Professor
Comilla University
Cumilla-3506, Bangladesh
Dr. M. Zakir Saadullah Khan is a Professor (Grade-1) in the Department of Economics at Comilla University, Bangladesh. He holds a PhD from Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He also holds an M.A. in International Business Economics from the University of Konstanz, Germany, and both M.S.S. and B.S.S. (Honours) degrees in Economics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
With more than 31 years of teaching and research experience, Professor Khan has been a faculty member at Comilla University since March 2009, when he joined as an Associate Professor. He was promoted to Professor in 2013. His academic career began in 1993 as a Lecturer, followed by roles as Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at various government colleges in Bangladesh under BCS (Education) cadre. His extensive academic career reflects a deep commitment to education and research in economics.
Professor Khan has approximately 16 years of administrative experience, including roles as Dean of the Faculty of Social Science at Comilla University, Chairman of the Department of Economics, and Provost of Kazi Nazrul Islam Hall at the same institution. He has also served as Chairman of the Department of Economics at various government colleges. Additionally, Professor Khan has contributed to national projects as a Project Director. Since the university's inception, he has played a pivotal role in formulating various rules and regulations. He has been an active participant in university governance and policy-making, serving as a member of the Syndicate, Academic Council, Finance Committee, and Budget Working Group etc., and has provided institutional oversight through his involvement in various other committees.
Professor Khan has over 80 research outputs and scholarly efforts, including articles published in international and national journals, conference presentations, funded research projects, and the supervision of student theses. His research significantly impacts the field of economics.
Contact Information:
| Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh | Economics | 2009 |
| Master of Arts (M.A.) | University of Konstanz, Germany | International BusinessEconomics | 2003 |
| Master of Social Science (M.S.S) | University of Dhaka, Bangladesh | Economics | 1987 |
| Bachelor of Social Science (B.S.S) Honours | University of Dhaka, Bangladesh | Economics | 1986 |
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Comilla University, Bangladesh |
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Comilla University, Bangladesh |
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Comilla University, Bangladesh |
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Gazaria Govt. College, Munshigang, Bangladesh |
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Gazaria Govt. College, Munshigang, Bangladesh |
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University of Information Technology & Sciences (UITS), Dhaka. (On Lien), Bangladesh |
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Government S.K. College, Gopalganj, Bangladesh |
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Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, Bangladesh |
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National Academy for Education Management (NAEM), Bangladesh |
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Fazilatunnesa Government Women’s College, Bhola, Bangladesh |
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Gazaria Govt. College, Munshigang, Bangladesh |
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International Publications: 1. Chowdhury, Munem Ahmad and M. Zakir Saadullah Khan (2024). Nexus between Infrastructural Development and Economic Growth: Evidence from Bangladesh through ARDL and NARDL. The Journal of Tropical Futures: Sustainable Business, Governance & Development (JTF), 1(2). James Cook University, Singapore.
2. Tasfia Zahan Ria, M. Zakir Saadullah Khan and Utpal Kumar De (2024). Students’ Attitude Towards Use of ICT as Tool of Learning: a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Approach”. SN Social Sciences, 4(6), p.103: 1-20, Springer Nature.
3. Nobinkhor Kundu and M. Zakir Saadullah Khan (2023). The Effects of Covid-19 on Academic Performance of Tertiary Level Students in Bangladesh: A Logistic Regression Analysis. Journal of Educational Studies, 22(2), p.7-23. https://doi.org/10.59915/jes.2023.22.2.1
4. M. Zakir Saadullah Khan and Sharna Mozumder (2021). Efficiency of Public and Private Universities in Bangladesh: A Comparative Approach using Data Envelopment Analysis”. Journal of Education and Research, 11(2), p. 28-52, Kathmandu University, Nepal. (Index Copernicus).
5. M. Zakir Saadullah Khan, Nobinkho Kuddo and Nusafa Yasmin (2021). Sustainable Quality of Life of Urban Slum Dwellers in Bangladesh: Evidence from Dhaka City. Chiang Mai University Journal of Economics, 25(1), Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
6. M. Zakir Saadullah Khan and Md. Saiful Islam (2021). Causality between Financial Structure and Economic Growth in Bangladesh: A Toda-Yamamoto Approach. Timisora Journal of Economics and Business, 14(1), West University of Timisoara, Romania. (Index Copernicus).
7. A K M Atiqur Rahman and M. Zakir Saadullah Khan (2016). Revisiting Finance Growth Relations in Bangladesh. Journal of Business & Economics, 6(2), Air University, Pakistan.
8. Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah (2013). Causality between Economic Growth, Energy Consumption and Green House Gas Emissions in Bangladesh: A Toda-Yamamoto Approach. Journal of Academic Research in Economics, 5(2), p. Spiru Haret University, Romania. (Index Copernicus).
9. Gazi Salah Uddin, M. Zakir Saadullah Khan, Ilhan Ozturk (2013). Export-Led Growth Revisited In Bangladesh: Evidence from Structural Break. Actual Problems of Economics, 6(144), p. National Academy of Management, Ukraine. (Scopus Index)
10. Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah and M. Shamimul Islam (2013). Effects of Remittance on Inflation: Evidence from Bangladesh. Journal of Economics and Business Research, 19(2), p. . Aurel Vlaicu University, Romania. (Index Copernicus).
11. Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah (2012). Examining Friedman Hypothesis on Political, Civil and Economic Freedom for SAARC Countries: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis. Journal of Economic Development, Vol. 37(3), p. The Economic Research Institute of Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
12. Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah (2012). Democracy and Economic Freedom: A Static Panel Data Analysis of South Asia. CEU Journal of Political Science, 7(1), p. Central European University, Hungary.
13. Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah and M. Ismail Hossain, (2010). A Model of Bilateral Trade Balance: Extensions and Empirical Tests. Economic Analysis and Policy, 40(3), p. The Economic Society of Australia (Queensland) Inc., Australia. (Elsevier & Scopus Index)
14. Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah and M. Ismail Hossain (2010). Trade Liberalization and Trade Balance: The Case of Bangladesh. Journal of Business and Economics, 2(2), p. Department of Business Administration, Air University, Pakistan.
15. Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah (Submitted). Sectoral Composition and Economic Growth: Evidence from Bangladesh. Eurasian Economic Review. SpringerLink.
16. Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah (Submitted). Navigating University Students' Fourth Industrial Revolution Skills: Assessing Academic Pathways and Quality Assurance in Bangladesh Perspective. Higher Education for the Future, Sage Publication Inc.
National Publications:
17. Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah (2021). Energy Intensity, Sectoral Growth and Sustainable Development: Bangladesh Perspective. SUST Journal of Social Sciences, 32(2), p. 169-182. Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
18. Md. Saiful Islam and M. Zakir Saadullah Khan (2019). Financial Structure of Bangladesh: Bank based versus Market based Analysis. Comilla University Journal of Social Sciences, 2(1), p. Comilla University, Bangladesh.
19. Aktar, Ayesha, Nabinkhor Kundu and M. Zakir Saadullah Khan (2017). Testing Causality between Energy Consumption, Carbon Dioxide Emission and Economic Growth in Bangladesh. SEU Journal of Science and Engineering, 11(2), p.
20. Hossain, M. Ismail and M. Zakir Saadullah Khan (2014). Prices and Productivity in Bangladesh Rice Sector in Development: Constraints and Realization – Essays in memory of Mosarraf Hossain, edited by Mustafa K. Mujeri, University Press Limited (UPL), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
21. Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah and M. Ismail Hossain (2013). Export, Import and Economic Growth in Bangladesh. Journal of Society, Economy and Development, 1(2), p. School of Arts and Social Science, North-South University, Bangladesh.
22. Skidar, Asaduzzaman, Nabin Kundo and M. Zakir Saadullah Khan (2013). Trade Openness and inflation: A Cointegration and Error Correction Model Analysis of Bangladesh. The Journal of Comilla University, 2(1), p. Comilla University, Bangladesh.
23. Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah and M. Ismail Hossain (2012). Determinants of Trade Balance of Bangladesh: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis. Bangladesh Development Studies, 35(2). The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
24. Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah (2012). Impact of Trade Regime Change on Bilateral Trade Balance of Bangladesh. The Journal of Comilla University, 1(1), p. Comilla University.Bangladesh.
25. Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah and M. Ismail Hossain (2011). Financial Liberalization and Domestic Savings in Bangladesh: An ARDL Approach to Cointegration Analysis. Jahangirnagar University Economic Review, 22(1), p. Department of Economics, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
26. Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah and M. Ismail Hossain (2011). Impacts of Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate Policy on Output in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Economics Studies, 13, p. Rajshahi University Economic Association, Department of Economics, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh.
27. Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah and M. Ismail Hossain (2010). Democracy and Trade Balance: A Vector Autoregressive (VAR) Analysis of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Development Studies, 33(4), p. The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
28. Khan, M. Zakir Saadullah (1998). Optimum Crop Combination for Bangladesh Agriculture. Bangladesh Journal of Political Economy, XIV(2), p. Bangladesh Economic Association.
Funded Research Projects Completed:
29. Implications of Regulation on Microfinance Institutions in Bangladesh. Core team member of the field research project conducted by the Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) and financed by the Microcredit Regulatory Authority, Bangladesh, 2023-24.
30. Cooperative for Smart Bangladesh Implementation. Core team member of research project conducted by Bangladesh Cooperative Academy, Cumilla. 2023-24.
31. Quality Assurance for Higher Education in the Context of Fourth Industrial Revolution: an Assessment based on University Students’ Preparedness in Bangladesh. With financial assistance from Bangladesh Accreditation Council (BAC), Ministry of Education, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, 2022-23.
32. Reshaping Aspirations and Challenges of The Fourth Industrial Revolution in Bangladesh: A Socio-Economic Study on Impacts of COVID-19 and its Aftermath. With financial assistance from Social Science Research Council (SSRC), Ministry of Planning, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, 2021-23.
33. An Assessment of Quality of Economics Question Papers from Different Universities in Bangladesh Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy. With financial assistance from Comilla University, 2023-24.
34. Students’ Awareness, Perception and Preparedness for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: An Empirical Study on Universities in Bangladesh. With financial assistance from Comilla University, 2022-23.
35. Energy Security for Sustainable Development in Bangladesh Perspective. With financial assistance from Comilla University, 2021-22.
36. The Outlook for Higher Education of Bangladesh during COVID-19 and Beyond. With financial assistance from Comilla University, 2020-21.
37. Analysis for Sustainable Quality of Lives for Development of Slum Dwellers in Bangladesh: Estimates, Determinants, and Challenges. With financial assistance from Comilla University, 2017-18.
38. Migration and Regional Development - A Case Study of Comilla. With financial assistance from Comilla University, 2013-14.
39. Exploring the Current Dimensions of Child Marriage and Factors behind the Practice: A Study in Meherpur Context. (Co-investigator & Economist), A field research project commissioned by ‘Save the Children International’, 2013-14.
Institutional Capacity Building Projects:
40. Capacity Building to Adapt Knowledge Economy under Digital Bangladesh, HEQEP-UGC, Ministry of Education, Bangladesh. January 01, 2011- April 30, 2013.
41. Supplementary Project on Capacity Building to Adapt Knowledge Economy under Digital Bangladesh, HEQEP-UGC, Ministry of Education, Bangladesh. May 01, 2017 – October 31, 2018.
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Theses Supervised:
PhD. Dissertation 1. “Education and Productivity Nexus in Manufacturing: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Sector of Bangladesh” under Department of Economics, University of Professionals (BUP), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Master Theses 2. Causality between Financial Structure and Economic Growth in Bangladesh: A Toda-Yamamoto Approach. (2015) 3. Testing Barro Hypothesis on Government Expenditure, Taxation and Growth for Bangladesh. (2015) 4. Effects of Real Interest Rate on GDP of Bangladesh: A Bound Testing Approach. (2016) 5. Comparative Technical Efficiency of Public and Private Universities in Bangladesh: A Data Envelope Analysis. (2016) 6. Use of Remittances: A Study on the Remittance Recipient Households of Comilla. (2017) 7. Causality between Energy Consumption, Greenhouse Gas Emission and Economic Growth in Bangladesh. (2017) 8. Assessing Bangladesh’s Graduation from LDC: An ARIMA Approach. (2018) 9. Inflation and Manufacturing Sector Growth Nexus in Bangladesh: An ARDL Bound Testing Approach. (2018) 10. Role of External Sector in Economic Growth of Bangladesh. (2018) 11. Innovation and Economic Growth Nexus: A Panel Data Analysis of SAARC Countries. (2019) 12. Impact of Global Energy and Commodity Prices on Domestic Prices in Bangladesh. (2019) 13. Technology Acceptance Model to Assess Students’ Attitude towards Use of ICT as Tool of Learning and Social Activity: A Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Approach. (2020) 14. Determinants of Renewable Energy in SAARC Countries: A Second Generation Panel Data Analysis. (2020). 15. The Effects of COVID-19 on Family Income and Higher Education in Bangladesh: An Empirical Analysis (2021) 16. Nexus between Infrastructural Development and Economic Growth: Evidence from Bangladesh through ARDL and NARDL. (2021).
Undergraduate Research Reports 17. Assessing the Quality of Question Papers based on Bloom’s Taxonomy: A Survey on Economics Question paper of Comilla University and Rajshahi University. (2023) 18. Determinants of Career Choice: A Cross-sectional Study on Bangladesh. (2023) 19. Do the Socio-Economic Factors Influence Women Micro-Entrepreneurship? A Study based on Feni District. (2023) 20. Determinants of Students Academic Performance: A Study of Comilla University. (2023) 21. Factors Influencing Job Switching Gazaria Upazilla of Munshigong District. (2023) 22. Citizens Satisfaction of City Corporation Services: A Study on Cumilla City Corporation. (2023) |
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Conference and Seminar Papers:
1. Khan, Md. Zakir Saadullah, “Navigating Progress from Bangladesh Perspective: Development Economics in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution” - paper presented at the ‘International Seminar on Different Dimensions of Development Economics & Its Shifting Paradigms’, organised by The Heritage College, Kolkata, India, 22 -23 February 2024.
2. Khan, Md. Zakir Saadullah, “Outcome-based Educational Teaching-Learning and Assessment Strategies in the Digital Age: A Survey on Bangladeshi Universities” - paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on ‘South Asia in the Post-COVID Global Crisis: Politics, Economy, and Society’ organized by the Faculty of Social Science, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 30 – 31 October, 2023.
3. Khan, Md. Zakir Saadullah,“Fourth Industrial Revolution for Inclusive Development: Challenges and Way Forward” - a paper presented at a seminar organized by Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development, 20 June, 2023.
4. Khan, Md. Zakir Saadullah, “Impact of Differential Sectoral Output Growth on Environment: Evidence from Bangladesh," paper presented at the ‘2nd International Conference on Applied Statistics, University of Dhaka, December 27-29, 2019.
5. Khan, Md. Zakir Saadullah, “Energy Security for Sustainable Development in Bangladesh"- paper presented at the International Conference on ‘Data Science and SDGs: Challenges, Opportunities and Realities’, University of Rajshahi, December 18-19, 2019.
6. Khan, Md. Zakir Saadullah, “Energy Intensity, Sectoral Growth and Sustainable Development: Bangladesh Perspective” paper presented at the onference on ‘Bangladesh Development Perspectives: Issues of Economic Justice and Morality’, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, January 19-20, 2019.
7. Khan, Md. Zakir Saadullah, “Testing Barro’s hypothesis on Fiscal Policy for Bangladesh - paper presented to National Conference ‘Inclusive Growth for Sustainable Development’ Comilla University, Bangladesh, 30 March 2018.
8. Khan, Md. Zakir Saadullah, “Examining Friedman Hypothesis on Political, Civil and Economic Freedom for SAARC Countries: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis” – paper to ‘ National Conference on Contemporary Issues in Economics’, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, February 2011.
9. Khan, Md. Zakir Saadullah, “Education Policy to Build Knowledge-based Economy in Developing Countries"—paper presented at the seminar on ‘International Political Economy’, University of Konstanz, Germany, 2002.
10. Khan, Md. Zakir Saadullah, “When Employees Act Like Owners" paper presented at the seminar on ‘International Strategic Management’ University of Konstanz, Germany, 2003.
11. Khan, Md. Zakir Saadullah, "An Analysis of Capital Structure of Banks Listed in Dhaka Stock Exchange," University of Information Technology & Sciences (UITS) Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005.
12. Khan, Md. Zakir Saadullah, “Comparison between Capital Structure of Listed and Non-Listed Banks in Bangladesh", University of Information Technology & Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2006.
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