Professor SMA Faiz PhD

Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Dhaka
Former Chairman, Bangladesh Public Service Commission

Professor SMA Faiz is an internationally renowned academician in Bangladesh with over 40years of experience in research, management and teaching in tertiary education. He was the Vice-Chancellor of University of Dhaka for two consecutive terms from 2002 to 2009. Prior to that, he was the Chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission, which is a constitutional position directly reporting to the President of the country.

Professor Faiz is an influential opinion leader in the education domain of Bangladesh.

Professor M Harunur Rashid

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

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 is 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 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

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

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 attached 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.