Contact
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Office AddressRoom # 316, First Academic Building, Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur-1704, Bangladesh
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Email Addresskalam@iut-dhaka.edu
Dr. Md. Abul Kalam Azad
Professor and Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Azad
has been serving the Department of Business and Technology
Management (BTM) since 2018. He has more than 14
years of experience in teaching and research in both undergraduate and postgraduate levels
at different national and international universities and institutions. Prof. Azad
was born on January 02, 1985 in Mirpur, Dhaka. His parents are Nur Mohammad and
Saleha Nur. He is the youngest brother of his four siblings. Prof. Azad completed his
BBA and MBA from International Islamic University of Chittagong (IIUC). He
completed his second Masters in International Finance and Banking from
University of Bedfordshire, UK. He completed his PhD from University of Malaya,
Malaysia. Prof. Azad started his career in Standard Chartered bank in 2006. In teaching, he started as a lecturer in the Department of Business Administration,
IIUC in 2007. Prof. Azad joined in the Department of Business administration
(DBA), Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology
(BAIUST), Comilla in 2017. Along with the teaching, Prof. Azad has been appointed
as the Head of DBA and as Acting Dean of Faculty of School of Business in
BAIUST. During his stay in BAIUST, he was a member of BAIUST Academic
Council, Committee of Planning, Development and Research and Finance Committee.
He also worked for BAIUST Journal and BAIUST Scholarship policy. Prof. Azad has research
interest in optimization, risk and sustainability of financial sector. Until
now, he has published more than 53 research articles in Web of Science indexed
journals. Among the best publications, his articles belong to Journal of
Banking and Finance, Research in International Business and Finance, Journal of
International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, IEEE Transactions on
Industrial Informatics, and Expert Systems with Applications etc. Prof. Azad has
been awarded with IIUC Merit scholarships, Chancellor Award, Vice Chancellor
Award, University of Bedfordshire Merit Scholarship, Bright Spark scholarship
for PhD, Best Professor of Business Award by the institution CMO Asia, Star
group, World HRD Congress and South Asian Partnership Summit & Business
Excellence Award-2017 and Best Student of IIUC-DC in 2008. Currently he has
been working as an editor for six scholarly Journals. He loves to work for the
best interest of his country, humanity and his students.
Specialization : Efficiency, DEA, bibliometric studies, sentiment analysis, text mining
