Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh

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Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh

Professor

Department of Public Administration, Comilla University-3506
Cumilla-3506, Bangladesh

mrisheikh@yahoo.com, mrisheikh@cou.ac.bd
+8801712610555, +8801857834888

Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh (Rocky) is currently serving as a Professor, Department of Public Administration, Comilla University, Cumilla, Bangladesh-3506. He received the B.S.S (Hon's) degree and M.S.S in Public Administration from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2002 and 2003 respectively. Mr. Sheikh did his M. Phil in Public Administration (Local Government) from the same University in April, 2012, and awarded Ph.D. Degree from Graduate School of Public Administration (GSPA), National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Bangkok, Thailand-10240 in July 2021. He is also the contributor of a good number of research papers in different national and international reputed journals and wrote three books. His area of interest is local government, gender development, budgetary politics, quality education.

 

PhD Graduate School of Public Administration (GSPA), National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Bangkok Development Administration 2021
M.Phil Department of Public Administration,Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Dhaka Public Administration 2012
Master of Social Science Faculty of Social Science, University of Dhaka Public Administration 2003
Bachelor of Social Science Faculty of Social Science, University of Dhaka Public Administration 2002

Comilla University, Cumilla, Bangladesh-3506
Professor
December 2021 - Present


Department of Public Administration, Comilla University, Cumilla, Bangladesh
Associate Professor
June 2017 - December 2021


Department of Public Administration, Comilla University, Cumilla, Bangladesh
Assistant Professor
January 2011 - June 2017


Department of Public Administration, Comilla University, Cumilla, Bangladesh
Lecturer
April 2009 - January 2011


Civil Service College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Research Associate
October 2007 - April 2009


IQAC, Bangladesh
Director
April 2022 - 2022


Faculty of Law, Comilla University, Bangladesh
Dean
September 2019 - September 2019


Comilla University, Bangladesh
Syndicate Member
December 2019 - January 2019


Public Administration, Comilla University
Head of the Department
February 2019 - April 2019


National University, Bangladesh
College Inspector
January 2011 - December 2011


1 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Does FinTech credit scale stimulate financial institutions to increase the proportion of agricultural loans? , Journal of Cogent Economics & Finance , Taylor & Francise LTD , no.1 , doi:10.1080/23322039.2022.2114176 , indexed: ESCI, Scopus , (impact factor:0.539) vol.10 , December , 2022 .
2 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : A Comparative Study of Quality Higher Education Provision in Public and Private Universities in Bangladesh , Global Journal of Educational Studies , no.1 , doi:10.5296/gjes.v7i1.18725 vol.7 , July , 2021 .
3 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Distributional Effects of Public Educational Expenditures: Empirical Results from Cohort Analysis , Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal , no.3 , doi:10.14738/assrj.83.9928 vol.8 , October , 2021 .
4 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Use of Social Networking Sites Among the Students of Universities in Bangladesh: A Case Study of Cumilla District , Journal of Asian Development , no.2 , issn:2377-9594 vol.7 , June , 2021 .
5 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Analysis of the Determinants of Public Education Expenditures in Bangladesh , Journal of Public Administration and Governance , Macrothink , no.3 , doi:10.5296/jpag.v9i3.15419 vol.9 , June , 2019 .
6 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Benefit Incidence of Public Expenditure on Education and Health in Thailand , Journal of the Centre for Human Resources Information and Development , no.1 , issn:2072-3334 vol.15 , December , 2019 .
7 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Impact of Microfinance on Living Standards, Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation of Poor People: A Case Study of Comilla District , The Journal of Comilla University , Comilla University , no.3 , issn:2308-698X vol.3 , June , 2016 .
8 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Women’s Empowerment Through Entrepreneurship Development with Special reference to Shelf Help Groups: A Case study of Comilla District , A Journal of the Centre for Human Resources Information and Development , no.2 , issn:2072-3334 vol.10 , December , 2014 .
9 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Empowerment of Women in Bangladesh: A critical study on Sadar South Upazilla of Comilla District , The Journal of Comilla University , Comilla University , no.2 , issn:2308-698X vol.2 , June , 2013 .
10 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Local Self-Government in Bangladesh: A critical study of some selected union Parishads in Bangladesh , A Journal of the Centre for Human Resources Information and Development , no.2 , issn:2072-3334 vol.11 , June , 2012 .
11 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Parliamentary Committee System in Bangladesh: An Overview of Different Parliamentary Committees , Journal of Administrative Studies , Jahangirnagar University, Saver, Dhaka , issn:1999-5946 vol.5 , June , 2012 .
12 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprise) and Its Role in the Economy of Developing Country like Bangladesh , The Journal of Comilla University , Comilla University , no.1 vol.1 , June , 2011 .
13 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Socio-economic Status and Problems of Women in Shrimp Culture: An overview on Shatkhira District , Journal of Empowerment , Women for Women, Dhaka , no.12 , December , 2011 .
14 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : The Impact of Micro finance program on the poor: A Comparative Study of Grameen Bank, BRAC and ASA in some selected areas in Bangladesh , European Journal of Business and Management , no.3 vol.3 , June , 2011 .
15 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Trafficking Women and Children in Bangladesh: A Silent Tsunami of Bangladesh , European Journal of Business and Management , no.4 , (impact factor:0.432) vol.2 , December , 2011 .
1 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Local Government Politics in Bangladesh , Dhaka: AH Development Publishing House , (impact factor:ISBN: 9789849267287) , July , 2025.
2 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Politics of Education Expenditure Policy , Dhaka: AH Development Publishing House , (impact factor:ISBN: 97898497536-4-3) , December , 2023.
3 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Public Administration and Bangladesh , Dhaka: Grantha Kuthir , (impact factor:ISBN: 984-300-002682-0) , October , 2008.
1 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Challenges and Opportunities of Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh, Comilla: Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) and African Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO), International Online Training Workshop on “Achieving Sustainable Development Goals: Financial Inclusion and Rural Transformation”, October, 2021.
2 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Sustainable Education and Human Resource Planning: Study on University Level Education of Bangladesh, Dhaka: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, AIUB, International Conference on Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges, February, 2021.
3 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Strategies of Study Life-Balance: A Study of PhD Students in National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Bangkok: NIDA, International Conference arranged by Graduate School of Public Administration (GSPA), May, 2017.
4 Professor Dr. Md. Rashidul Islam Sheikh : Women Empowerment through Entrepreneurship Development with special reference to self-help groups: A case study of Comilla District, Comilla: Anthropology Department and BARD, Comilla, National Conference, arranged by Anthropology Department at BARD, Comilla, April, 2013.
  • Local Government  
  • Budgetary Politics and Expenditure  
  • Gender Development  
  • Quality Education  
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