Dr. Faraha Nawaz

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Professor,Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Short Biography

Dr Faraha Nawaz is a Professor at University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Dr Nawaz has proved her excellence both in her basic and applied researches as well as in publishing. As an academic, she has devoted herself in undertaking wide-ranging research in social sciences in general and gender issues in particular, and has published more than 30 articles in peer reviewed SCOPUS indexed international journals, chapters in edited books, and three sole authored books published from Germany, UK and USA. Dr Nawaz is an active member of a number of international professional groups and networks such as NAPSIPAG, ISTR, EROPA, NZSAC, Dev Net and AWID, and has presented scholarly papers in various prestigious international conferences. She is a recipient of esteemed awards including gold medals, Charles Wallace award, Dev net Research award from New Zealand, Malaysian scholarly award, Australian Government award, etc. She was an international fellow of Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, USA and a visiting research scholar of Contemporary South Asian Studies program, School of Interdisciplinary area studies, University of OXFORD, UK.

Awards and Recognition

  • 2020               Awarded Best Researcher Award by International Research Awards for new science inventions
  • 2020               Awarded scholarship for attending an international conference in Brunei
  • 2019                Awarded sponsorship for attending a prestigious international conference in Thailand
  • 2018                Awarded Charles Wallace Award for conducting research at OXFORD University, UK
  • 2017                Awarded full scholarship for attending two week long intensive residential workshops at Watson institute of Brown University, USA
  • 2017                Awarded UNDP grant for attending International Conference on Public Policy held at National University of Singapore
  • 2016-2017     Achieved honorariums from World Bank (WB) for being an active member of Self Assessment Committee (SAC) of the department of Public Administration, RU
  • 2016                Honored by being selected as a member of Social Science Faculty, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh for two years
  • 2015                My article published in JSSH has been nominated as one of the best paper and has been sent for a press-release to UK and Australia. The gist of the paper has been published in Research SEA and has drawn lots of international publicity by foreign journalists all over the world.
  • 2011-2015      Awarded International Post Graduate Research Scholarship by Australian Government for pursuing PhD in Flinders University of South Australia
  • 2013                Awarded Sponsorship from AP ISTR for presenting my research in International Society for Third Sector Research Asia Pacific Regional Conference held in South Korea
  • 2012                Awarded Research Grant for collecting primary data from rural Bangladesh for my doctoral studies by Faculty of Social and Behavioural Science, Flinders University of South Australia
  • 2012               Awarded Conference Grant from IPRS scholarship Committee for presenting my research in International Development Conference held in New Zealand
  • 2012               Awarded “Runner up Prize” for DEVNET Research Photo Competition held in Auckland, New Zealand
  • 2010               Awarded University Grant Commission (UGC) Scholarship for securing first position in Bachelor of Social Science (B.S.S) in Social Science Faculty, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
  • 2009              Awarded Scholarship from NAPSIPAG for attending NAPSIPAG International Conference held in Kedah, Malaysia
  • 2008              Awarded ‘Gold Medal’ from Vice Chancellor of University of Rajshahi for securing first class with first position in Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) in Social Science Faculty
  • 2007              Awarded ‘Gold Medal’ from Taposhi Rabeya Hall of University of Rajshahi for securing first class in Bachelor of Social Science (BSS)
  • 2006              Achieved scholarship from Public Administration department of University of Rajshahi for outstanding performance in Bachelor of Social Science (BSS)
  • 2005              Awarded Merit Scholarship by the Vice Chancellor of University of Rajshahi
  • 2002              Awarded Medals and Merit Scholarship by Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation for securing 7th in combined merit list in HSC Examination of 2001, Rajshahi Board, Bangladesh
  • 2002              Awarded ‘Talent Pool’ scholarship from the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi for achieving brilliant result in HSC Examination of 2001,   Rajshahi Board, Bangladesh
  • 2000             Awarded Medals and Merit Scholarship by Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation for securing 11th position in combined merit list in SSC Examination of 1999, Rajshahi Board, Bangladesh
  • 2000             Awarded ‘Talent Pool’ scholarship from the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rajshahi for securing 11th Position in combined Merit list in SSC  examination of 1999, Rajshahi Board, Bangladesh

Selected publications

Book Publication:

  1. (2021) Environment, Climate change and Green entrepreneurship: A journey towards sustainable development, NOVA science publisher, New York, USA.
  2. (2019) Microfinance and Women’s empowerment in Bangladesh: Unpacking the Untold Narratives, Palgrave Macmillan Publishing, London, UK

Chapter in Edited Book:

  1. (2020). Empowering marginalized women through entrepreneurship: Breaking the barrier, In Lokuge (Eds) ‘Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Digital Era’, IGI Global, Pennsylvania, US.
  2. (2018). Conscientization among rural women: A case of Bangladesh, In Nilan (Eds) ‘Conscientization’, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, New York
  3. (2011). Strategy for Improving Human Capital in Bangladesh and Nepal: Does it help for women Empowerment? In Saber, S. A et,al, (Eds) Governance and Human Capital, the 21st Century Agenda, Sterling Publishers, New Delhi, India

Articles published in Peer Reviewed Academic Journals

  1. (2021) Locked Up Under Lockdown the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Migrant Population. Social Science and Humanities Open, Elsevier, Vol. 3 (1)  http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3631707  ( With A.K.M Ahsan ullah and Diotima Chottoraj)
  2. (2020). The Impact of Non-Go the Impact of Non-Government Organizations on Women’s Mobility in Public Life: An Empirical Study in Rural Bangladesh, Journal of International Women’s Studies. Vol 21(2):91-113
  3. (2020). Surrogacy led migration: Reflections on Policy Dilemmas. Public Administration and Policy: An Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol.23:1-15 (With Dr AKM Ahsan Ullah)
  4. (2020) Social research methods: migration in perspective, Migration Letters, 17(2):351-362. (With Dr AKM Ahsan Ullah, Md Akram Hossain and Mohammad Azizuddin)(2020) Xenophobia in the GCC countries: migrants’ desire and distress. Global Affairs, Vol 6(2):1-22 (With Dr A.K.M. Ahsan Ullah, Dr Shirley Chin Wei Lee, Dr Noor Hasharina Hassan)
  5. (2020) Challenges of public policy implementation: Consumers Rights Protection Act in Bangladesh. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research, 2 (1): 51 – 60 (Dr Nayan Kanwal)
  6. (2019). Reintegration Challenges of Migrants in Bangladesh: A Study on Forced Returnee Women Migrants from Saudi Arabia. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol 1(1):49-58 (with Tania Afrin Tonny)
  7. (2019). Adverse Political Incentives and Obstinate Behavioural Norms, A Study of Social Safety Nets in Bangladesh. International Review of Administrative Sciences, Vol 26(1):70-91 (Dr Abu Elias Sarker)
  8. (2019). Pathways to Women’s Empowerment in Bangladesh: Employment and Microfinance as Interventions, Journal of Asian Education and Development Studies (with Dr Habib Zafarullah) https://doi.org/10.1108/AEDS-11-2018-0168
  9. (2019). Clientelism, Patriarchy and Democratic Backsliding: Role of local Government elections in Bangladesh. South Asian Survey. Vol.26 (1):70-91(Dr. Abu Elias Sarker)
  10. (2018). Social Capital, Collective action and Women’s empowerment, South Asian Journal of Policy and Governance, Vol. 42 (1)
  11. (2018). An Analysis of the role of Community Empowerment Program in Combatting Domestic Violence against women: A Case Study of Bangladesh, Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities. Vol.26 (4): 2841 – 2856