Islamic University
of Technology
Business and Technology Management

Dr. Md. Abul Kalam Azad
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  • Office Address
    Room # 316, First Academic Building, Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur-1704, Bangladesh
  • Email Address
    kalam@iut-dhaka.edu
Dr. Md. Abul Kalam Azad
Professor
Prof. Dr. Azad is an educator and researcher with over 18 years of experience at national and international institutions. He has taught at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He completed a BBA and MBA at the International Islamic University of Chittagong (IIUC). He then earned a Master’s in International Finance and Banking from the University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, and a PhD from the University of Malaya, Malaysia. His professional career began in 2006 at Standard Chartered Bank, after which he joined academia as a lecturer in the Department of Business Administration at IIUC. In 2017, he joined the Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology (BAIUST), Comilla. There, he served as Head of the Department of Business Administration and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Business Studies. At BAIUST, he contributed to the Academic Council, the Planning, Development, Research, and Finance Committee, and played a key role in developing the BAIUST Journal and Scholarship policies. His research interests include optimization, risk management, and the sustainability of the financial sector. He has published over 100 research articles in indexed journals, including the Journal of Banking and Finance, Research in International Business and Finance, the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, and the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. His academic achievements have been recognized with several awards. These include the IIUC Merit Scholarships, the Chancellor Award, the Vice-Chancellor Award, the University of Bedfordshire Merit Scholarship, and the Bright Spark Scholarship for PhD studies. He has also received the Best Professor of Business Award from CMO Asia, as well as honors from the World HRD Congress and the South Asian Partnership Summit. Prof. Azad currently serves as an editor for seven scholarly journals.
Specialization : Efficiency, DEA, bibliometric studies, sentiment analysis, text mining
Islamic University of Technology