February 2016- till date: Professor and Director South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance  (SIPG), North South University

August 2018- December 2023: Chair, Department of Political Science and Sociology,  North South University

July 2019- till date: Syndicate Member, North South University 

2008- January 2016: Associate Professor Public Policy and Governance Program, Department of Political Science and Sociology, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

2008- till date: Director/ Deputy Director Public Policy and Governance Program- an International education and research Program for South Asian Civil Servants from Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka funded by Norwegian Government 

2014- 2018: Project Manager Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project  (HEQEP)- supported by World Bank and 

University Grants Commission (UGC) to  introduce a new Executive Master in Policy and  Governance 

2009-2010: Team Leader Change Management Training Program- a Specialized Training Program for the Young  Civil Servants of Bangladesh, funded by UNDP  and jointly organized with Ministry of Public  Administration of Bangladesh Government 

1999-2002: Policy Analyst/ Policy Coordinator Policy Advocacy Department, Action Aid Bangladesh, Dhaka. Also worked as the  Country Focal Person of ‘International Food Rights Campaign’ of Action Aid International 

OTHER SERVICES:

Since 2012: Academic Adviser, M.Phil Program, Armed Forces War Course Wing National Defense College (NDC)

Since 2006: Guest Lecturer, Department of Development Studies, International Relations, Dhaka University; Institute of Governance Studies (IGS), BRAC University; National Institute of Local Government (NILG); Bangladesh Academy of Rural Development (BARD)

Thesis Supervision 

• National Defense College

• Institute of Governance Studies (IGS) 

• BRAC University 

1998-1999: Research Associate  Social Science Database Project, LOS Senteret,  Bergen, Norway 

1997-1998: Research Assistant NGO Evaluation Project, Norwegian Research  Center, Bergen, Norway 

1996-1997: Consultant- Good Governance Fair Election Monitoring Alliance (FEMA), Dhaka, Bangladesh