Chairperson

Founder Chairperson


Dr. Khandaker Mursheda Farhana graduated with a BSS (Hon’s) in Sociology; MSS in Sociology with thesis from Rajshahi University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. She obtained a PhD in Sociology from the Institute of Bangladesh Studies (IBS), Rajshahi University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, in 2008, focusing on rural-urban migration. She has worked as a Post-Doctoral research fellow at the University of Padua, Italy, under Erasmus Mundus Mobility with Asia (EMMA) Scholarship on Illegal Migration and Trafficking of Adivasi Women and Children in Bangladesh.

She is the author of number research books namely ‘Socio-cultural Adjustment of Poor Migrants in Urban Bangladesh: An Empirical Study of Rajshahi City’ ; ‘Illegal Migration and Trafficking of Adivasi Women and Children: A Socio-anthropological Study of the Northern Region of Bangladesh’ and ‘Migration Laws, Policies and Economics in Europe: An Empirical Study of Legal Status, Remittances and Socio-economic Impacts in Rural Bangladeshi Households’ from Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, Germany. She is also the author of numerous of articles at the most impact factor international scientific journals with good citations:

Dr. Farhana has worked at Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology as an Assistant professor in Sociology. Beside she was a Social Specialist of ‘Updating / Preparation of the Storm Water Drainage Master Plan for Dhaka City under the Dhaka Water Supply and Sanitation Project (DWSSP)’ under World Bank project. Her focal research interest are on human migration, trafficking, urbanization, rural social structure, women and gender related social issues. She has vast working experiences in the UK, Italy and Bangladesh, including intensive training received from the EU, UK and Asian region. She has rich experience to work with the indigenous community in the root level of Northern Bangladesh. In addition, strong management and organizational development skill with strong verbal and written communication ability which have been instrumented in my scientific works as a researcher, academician, facilitator, trainer and coordinator indifferent programs.

Presently, She is an Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology, Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

She is also the Executive Member of Researchers Consortium LLC, California, USA; Senior Member of International Economics Development Research Center (IEDRC), Hong Kong; Member of American Sociological Association (USA), American Economic Association (USA); Regular member of World Academy of Young Scientists (WAYS), Budapest, Hungary; Member of Sociological Association, Department of sociology, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

Publications

Books

Book Chapter

Farhana, K. M., & Mannan, K. A. (2023). Motivational factors of migration from Bangladesh to Italy. Routledge Handbook of South Asian Migrations, Edited by Ajaya K. Sahoo, Routledge, 1s Edition, 195-207. eBook ISBN9781003327363, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003327363

Policy Paper

Farhana, K. M., & Mannan, K. A. (2024). Bangladesh’s Economic Vitality Owes in Part to Migration and Remittances. Migration Policy Institute (MPI), Washington, DC, USA.

Peer Review Journal Articles

Mannan, K. A., Farhana, K. M., & Chowdhury, G. M. O. F. (2025). e-Tax Filing and Assessment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Global Perspective. Journal of Management Accounting, Governance and Performance, The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB), 1(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.63817/JMAGP.05.2025.007

Farhana, K. M., & Mannan, K. A. (2025). The Structure of a Family: A Content Analysis of Relevant Verses of the Holy Quran. Social Issues, Azerbaijan University. Accepted.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2025). Persian Root Words in the Holy Quran: A Content Analysis. Journal of Linguistics, Literature & Communication Studies, 1(1), 50-61.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2025). The Conventional System of Zakah versus the Holy Quran: An Econometric Model of Payers and Receivers. SOCIUM, 2(2), 113-129. https://doi.org/10.62476/soc.22.113

Farhana, K. M., & Mannan, K. A. (2025). Elephant habitat, use and extinction history in the Canaan region (Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Syria): A zoological and forestry survey. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES), 26( 5), 98-105.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2025). The Secret of Abraham’s Spell is Hidden in The Holy Qur’an. Islamic History and Literature, 3(2), 21-33. https://doi.org/10.62476/ihl.32.21

Farhana, K. M., & Mannan, K. A. (2025). Dowry is a Curse in Women’s Marriage: Changing Determinants in the Socio-Economic Context of Bangladesh. Social Issues, Azerbaijan University, 3(1), 83-96. https://doi.org/10.30546/SI.2025.3.1.309

Farhana, K. M., & Mannan, K. A. (2024). The Socioeconomic Factors of Female Child Trafficking and Prostitution: An Empirical Study in the Capital City of Bangladesh. Social Sciences, 13(8), 395. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13080395

Farhana, K. M. (2024). Obesity and its Impact on Child Health: A Study Among the Urban Children in Dhaka City. Creative: The Research Journal of Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology, 3(1), 11-29.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2023). Digital Financial Inclusion and Remittances: An Empirical Study on Bangladeshi Migrant Households. FinTech, 2(4), 680-697. https://doi.org/10.3390/fintech2040038

Mannan, K. A., Farhana, K. M., & Chowdhury, G. M. O. F. (2023). The New Fiscal Sociology: A Study of Universal Self-Assessment Taxpayers in Bangladesh. The Cost and Management, 51(1), 22-37.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2022). Trilateral Irregular Migration, Smuggling of Migrants, and Human Trafficking: Legal Review and Hotspot Mapping. Migration Diaspora and Remittance Review, 2(1), 95-113.

Mannan, K. A., Farhana, K. M., & Chowdhury, G. M. O. F. (2021). Factors Influencing Income Tax E-filing: A Combined Theoretical Model Approach in Bangladesh. The Cost and Management, 49(6), 13-26.

Mannan, K. A., Farhana, K. M., & Chowdhury, G. M. O. F. (2021). Social Network and Tax Evasion: Theoretical Model and Empirical Evidence in Bangladesh. The Cost and Management, 49(2), 14-32.

Mannan, K. A., Farhana, K. M., & Chowdhury, G. M. O. F. (2020). Socio-economic Factors of Tax Compliance: An Empirical Study of Individual Taxpayers in the Dhaka Zones, Bangladesh. The Cost and Management, 48(5), 36-47.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2020). Knowledge, Attitude and Acceptance of a COVID-19 Vaccine: A Global Cross-Sectional Study. International Research Journal of Business and Social Science, 6(4), 1-23.

Mannan, K. A., Chowdhury, G. M. O. F., & Farhana, K. M. (2020). The COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on Manpower Export: An Econometric Analysis of Survival Strategies of Recruiting Agencies in Bangladesh. The Cost and Management. 48(3), 25-34.

Farhana, K. M., & Mannan, K. A. (2020). Knowledge and perception towards Novel Coronavirus (COVID 19) in Bangladesh. International Research Journal of Business and Social Science, 6(2), 76-87.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2020).The COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Reality of Quarantine, Isolation and Social Distancing for the Returnee Migrants in Bangladesh. International Journal of Migration Research and Development, 6(1), 27-43.

Farhana, K. M., & Mannan, K. A. (2019). Socioeconomic impact of rural urban migration: A revisit of slum dwellers in northern region of Bangladesh. International Journal of Migration and Development, 5(3), 41-57.

Farhana, K. M., & Mannan, K. A. (2019). Challenges and adaptations for higher educational institutes towards SDGs goal: A web content analysis of public-private universities in Bangladesh. International Research Journal of Business and Social Science, 5(3), 35-47.

Farhana, K. M., & Mannan, K. A. (2018). Determinants of Regional Rural Urban Migration in Bangladesh: A Model Test on Marginal Segment in Rajshahi City. International Journal of Migration and Development, 4(3), 22-33.

Farhana, K. M., & Mannan, K. A (2016). Determinants of Regional Rural Urban Migration in Bangladesh: A Model Test on Marginal Segment in Rajshahi City. Creative: The Research Journal of Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology, 2(1), 55-65.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2015). Determinants of remittances in rural Bangladesh: An econometric analysis of the educational attainments of the household members. Research Journal of Social Science and Management, 4(1)2, 177-198.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K.M. (2015). An arithmetic analysis of Bangladeshi sending migrants stock and remittance per capita in Malaysia. Research Journal of Social Science and Management, 4(10), 146-16.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2015). Household unit analysis of remittance determinants from Italy to Bangladesh: A study of Shariatpur District, Vogeshore Union. Research Journal of Social Science and Management, 4(9), 159-173.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2014). Socio-economic impact of remittances from Italy: An empirical study of rural household head relation to the migrant in Bangladesh. International Journal of Management Sciences and Business Research, 3(12), 17-29.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2014). Micro determinants of international remittances: A household unit analysis of marital status of rural household members in Bangladesh. Research Journal of Social Science and Management, 4(8), 47-61.

Mannan, K. A., Farhana, K. M., & Chowdhury, T. A. K. (2014). Rural Household Contribution to the Financial and Capital Market in Bangladesh: A Micro Level Study of Remittances from Italy. International Journal of Management Sciences and Business Research, 3(10), 112- 122.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2014). Socio-economic impact of remittances in rural Bangladesh: A unit analysis of the age of household head. Research Journal of Social Science and Management, 4(7), 100-118.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2014). Rural household employment status and remittance inflows from Italy. International Journal of Management Sciences and Business Research, 3(9), 76-89.

Mannan, K.A., & Farhana, K. M. (2014). Legal status, remittances and socio-economic impacts on rural household in Bangladesh: An empirical study of Bangladeshi migrants in Italy. International Journal of Management Sciences and Business Research, 3(8), 52- 72.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2014). Remittance Micro Determinants and Socioeconomic Impacts: A Household Unit Analysis of Gender Behaviour of Rural Household Head in Bangladesh. International Journal of Management Sciences and Business Research, 3(7), 81-93.

Farhana, K. M., Rahman, S. A., & Rahman, M. (2012). Factors of Migration in Urban Bangladesh: An Empirical Study of Poor Migrants in Rahshahi City. Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology, 9(1).

Farhana, K. M., Marchi, R. D., & Rahman, S. A. (2010). Surviving Pattern of Women and Children Migrants in Urban Bangladesh. Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology, 7(2).

Rahman, S. A., Farhana, K. M., Imtiaj, A., Wachira, S. W., Rahman, M. A., & Saha, S. (2010). Sustainable Forest Management for Poverty Reduction through Agroforestry Options: Lesson from the Remote Uplands of Eastern Bangladesh. Academic Journal of Plant Sciences, 3(1), 11-18.

Rahman, S. A., Imam, M. H., Wachira, S. W., Farhana, K. M., Torres, B., & Kabir, D. M. H. (2008). Land Use Patterns and the Scale of Adoption of Agroforestry in the Rural Landscapes of Padma Floodplain in Bangladesh. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods, 18, 193-207.

Rahman, S. A., Rahman, M. F., Codilan, A. L., & Farhana, K. M. (2007). Analysis of the Economic Benefits from Systematic Improvements to Shifting Cultivation and its Evolution towards Stable Continuous Agroforestry in the Upland of Eastern Bangladesh. International Forestry Review, 9(1), 536-547.

Rahman, S. A., Farhana, K. M., Imtiaj, A., & Rahman, A. H. M. M. (2007). Economic Evaluation of Multistrata Agroforestry System Practiced by Traditional Cultivators in Northern Bangladesh. International Journal of Environment and Development, 4(1), 61-72.

Naznin, T., Rahman, S. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2006). Situation of Women Among the Ethnic Minorities: An Anthropological Study of Oraon Community in Northern Bangladesh. Journal of the Institute of Bangladesh Studies, 29, 123-128.

Farhana, K. M., & Rahman, S. A. (2005). Grehokorme Niojito Shishuder Ovibason O Ovijojoner Dharon’ (Nature of Migration and Adaptation of the Children Engaged in Household Labor). Samaj Nirikhon, Center for Social Studies, Bangladesh, 92, 39-49.

Rahman, S. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2005). Cost -benefit Analysis of Agriculture versus Agroforestry System in the High Barind Tract of Northern Bangladesh. International Journal of Environment and Development, 2(1), 1-14.

Imtiaj, A., Rahman, S. A., Alam, S., Parvin, R., Farhana, K. M., Kimm, S. B., & Lee, T. S. (2005). Effect of Fungicides and Plant Extracts on the Conidial Germination of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Causing Mango Anthracnose. Mycobiology, 33(4), 200-205.

Farhana, K. M., & Rahman, S. A. (2004). Gramin Nimnobitta Poribarer Jibonbabostha: Ekti Gram Vhithik Samikha’ (Life System of the Rural Lower Strata Families: A Village Based Survey). Samaj Nirikhon, Center for Social Studies, Bangladesh, 90, 36-48.

Conference Papers

Farhana, K. M., & Mannan, K. A. (2024). A Vicious Cycle of Urban Slum Dwellers in Bangladesh: The Cost of Basic Needs (CBN) Approach. 2nd International Conference on the Art of Social Changes (ICASC), 06-08 June 2024, Organized by Rabindra University, Shahjadpur, Sirajganj-6770, Bangladesh.

Mannan, K.A., & Farhana, K.M. (2020). Migration, Diasporas, Remittances and the Sustainable Development Goals in Bangladesh. International E-Conference on ‘Migration, Diasporas and Sustainable Development: Perspectives, Policies, Opportunities and Challenges’, Jointly Organized by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT), New Delhi, India, Center for Research on North America (CISAN), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), Manila, Philippines, Cross-Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants (CCRM), Beirut, Lebanon are jointly organising an International E-Conference on “Migration, Diasporas and Sustainable Development: Perspectives, Policies, Opportunities and Challenges” 2-5 November 2020.

Farhana, K. M., & Mannan, K. A (2018). Twenty-first century challenges and adaptation for higher educational institutes: A web content analysis of public-private universities in Bangladesh. on National Conference on Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Bangladesh: Educational Responses, Challenges and Possibilities, organized by IER-Dhaka University, 31 March – 01 April .

Farhana, K. M., & Mannan, K. A. (2018). Socioeconomic impact of regional rural urban migration: A revisit of slum dwellers of Rajshahi City Corporation. National Seminar on Change, Continuity, And The Marginals In Bangladesh, ASHRAI Research and Training Centre (ARTC), Baya, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, Institute of Social Research and Applied Anthropology (ISRAA), Rajshahi & Department of Anthropology, University of Rajshahi, January 05-06.

Farhana, K. M., & Mannan, K. A. (2014). Socio-economic life Styles of Adivasi (Indigenous) Women and Children in Northern Bangladesh. 3rd International Conference on Humanity, Culture and Society – ICHCS, December 17-18, in Las Vegas, USA.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2014). Remittance micro determinants and socioeconomic impacts: An empirical analysis of religious background of household. 3rd International Conference on Humanity, Culture and Society – ICHCS, December 17-18, in Las Vegas, USA.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K. M (2014).  Unit analysis of remittance determinants for the rural household head relation to migrant in rural Bangladesh. 3rd International Conference on Sociality and Humanities, ICOSH, 27th to 28th December, 2014 in Phuket Island, Thailand.

Mannan, K. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2015). Analysis of socio-economic impact of remittances on the basis of rural household head relation to the migrant. 2nd International Conference on Culture, Knowledge and Society, 17th to 18th January ICCKS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Working Papers

Rahman, S. A., Ghosh, L., Farhana, K. M., & Saha, S (2006). Agroforestry for Livelihood Security in Agrarian Landscapes of the Padma Floodplain in Bangladesh. International Conference on Environment, Livelihoods and Development in South Asia: Historical Probings in a Comparative Framework, 6-8 March 2006, University of Calcutta, India. p. 24.

Rahman, S. A., & Farhana, K. M (2005). Creating Conditions for a Quantum Leap of Bio Diversity through Organic Agriculture in Asia and the Pacific. First DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference “Integrating Biodiversity Science for Human Well Being”, 9-12 November 2005, Oaxaca, Mexico. p. 186.

Rahman, S. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2005). Cost-benefit Analysis of Agriculture Versus Agroforestry System in the High Barind Tract of Northern Bangladesh. MSA Golden Jubilee & ASM 10th Anniversary International Congress (ISC) “Science for Humanity”, 3-6 August 2005, Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. p. 108-109.

Imtiaj, A., Rahman, S. A., Alam, S., Parvin, R., Farhana, K. M., Kim, S. B., & Lee, T. S. (2005). Effect of Fungicides and Plant Extracts on the Conidial Germination of Mango Anthracnose Caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Conference of Korean Society of Plant Pathology, 20-21 October 2005, National Instrumentation Centre for Environmental Management (NICEM), Seoul National University, Korea. P. 191-192.

Rahman, S. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2005). Sustainable Agriculture for Poverty Reduction through Agroforestry Initiatives: Bangladesh Experience. International Conference on Agricultural Research for Development: European Responses to Changing Global Needs, 27-29 April 2005, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland. p. 11.

Rahman, S. A., & Farhana, K. M. (2004). Influence of Agroforestry on Poverty Reduction: Bangladesh Perspective. 1st World Congress of Agroforestry- Working Together for Sustainable Land Use Systems, 27th June – 02 July 2004, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), University of Florida, USA. p.83.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE COORDINATOR

International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Technology in Academia and Profession, December 25-26, 2024. Organized by: Center for Academic & Professional Career Development and Research (CAPCDR) (ISNI: 0000000505092482)

International Conference on Public Health and Technology, December 25-26, 2023. Organized by: Center for Academic & Professional Career Development and Research (CAPCDR) (ISNI: 0000000505092482)

International Conference on Business and Economics, December 16-17, 2023. Organized by: Center for Academic & Professional Career Development and Research (CAPCDR) (ISNI: 0000000505092482)

International Conference on Post COVID-19 Paradigm Shift in Social Science, Technology and Public Health November 23-25, 2022. Organized by: Center for Academic & Professional Career Development and Research (CAPCDR) (ISNI: 0000000505092482)

International Hybrid Conference on Effectiveness of Modern Ozone in Public Healthcare, May 14-15, 2022. Jointly Organized by: Dhaka National Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh; and Center for Academic & Professional Career Development and Research (CAPCDR) (ISNI: 0000000505092482)

International Virtual Conference on Challenges in Education, Business and Technology, February 20-21, 2022. Organized by: Center for Academic & Professional Career Development and Research (CAPCDR) (ISNI: 0000000505092482).

International e-Conference on Changes State, Economy, Public Health and Society, January 16-17, 2022. Organized by: Center for Academic & Professional Career Development and Research (CAPCDR) (ISNI: 0000000505092482).

International e-Conference on Microeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic, October 2-3, 2021. Organized by: Center for Academic & Professional Career Development and Research (CAPCDR) (ISNI: 0000000505092482)

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER
Farhana, K. M (2023). Aspirations and Achievements: The Indigenous (Adivashi) People of the Northern Region of Bangladesh in 50 Years of Independence. International Seminar cum Workshop on People, Culture and Living Heritage, 6-8 August 2023, P.G Departments of Anthropology, Sociology & Social Work, B.J.B Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Farhana, K. M (2023). The Issues of Public Health and Medical Systems: A Case Study of Bangladesh. St. Alexius College, Philippines, International Research Convention on Research Exploration of Trends and Public Health Challenges: Upgrading Health Data to Health Policy. Farm@Carpenter Hill, City of Koronadal, South Cotabato, February 20.

Farhana, K. M. (2022). Understanding Islamic Social Entrepreneurship (ISE): A Case of Bangladesh, 11-13 May 2022, 1st B.A. Tamaraw Students’ International-Virtual Research and Business Playbook Conference in Marketing and Social Entrepreneurship. Manila, Philippines.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

On-Going Projects
Principal Investigator (2024-2025). Status of Health Care Services Availability of Poor Women: A Study of Salinity Area of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Planning Commission, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

Completed Projects
Principal Investigator (2024-2025). Community Perception and Quality of Primary Health Care Services From Community Clinic: A Cross Sectional Study. Funded by the Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC).

Principal Investigator (2021-2022). Inequality in the Health Services Utilization in Rural and Urban Ageing People: A Flat Disparity Investigation. Funded by the Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC).

Principal Investigator (2020-2023). The COVID-19 Pandemic: Ethnography, Observation and Survey for Internal and International Migration. Migration Research Development and Society of Bangladesh (MRDSB).  

Principal Investigator (2018-2019). Overweight and Its Impact on Maternal Health: A Study Among the Urban Women in Dhaka city. Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC).  

Principal Investigator (2018). Tobacco Control Law in Uttara Model Town: A Way Forward to a Smoke-free City. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA.  

Principal Investigator (2016-2017). Obesity and its Impact on Child Health: A Study Among the Urban Children in Dhaka City. Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC).  

Principal Investigator (2012-2013). Preparation/Updating of Storm Water Drainage Master Plan for Dhaka City. The World Bank and Dhaka WASA Joint Research Project.  

Principal Investigator (2012-2014). Survival Strategies of Bangladeshi Migrants in Asian Region, Migration Research Development and Society of Bangladesh.  

Research Associate (2009-2010). Socio-Cultural Adaptation and Practices of Religious Activities in Italy: A Comparative Analysis Between Bangladeshi Immigrants’ Women in Padova. Department of Sociology, University of Padova, Italy.  

Research Associate (2008). Globalization as a social determinant of health: Influence on patterns of food consumption among young people in Asian Universities. BRAC University, Dhaka.  

Research Assistant (2008). Women Negotiating Reproductive Health and Rights: State, Policy, Gender Inequality and Reproductive Health of Women in Bangladesh. University of Dhaka.