CV
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Education
- PhD in Economics, Monash University, Australia, 2023–present (ongoing)
- Department of Economics, Monash Business School
- Supervisors: Gaurav Datt (main); Liang Choon Wang (associate)
- Thesis: Household consumption, food security and welfare in Bangladesh: distributional effects of natural shocks/disasters
- MSc in Development Economics, University of Birmingham, UK, 2018
- Dissertation: Human and Physical Capital Accumulation in Bangladesh: Impacts of Remittances
- MBA, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2010
- BBA, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009
Research
- Who Suffers Most from Natural Shocks in Bangladesh? (Working paper / manuscript)
- Asymmetric Effects of Climate Shocks on Rice Yields: Evidence from a Dynamic Panel Study in Bangladesh (Working paper / manuscript)
- Climate Adaptation and the Persistence of Climate Shocks in Agriculture in Bangladesh (PhD research in progress)
Research interests
- Development economics — poverty, inequality, food security, household welfare
- Environmental & climate economics — natural shocks and adaptation
- Agricultural economics — climate shocks and crop (rice) yields
- Applied econometrics — panel data, instrumental variables, causal inference, impact evaluation
Conference & workshop presentations
June 09, 2026
Conference / Workshop presentation at 3rd Development Economics Workshop 2026 (DEW26), Durham University Business School, Durham, United Kingdom
Work experience
- Feb 2025 – present: Teaching Associate (Sessional Academic)
- Department of Economics, Monash University, Australia
- Tutorials, workshops, assessment design and marking across micro/macro, managerial and international economics units
- Highest-tier SETU student evaluations (PURPLE letter) for all units taught
- Apr 2018 – Nov 2023: Deputy Director, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)
- Deputy Project Director, Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2022 — survey and sampling design, CAPI data systems, field operations, and welfare/poverty analysis (with the World Bank)
- Constructed consumption aggregates and national poverty lines (Cost of Basic Needs); computed national poverty estimates
- National Accounts Wing — expenditure-based GDP, quarterly GDP, savings & investment, and price indices (CPI, WRI, HRI)
- Census Wing — planning, design and analysis for the Population and Housing Census 2022; environment, climate-change and disaster statistics; SDG monitoring
- Jan 2013 – Apr 2018: Statistical Officer / Deputy Director (In-charge), BBS
- District Statistics Office, Cumilla — chief statistical officer for the district and 16 upazilas
- CPI data, district agricultural statistics, SVRS, Economic Census 2013, and field surveys on climate-change impacts on livelihoods
Skills
- Econometrics: panel data models, instrumental variables, causal inference, impact evaluation, poverty & inequality measurement
- Official statistics: HIES, Labour Force Survey, Population & Housing Census, Agriculture Census, national accounts, price indices
- Software: Stata, R, Python, ArcGIS, SQL, Excel, LaTeX
- Survey methods: questionnaire and sampling design, field operations, data cleaning and quality assurance
Selected official publications (BBS)
- Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2022: Final Report — Co-author / technical contributor
- Population and Housing Census 2022: Preliminary Report — Contributor
- Handloom Census 2018 — Co-author
- Agriculture (Crops, Livestock and Fisheries) Census 2018: District Reports — Contributor
- National Accounts Statistics 2022–23 and 2023–24 — Contributor
- Quarterly Gross Domestic Product of Bangladesh — Contributor
Awards & fellowships
- Prime Minister Fellowship for PhD — Governance Innovation Unit, Prime Minister’s Office, Bangladesh
- National Integrity Strategy (NIS) Award, 2016–17 — BBS / Ministry of Planning
- FEEM Fellowship (Master’s Level), 2017 — Institute of Public Finance, Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh
- Board Scholarships (Merit & General) and Junior School Scholarship, Bangladesh
Teaching
Professional memberships
- Member, Australasian Development Economics Association
- Life Member, Bangladesh Statistical Association (BSA)
- Member, Bangladesh–UK Alumni Network (BUKAN)
- Alumnus, University of Birmingham; Life Member, University of Dhaka Alumni Association
