progress, Challenge and Way Out, (in Bangla) with Shadhan K Das, TIB, Dhaka, 2014.
6. Electoral Commitments on Establishing Good Governance and Curbing Corruption: Tracking the Progress, with Shadhan K Das, Fatema Afroz and Rumana Sharmin, TIB, Dhaka, 2012.
7. Local Participation and Expectations in the Nomination Process of National Elections, (in Bangla and English), TIB, Dhaka, 2011.
8. ‘Bangladesh Election Commission’, in Problems of Governance in Bangladesh: The Way Forward, (in Bangla) TIB, Dhaka, 2010.
9. Transparency in Political Finance in Bangladesh, with Shadhan K Das and Tanvir Mahmud, TIB, Dhaka, 2010.
10. Tracking the Process of Ninth Parliamentary Election: An Assessment of Electoral Campaign by Candidates, (in Bangla) with Shadhan K Das, TIB, Dhaka, 2010.
11. Contributor in Selina Hossain (ed.), Gender and Development Encyclopaedia Vol 2, Faria Lara Foundation and Somoy Prakashan, Dhaka, 2009.
12. Security and Empowerment: The Case of Left Behind Wives of Bangladeshi Migrant Workers, with Khandaker Rezwanul Karim, Women’s Security Paper under Forum on Women and Security in International Relations (FOWSIA), Bangladesh Freedom Foundation, Dhaka, 2005.
13. ‘Mobility Patterns and HIV Vulnerability in Bangladesh’, with Dr. Tasneem Siddiqui, in No Safety Signs Here, UNDP and APMRN, 2004.
14. ‘Disaster Related Displacement: The Magurchhara Case’, in C R Abrar and M P Lama (ed.) Displaced within Homelands: The IDPs of Bangladesh and the Region, RMMRU, Dhaka, 2003.
15. The Camp-based Bihari Community: Perception of the New Generation, co-editor with Syeda Rozana Rashid, Occasional Paper 9 of RMMRU, Dhaka, 2003.

Translations

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18. Citizen’s Charter: What, Why and How, Translation (in English) of the original version written by Arif H Khan, Manusher Jonno Foundation, Dhaka, 2010. The original Bangla version was published in 2008.
19. Refugee Protection: A Guide to International Refugee Law, co-translator (in Bangla) with Syeda Rozana Rashid, RMMRU, Dhaka, 2003. The original version in English was published by UNHCR and Inter-Parliamentary Union in 2001.

Newspapers and Newsletters

• ‘Independence and Limitations of the Election Commission: The Present Context’, Waves, July – September 2006, Volume 10, Issue 3.
• ‘Labour Migration and HIV/AIDS: The Bangladesh Context’, Udbastu, Issue 21, July – September 2002.
• ‘Bangladesh: Ethnic and Religious Minorities’, Bangladesh Observer, 30 July 2001.
• ‘Three Decades of the OAU Refugee Convention: Its Relevance to South Asia’, The Daily Independent, 20-21 June 2001.
• ‘The 2000 Flood in Bangladesh’, Udbastu, Issue 15, January – March 2001.
• ‘The Plight of Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in Malaysia’, The Daily Star, May 1998.
• ‘Speed and Pollution’, Roopkalpa (a Bengali quarterly), Summer Issue, 1997.
• ‘Mosquitoes in Development’, Roopkalpa, Winter Issue, 1996.
• ‘The Truth about Biodiversity’ Nishorgo, quarterly newsletter of Notre Dame Nature Study Club, Notre Dame College, July – September, 1995.

Editing and Publication Experience

• Edited 24 issues of Udbastu, the quarterly newsletter of RMMRU.
• Contributed in the publications of the Occasional Paper Series and other research reports by RMMRU.
• Contributed in the Editorial Panel for Waves, the quarterly newsletter of TIB.
• Edited 13 volumes of Bangladeshe Shushashoner Shomossa: Uttoroner Upay (Governance Challenges of Bangladesh: The Way Out), the yearly collection of summaries of research reports released by TIB.,
• Contributed in the publications of research reports conducted by TIB.

Annex 4: Seminar/ Conference Papers

1. ‘Status Report on Goal 16’, prepared for the Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh, on the occasion of the National Consultation on The Progress of SDGs in Bangladesh in the Context of HLPF 2019, held in Dhaka, 27 April 2019.
2. ‘Liabilities of Income and Properties earned through Corruption: Roles and Risks of Women and Way Out’, presented in a seminar organised by TIB in Dhaka, 6 May 2018.
3. ‘Problems of Governance in Public Healthcare: The Way Out’, key-note paper presented at the roundtable jointly held by the Daily Prothom Alo and TIB, 6 April 2008.
4. ‘Integrity in Humanitarian Assistance: Issues and Benchmarks’, with Tanvir Mahmud and Iftekharuzzaman; paper presented at the seminar on the subject organized by TIB, in Dhaka, 18 December 2007.
5. ‘Mobility Patterns and HIV Vulnerability in Bangladesh’, paper presented in the 7^th Annual Conference of Asia Pacific Migration Research Network (APMRN), held in Seoul, Korea, 9 October 2005.
6. ‘Condition of Bihari Children in Dhaka Camps’, paper presented in the international conference on Women and Children in Refugee-like Situations in South Asia, in Dhaka, 15 February 2001.

Annex 5: Training Received

1. ACA Assessment Methodology, TI Secretariat, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 2018.
2. Strengthening integrity and transparency in the education and health sectors of Bangladesh, Embassy of Sweden with support from U4 Anti-Corruption Research Network, Savar, 31 March – 2 April 2014.
3. Project Cycle Management, TIB, Dhaka, 19-22 December 2011.
4. Transparency in Political Finance, TI Secretariat, Kuala Lumpur, 20-22 December 2008.
5. Applied Statistics and Application of SPSS, Institute of Statistical Research and Training (ISRT), University of Dhaka, 22-28 July 2007.
6. Project Planning and Management, BRAC Training Division, Dhaka, 24-29 March 2007.
7. Policy Analysis, Engagement and Advocacy Workshop, Overseas Development Institute, London, and TIB, 12-14 February 2007.
8. Economics of Corruption: A University Lecture on Good Governance and Reform, University of Passau, Germany, 7-12 October 2006.
9. Research Methodology in Social Science, Economic Research Group (ERG) and North South University, Dhaka, 16-21 January 2006.
10. Annual Winter Course on Forced Migration, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, India, 1-15 December 2004.
11. Violence against Women: Tackling Trafficking, The British Council, Hertfordshire, UK, 7-13 September 2003.
12. Orientation Course on South Asian Peace Studies, South Asia Forum for Human Rights, Kathmandu, Nepal, 6-20 February 2000.
13. International Humanitarian Law and Refugee Law, National Law School of India, ICRC, New Delhi, and UNHCR, New Delhi, Bangalore, India, 19 May – 1 June 1999.

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