Worked as a Research Associate at Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (a PPP entity, Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh) from May 14, 2014 to June 10, 2015 to provide research supports and share knowledge on international trade issues with Bangladesh government's Ministry of Commerce.

Current Courses undertaken:

IB-403 Foreign Exchange and International Banking

IB-301 International Economics

IB-207 Macroeconomics and Business Environment

• Dean’s Honour Award-2014 for performance at MBA.
• Dean’s Honour Award-2012 for performance at BBA.
• Ruqayyah Memorial Foundation Scholaship-2012 for Academic performance.

Current Courses undertaken:

IB-403 Foreign Exchange and International Banking

IB-301 International Economics

IB-207 Macroeconomics and Business Environment

Curriculum Vitae of

Hazera Akter

Current Designation_

Assistant Professor,

Department of International Business,

University of Dhaka,

Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

Cell No. +8801811907880

E-mail: lubna17391@yahoo.com

Work Experience_

I am currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Dept. of International Business in the University of Dhaka. Here I provide lectures and conduct researches on different issues of International Business, Economics and Management. I have joined in this department on June 11, 2015 as a Lecturer.

Previously, I worked as a Research Associate at Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (a PPP entity, Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh) from May, 2014 to June 10, 2015 where I provided Bangladesh government with the research supports and knowledge base regarding international trade issues.

Educational Qualification_

I have completed both of my Post-graduate (Masters) and graduate (Bachelors) degrees, in 2013 and 2014 consecutively, in International Business with distinction achieving the Dean’s Honour Award from the Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. I have also been awarded as the best performing student of the year in my residential hall.

Awards_

Besides acquiring the Awards for academic excellence, I have also won several business idea and business research grant competitions which include a major research grant award from the joint research initiative of Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs (BCCP) and the Institute for Global Tobacco Control under Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH), USA during my postgraduate study period. I have also recognition on my participation in different extra-curricular activities in debating forum, career team, voluntary activity groups etc.

Publications_

Publication at Journals/Books:

1. “Bilateral Trade Relation between Bangladesh and Australia”, accepted as a book chapter in the book ‘Economic Development in Bangladesh in the Asian Century: Prospects and Perspectives’, TILDE University Press, PO BOX 72, Prahan, Victoria, 3181. Australia (Accepted, Due in July 2018).

2. “Tourism Demand in Bangladesh: Gravity Model Analysis”, TOURISM_ An International Interdisciplinary Journal, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 346-360, ISSN 1332-7461 (Print), ISSN 1849-1545 (Online).

3. “Technical and Scale Efficiency of Scheduled Banks of Bangladesh in terms of SME Finance using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)”, Bank Parikrama (Journal of Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management), 2015 March & June Issue (Published in 2016), Volume 40, No. 4, Page 104-141, ISSN: 1019-7044.

4. “International Trade Financing: A Comparative Study on the Performance of State-owned and Private Commercial Banks of Bangladesh”, International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance, 2016 issue, Volume 9, No. 2, Page 164-186, ISSN: 1752-0479 (Print), ISSN: 1752-0487 (Online).

5. “Financing International Trade by Commercial Banks in Bangladesh: A Case Study on Pubali Bank Limited”, International Review of Business Research Papers, September 2014 issue (Published in 2015), Volume 5, No. 2, Page 98-102, ISSN: 1837-5685 (Print), ISSN: 1832-9543 (Online).

Presented at Conferences:

1. “International Trade on Ready Made Garments: Gravity Model Analysis” at ‘2nd International Conference on Business and Economics’ on October 30-31, 2017 organized by Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka.

2. “Bilateral Trade Relation between Bangladesh and Australia” at ‘Symposium on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Development in the 21st Century’ hosted by Monash Business School on 7-8 September 2016, Melbourne, Australia.

3. “Technical and Scale Efficiency of Scheduled Banks of Bangladesh in terms of SME Finance using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)” at the ‘13th International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis’ on August 24 to 27, 2015 organized and hosted by the Technische Universität (TU) Braunschweig, Germany.

4. “Tourism Demand in Bangladesh: Gravity Model Analysis” at ‘The 5th Conference of the International Association for Tourism Economics’ to be held on 30 June- 3 July, 2015  at Hong Kong SAR, China organized by School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Leeds Beckett University, UK.

5. “International Trade Financing: A Comparative Study on the Performance of State-owned and Private Commercial Banks of Bangladesh” at ‘SIBR 2014 Hong Kong Conference on Interdisciplinary Business & Economics Research’ on September 27-28, 2014 at Hong Kong, China organized by Society of Interdisciplinary Business Research & Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University. SIBR Conference Proceedings (ISSN: 2223-5078).

6. “Trade-off between the Informal Economy of Tobacco and Tobacco Control Policy in Bangladesh” at ‘Research Findings Dissemination Conference on Tobacco Control in Bangladesh’ on March 15-16, 2014 at Lakeshore Hotel, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh organized by Jointly organized Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs (BCCP) and the Institute for Global Tobacco Control under Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH), USA.

7. “Financing International Trade by Commercial Banks in Bangladesh: A Case Study on Pubali Bank Limited” at ‘9^th Asian Business Research Conference’ on 22-23 December, 2013 at BIAM Foundation Auditorium, Dhaka, Bangladesh organized by World Business Institute, Australia. (Achieved the Best Paper Award). 

Participation in Trainings_

• ‘Advanced Training on Econometric Tools for Analysis of International Trade Issues’ at Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute.
• ‘Training on Techniques for Data Collection, Data Processing and Analysis’ at Bangladesh Tariff Commission under the Ministry of Commerce;
• ‘Training on MS Office Application’ organized by Bangladesh Trade Policy Support Program, Ministry of Commerce;
• ‘Interactive Training on Trade Negotiations’ hosted by The Bangladesh Trade Policy Support Programme (BTPSP) under the Ministry of Commerce;
• ‘Capacity Building on International Trade Issues’ at Bangladesh Tariff Commission under the Ministry of Commerce;
• ‘Advanced Training Course on Research Methodology’ by Bangladesh Peace and Development Mission (BPDM) associated with the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and Ministry of Planning Commission of Bangladesh;
• Training Workshop on “International Trade Payments and Finance” at Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute.

Participation in Workshops_

• “Bali Decision on Preferential Rules of Origin for LDCs: Issues for Bangladesh” organized by BFTI at BFTI Conference Room.
• “Operationalization of WTO LDCs Service Waiver: Bali decision and its implementation” organized by MCCI & BFTI at MCCI Conference Hall.
• “Impact of EU-India FTA and EU-Vietnam FTA on Bangladesh” was jointly organized by BFTI and BGMEA at BGMEA Conference Hall.
• “Revised GSP Scheme of European Union: Implications for Bangladesh” organized by Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI) at CIRDAP auditorium;
• ‘Geographical Indications of Goods in Bangladesh: Issues & Challenges’ at Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute;
• “Field and Scope of International Business and the way to achieve it” at University of Dhaka;
• “E-policy and practice in building Digital Bangladesh-Denmark and Bangladesh joint venture” at the University of Dhaka;
• ‘Developing International Entrepreneur’ Organized by Bangladesh Enterprise Institute;
• “Bangladesh in International Business: Opportunities, Challenges and Policy Options in Trade Competitiveness and Regional Integration” at the University of Dhaka.

Language Proficiency _

Bengali_ Mother Tongue

English_ IELTS Score 7.0

French_ Basic Language Course Score: Grade A

Computer Literacy_

Efficient in MS Office Application

Moderate Skills in SPSS, Web page Design, STATA & DEA

Interests and Hobbies_

Traveling and World Culture

Organizing Events and Establishing Network