Talukdar, Mohammad

Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Talukdar holds a PhD in Leadership, Management, and Budgetary Autonomy of Local Government from the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Bangkok. Previously he received a Master’s Degree in Development Management focusing on Development and Strategic Management, Strategic HRM, and Leadership and Strategic Negotiation from the Asian Institute of Management (AIM), Makati City, Manila, in addition to his Dhaka University Master’s Degree in Public Administration. He is a Professor of Leadership and Strategic Management at the Faculty of Business Administration, American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh.

International Education Summit and Awards, 2020 Bangkok, selected the author as an Outstanding Trained Graduate Teacher for his significant contributions in teaching, research, and curriculum development. His research interest areas include political economy, anti-corruption, civic education, decentralization and governance, sustainable development, gender-responsive budgeting, performance management, strategic and change management, and leadership and entrepreneurship development. He has authored three books, four internationally published book chapters, twenty scholarly journal articles, two working papers, and 100 op-ed pieces. He undertook several assignments in Bangladesh, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam.