Department of Sociology

MicroSave Consulting (MSC)
Researcher
August 2024 – November 2024 (4 months) Singair Upazila, Dhaka, Bangladesh
During my work, I conducted in-depth interviews (IDI) with individuals from various socio-economic
backgrounds to understand the potential for digital financial services in transitioning to a cashless society.
My responsibilities included co-opting for the field plan, writing transcriptions, and assisting in
developing the report.

CHEERAG: A Public Research Development Centre
Co-Founder and Director
August 2021 – November 2024 (3 years 4 months)
Juzkhola, Pirojpur Sadar, Barishal, Bangladesh
conducting study circles, seminars on agriculture, community health, economics, history, localization of
food and medicine, climate change, permaculture, and open water management, lending books for home
reading as cocurricular activities, promoting critical reading and writing, and public speaking.

Capacity Building Service Group
Program Officer
July 2023 – June 2024 (1 year) Dhaka, Bangladesh

MOMODa FOUNDATION
Research Assistant
August 2022 – December 2022 (5 months) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Data cleaning, cross-checking the data, transcription, questionnaire translation, report writing, supervising
enumerators, helping to conduct training

Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST)
Volunteer
December 2019 – May 2021 (1 year 6 months) University of Barishal
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB)
Research Assistant
October 2016 – December 2020 (4 years 3 months)

1. Climate Change and Human Trafficking in Bangladesh | South Asia@LSE
2. Book Reviews: Max Stille, Islamic Sermons and Public Piety in Bangladesh: The
Poetics of Popular Preaching
3. Rahman and Rahman. (2025, May 14). Dark side of climate resilience. NewAge.
4. “Innovation and transformation for Development.” (The Green University of
Bangladesh on 23-24 October 2021.)
5. Experiences of Development and Dispossession: A Study on Mru Indigenous People
of CHT Bangladesh. (Dissertation Submitted to The Department of Sociology, South
Asian University, New Delhi, in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for The
Award Degree of Master of Arts in Sociology, 2022.)
6. Leadership Strategies Urban Resilience Perspectives: A Study on Selective Urban
Areas of Barishal City. (Under the course Research Monograph Steps, Techniques
and Writings-SOC 4203,2020.
7. Rahman, Q. A. et al. 2020. “A case study on Understanding Livelihood strategies of
Bede community in Barishal Region under Sustainable Livelihood Framework
(SLF).”
8. Rahman, Q. A. et al. 2021. “Rhetoric and Reality of Online Education: A Study on
the E-resource Accessibility and Usability of Public Universities in Bangladesh.”

 Strategic planning and capacity assessment and building of numerous organization
 Project monitoring and evaluation
 Social Research
 Handling clients, project cycle management, leading large teams, and working with multi-
stakeholders.
 Advanced knowledge of STATA, MAXQDA, SurveyCTO, MS Office
 Well-conversant with online digital meeting platforms- Zoom, Google Meet, and
Microsoft Teams.

 Training on Data Management and Analysis through SATA and MAXQDA
Supported by CBSG Held in Dhaka for 5 Days
 “Grammar and Punctuation” is an online non-credit course authorized by the
University of California, Irvine, and offered through Coursera
 “Mind Control: Managing Your Mental Health During COVID-19” is an online non-
credit course authorized by the University of Toronto and offered through Coursera.
 Project management” is an online course developed by Robi 10 Minutes School
and offered by Muktapaath.

 Co-founder & Director of CHERAAG: A Community Library and
Development Centre.

 Youth Engagement and Support (YES) member TI-Bangladesh (2016-2020)
 Bangladesh Legal Aid and Service (BLAST) (2018-2020)

Cultural barriers: the missing link in sustainable development in Bangladesh
https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2025.2530437