Our Advisory Team
Our Advisory Team
Professor M Harunur Rashid
Adviser to EduCan International
Chairman, BAC International Study Centre
Former Vice-Chancellor of Presidency University Bangladesh
Professor M Harunur Rashid PhD is a highly regarded academician and a professional education management specialist. He has spent more than four decades teaching and management in different public and private universities at home and abroad. He is actively involved in multi-disciplinary research, innovation and educational management. Starting as a lecturer of Accounting in the University of Dhaka in 1974, he has devoted his entire professional life in institution and curriculum development, curriculum administration, oversight management, internal and external academic verification, quality assurance and educational institution management. He has been also working with different international organisations like UNDP, UNFPA, DfID, USAID, DANIDA and World Bank for more than two decades in consultancy role.
Dr Syed Ferhat Anwar
Adviser to EduCan International
Ex Director, IBA, University of Dhaka
Professor Dr Syed Ferhat Anwar is the Director and Professor of Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka. He has been in the teaching profession for almost 30 years. Dr Anwar completed his post-graduation from Department of Biochemistry from Dhaka University; Master’s in Business Administration from IBA; PhD in Marketing Systems, jointly under University of New Brunswick Canada and University of Dhaka; and Post Graduate Diploma in University Teaching from University of New Brunswick Canada. He is also a Certified Management Consultant (CMC).
Dr Anwar is the Founder Director of Kotler Center for Marketing Excellence, University of Dhaka. He is also the chairman of Insight School of Learning and Chief Advisor of Bangladesh Brand Forum. Dr Syed Ferhat Anwar has more than 60 publications in international and national journals. He is the writer of 3 major books on business management.
His area of specialization has been marketing, strategic management, brand management (including city & nation branding), corporate social responsibility including social enterprise management, and SME management. In addition he is an expert in education with focus on tertiary learning and vocational & technical education.
Professor Dr Anwarul Karim
Adviser to EduCan International
Former Vice-Chancellor, Islamic University, Kushtia
Professor Karim is a Harvard scholar and has over 40 years of experience in teaching and research that include his current role as the Executive Director of Bangbandhu Research Centre, Northern University Bangladesh, former Vice-Chancellor of Islamic University, Kushtia. He has massive number of national and international publications.
Professor Dr A K Enamul Hauqe
Adviser to EduCan International
Professor of Economics, East West University
Professor Dr A K Enamul Haque is a Professor of Economics, East West University in Bangladesh which is one of the leading private universities in Bangladesh. Professor Haque has over 25 years of experience in innovative teaching. He is associated with a number of international universities as visiting faculty.
In addition to teaching in different universities, he is also involved in different projects under government of Bangladesh and different development agencies such as World Bank, Asian Development Bank etc. as consultant. Professor Haque has completed his PhD in Natural Resource Economics from University of Guelph,
Ontario, Canada.
Md. Khurshid Iqbal Rezvi
Adviser to EduCan International
Former Additional Secretary, Ministry of Public Administration
People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Md Khurshid Iqbal Rezvi has a distinguished career in Bangladesh Civil Service with over three decades of experience across various government ministries and institutions, holding key leadership positions. He earned his Master of Social Science (MSS) in Public Administration from the University of Dhaka and a Post-Graduate degree in Public Policy from the KDI School of Public Policy and Management, South Korea. Additionally, he has enhanced his professional expertise through advanced training programmes in various universities in the UK, USA and South Korea.
Throughout his career, Mr. Rezvi has held pivotal roles, including Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Food, Director General of the Rural Development Academy (RDA), Bogura, Ministry of Textiles and Jute and various key positions in the field level administration. His leadership has driven strategic initiatives in rural development, technical education, and public sector management, positioned him as a transformative leader in advancement of public administration and education.