• PhD in Economics, National University of Malaysia (UKM) in 1998
  • MSS in Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • BSS in Economics (Hons), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • HSC from Notre Dame College, Dhaka. Bangladesh in 1983
  • SSC from Saint Gregory’s High School, Dhaka. Bangladesh
  • The Asian financial crisis: The Malaysian experience, Vol 7, Issue 4, 2000,
    New Economy, Currently Public Policy Research, Blackwell publishers.
  • Malaysian experience and the Asian turmoil, Asian Pacific Law and  Policy
    Journal, Winter 2001, Vol 2, Issue 1.  
  • Bangladesh: building for a better future? International journal of Social
    Economics, Vol 29,  No. 9 and 10, 2002. Emerald, MCB University Press.
  • A quadratic application in farm planning under uncertainty, Vol 29, No. 3
    and 4, 2002, International  Journal of Social Economics, Emerald, MCB
    University Press.
  • The rice cultivation in Bangladesh: A linear and quadratic programming
    approach, Asia Pacific Journal of Rural Development, July 2002, Vol XII,
    No. 1.
  • Malaysia’s national budget and the emergence of knowledge economy,
    International  Journal of e-Business Strategy Management, Nov/Dec 2002,
    Vol 4, No. 2.
  • Hedge fund performance persistence: A multinomial approach-application to
    Asian  hedge funds, Journal of International Finance and Economics, Vol 8,
    No. 3, 2008.
  • Mean variance analysis for the Malaysian equity securities, Journal of
    International Business and Economics, Vol 9, Number 3, 2009.
  • Social acceptance and readiness for the knowledge based economy in
    Malaysia, Asean Economic Bulletin, Vol 26 No. 3, Dec 2009.
  • An introduction to knowledge economy, concepts and issues. First edition:
    2003, Second edition 2004. McGraw Hill Publication. ** Adopted as
    recommended text book in Singapore Management University.
  • An introduction to econometrics using Shazam.  McGraw Hill Publication
    2001.
  • The development of a general integration model: the status of Asean,
    European Union and SAARC, Oak Publication, 2005.
  • Basic economics, accounting and management, Prentice Hall Publication,
    2001.
  • Multimedia Super Corridor: An Emergence of a New IT World' presented at
    the 11th International Telecommunication Society European Conference at
    University of Lausanne, Switzerland on the 11th September, 2000.
  • A 'discussant' paper presented at the Asian Crisis-I Conference at the
    University of Washington, USA in December,1998.  
  • National budget 2001 and the knowledge economy in Malaysia’ presented at
    the 30th Annual Conference of Economists, The Economic Society of
    Australia, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia on the 24th
    Sept, 2001.
  • The challenges of building knowledge based economy in Malaysia' presented
    at the International Conference on Politics and Information Systems:
    Technologies and Applications, from July 31 to 2nd August 2003, Orlando,
    Florida, USA.
  • Is Malaysian monetary policy independent?  Accepted in the Academy of
    International Business-US Southwest Chapter (AIB-SW) meeting in Dallas,
    USA, to be held in March 3-6, 2010.
  • Multimedia Super Corridor and its contribution towards Malaysia’s efforts to
    move to a Knowledge Based Economy (2001), Chapter of the book entitled
    ‘Malaysia and the K-Economy, Challenges, Solutions and Road Ahead,’
    Pelanduk Publication
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
  • Date of birth: Dec 29.
  • Religion: Islam
  • Marital status: Married, one daughter,  Maria Ferdousi Hossain, 4 years old.
  • March 8, 1989 - Nov 8, 1992
    Authorised Assistant of a stock brokerage firm
    Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Sep 13, 1997 – May 21, 1998
    Research Assistant under Prof Chamhuri Siwar
    Faculty of Economics,
    National University of Malaysia (UKM).
    Bangi, Malaysia.
WORK EXPERIENCE
  • Sept 1, 1998 – June 30, 2009
    Lecturer of Economics, Faculty of Management
    Multimedia University, 63100 Cyberjaya,  Malaysia.
  • July 1, 2009 – April 30, 2010
    Senior Lecturer of Economics
    Faculty of Management, Multimedia University,
    63100 Cyberjaya, Malaysia.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
  • Feb 1, 2009- Dec 31, 2010
    Assistant Co-ordinator, Bachelor of Economics Program,         
    Faculty of Management, Multimedia University, 63100  
         Cyberjaya, Malaysia
  • March 23, 2009- Dec 2009
    Member, Research & Development Committee
    Faculty of Management, Multimedia University
    63100 Cyberjaya, Malaysia
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) Course

    MBA (Master of Business Administration) Course
  • BEM 7064: Economics for Managers.

    PhD (Doctor of Philosophy), MPhill (Master of Philosophy) Course

    Undergraduate Course
  • BEC2044: Econometrics I
  • BEC2054: Econometrics II
  • BEM 3014 : Econometrics modelling
  • BEC 1624 Macroeconomics
  • BPI 2014: Policy issues in the knowledge economy
  • BKE2614: Knowledge economy
  • BCE2024: Computational economics
LIST OF COURSES TAUGHT
  • Lindo, Lingo, Eviews, SPSS, Amos, Minitab and Shazam
ABILITY TO HANDLE STATISTICAL SOFTWARE
  • K-economy seminar (2002) organized by the Japanese Chamber of Trade
    and Industry, Malaysia and NTT Msc Sdn Bhd at NTT Msc Msc Sdn. Bhd
    at Cyberjaya, Malaysia. Dec 9, 2002.
  • The management of knowledge economy (2005), in the Asia Pacific
    Economic Co-operation (APEC), IT/HRD seminar at Cititel, Mid Valley
    Kuala Lumpur, Sept 14, 2005. Organized by The Japanese Chamber of
    Trade and Industry, Malaysia (JACTIM) and NTT Msc Sdn. Bhd.
  • Knowledge economy in Malaysia (2005), organized by NTT Msc Sdn.Bhd,
    Apec IT/HRD seminar in concord hotel in Shah Alam, Malaysia on Nov 16,
    2005.
SPEAKER

  • IRPA funding (Fund from Malaysian Government).
    Total budget of RM 58,000.
    The project number : 05-99-01-0034-EA030.
    Project title : The readiness of Malaysia for the knowledge Economy.  
  • March 1, 2003.  Project completed
    Internal funding from Faculty of Management, MMU.
    Project title: A study of performance evaluation of KLCI stocks:
    A mean-variance approach.
    Project completed in 2008
RESEARCH GRANT
  • Challenges in Euro zone, Business and Finance Weekly, The Edge, August
    16, 2004 issue.  
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
Curriculum Vitae
  • Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding efforts by McGraw Hill
    Publication.  Jan 28, 2005.
  • Certificate of Achievement by Multimedia University for achieving academic
    evaluation of 4.5 and above for Trimester 1, 2007/2008.
AWARD
  • Tools for pattern recognition in Univariate and Multivariate process by
    Karuthan Chinna, Multimedia University 2007 (PhD thesis)
  • Determinants of Homeownership in Malaysia by Tan Teck Hong, Multimedia
    University, 2007 (PhD thesis)
  • Human resource development in the knowledge based economy: Role of
    higher educational institutions in Malaysia by Ghulam Rasool, Multimedia
    University, 2006. (Masters thesis)
  • Impact of economic growth on air and water pollution in Malaysia (Phd
    thesis) by Halimahton Binti Borhan, 2010.
INTERNAL EXAMINER OF POST GRADUATE THESIS
  • Comparative economic study of co-operative and private sugar mills in Tamil
    Nadu by Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, India. PhD thesis (2004)
EXTERNAL EXAMINER OF POST GRADUATE THESIS
  • Feb 12, 2004 - Feb 27, 2004
    Training provided to foreign Government officials on the management of       
    knowledge economy, organized by Basic Human Need (BHN) of Japan
  • Aug 14, 2006 – Sept 26, 2006
    Training provided to foreign Government officials on the management of       
    knowledge economy, organized by Basic Human Need (BHN) of Japan.
  • March 6, 2006 – May 8, 2006
    Training provided to Government officials on regulatory economics,
    organized by the Ministry of Energy, Water and Communication,  
    Government of Malaysia.
  • Nov 12, 2007 – Dec 10, 2007
    Training provided to foreign Government officials on the management of
    knowledge economy, organized by Basic Human Need (BHN) of Japan.
  • Nov 12, 2008 – Dec 19, 2008
    Training provided to foreign Government officials on the management of
    knowledge economy, organized by Basic Human Need (BHN) of Japan.
  • Nov 16, 2009 – Dec 10, 2009
    Training provided to foreign Government officials on the management of
    knowledge economy, organized by Basic Human Need (BHN) of Japan.
CONSULTANCY AND TRAINING PROVIDED
  • Dec 23, 2008 – present
    Business process improvement and supplier selection in progress
  • Dec 14, 2002 – present
    Volatility behaviour of Malaysian Government bond market
  • May 16, 2008 – present
    Fiscal Policy in Iran
  • March 3, 2004 – Present
    An empirical study on hedge fund performance in Malaysian financial market
  • June 22, 2007 – Present
    Impact of Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia’s microcredit schemes on hardcore      
    poor  households in Peninsular Malaysia
  • July 16 – Present
    Asean perspective on history, politics and economics
  • July 29, 2005 – Present
    Private placement of equity: The study of Malaysian corporate sector
  • August 24, 2009 – Present
    International interest rate linkages: Malaysia and its major partners.
  • Dec 28, 2005 – Present
    Social capital and economic performance: A cross country analysis
  • May 12, 2008 – Present
    Consumer’s green purchase intention towards green products in Malaysia
TOPICS ON CURRENT PHD STUDENT SUPERVISION
  • Determinants of home ownership in Malaysia
  • Factors of unemployment rate in Malaysia
UNDER GRADUATE THESIS SUPERVISED
  • Money, monetary policy and the Malaysian market, McGraw Hill
    Publication, 2001
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  • Supervise PhD students
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