Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration
Ripa Akter
Designation: Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration
Qualification: BBA and MBA in Finance & Banking, Comilla University
Mobile: 01631711599
E-mail: ripa1317018@gmail.com & ripa.akter@uob.edu.bd
Ripa Akter is an Assistant Professor at the University of Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh, where she has been serving since 2021. She completed her Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance & Banking from Comilla University. In recognition of her academic excellence, she received the Dean’s Honor Award and the prestigious Chancellor’s Award, and was also nominated for the Prime Minister’s Gold Medal 2019.
Her teaching and research interests broadly encompass behavioral finance, banks, non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs), financial technology (FinTech), artificial intelligence in finance, capital markets, and sustainable development. Her research focuses particularly on contemporary issues in financial institutions and markets, technological transformation in finance, financial risk and liquidity management, and emerging challenges associated with sustainable economic development.
At the University of Brahmanbaria, she is actively involved in teaching, research, curriculum and academic activities, and student development. She is committed to fostering an engaging learning environment and contributing to the advancement of knowledge through research and evidence-based academic inquiry in finance and related fields.
- Hoque, Md. A., Jahan, F. and Akter, R. (2022). Determinants of Islamic Banks Profitability in Bangladesh: A Panel Data Regression Approach, Comilla University Journal of Business Studies, 9(1), pp. 59–76.
- 2. Hoque, M. A., Akter, R., & Begum, F. (2025). Exploring the Determinants of Liquidity of Private Commercial Banks in Bangladesh: Moderating Effect of Bank Age. Finance & Economics Review, 7(1), 13-24. https://doi.org/10.38157/fer.v7i1.655.
- Talukdar, M. M. U., Alam, K., Ferdous, S., & Akter, R. (2025). Perceptions and key factors influencing the concept of smart Bangladesh. Journal of Information Systems and Informatics, 7(4), 3186–3224. https://doi.org/10.63158/journalisi.v7i4.1289
- Akter, R. (2026). Evolution and emerging frontiers of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) in financial risk management: A bibliometric analysis. Strategic Business Research, 2, 100118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbr.2026.100118
[1] “Visualizing the Influential Factors of the Concept of Smart Bangladesh,” 3rd International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (ICHSS) organized by Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University, Trishal, Mymensingh, Bangladesh, on 18-19 February 2024.