Shahjalal University of Science and Technology

Faculty Profile

Professor

Office Address: Department of Sociology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
Phone: +8801791141409
Email: sebak-soc@sust.edu, sebak.kumar@gmail.com

PhD, Department of Anthropology, School of Culture, History and Language, The Australian National University, Australia.
Master of Environmental Management and Development, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, Australia.
Graduate Diploma in Environmental Management and Development, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, Australia.
Master of Social Science in Sociology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.
Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) in Sociology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh.

1. Disaster risk reduction interventions in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh: effectiveness and challenges (Grant amount: 520000/- Taka, Funded by the SUST Research Centre, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology)
2. Impacts of involuntary return migration: a case study of Bangladeshi migrant workers during the Covid-19 pandemic

1. Saha, SK & Pittock, J 2021, ‘Responses to cyclone warnings: the case of Cyclone Mora (2017) in Bangladesh’, Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 19, p. 11012.
2. Saha, SK & Ballard, C 2021, ‘Cyclone Aila and post-disaster housing assistance in Bangladesh’, Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 15, p. 8604.
3. Saha, SK & James, H 2017, ‘Reasons for non-compliance with cyclone evacuation orders in Bangladesh’. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, vol. 21. pp. 196-204.
4. Saha, SK 2017, ‘Cyclone Aila, livelihood stress, and migration: empirical evidence from Coastal Bangladesh’. Disasters, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 505-526.
5. Saha, SK 2017, ‘Cyclone, salinity intrusion and adaptation and coping measures in Coastal Bangladesh’. Space and Culture, India, vol.5, no.1, pp.12-24.
6. Saha, SK 2014, ‘Corruption and good governance: the case of Bangladesh’. SUST Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 22, no. 2, pp.45-52.

1. I presented a paper titled ‘Household migration as a unit following Cyclone Aila in Bangladesh: financing of migration costs and the role of social networks’ at the 2nd International Symposium on Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development (DRSD-2021), 24 – 25 June, 2021 organized by the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; The registration fee of the conference was funded by Bangabandhu Chair Professor’s Fund, the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.
2. I presented a paper titled ‘Responses to cyclone warnings: the case of Cyclone Mora (2017) in Bangladesh’ at the ANU APRU 14th Multi-Hazards Symposium, 21-24 October 2018, the Australian National University, Australia.
3. Saha, SK 2014, ‘Causes of non-compliance with cyclone evacuation orders in Bangladesh’, Published in conference proceedings, the Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference 2014, Gold Coast, Australia.

Book Prize Award for securing first position in BSS (Honours)
Book Prize Award for securing first position in MSS
Asian Development Bank Scholarship (2012-2014)
Endeavour Postgraduate Scholarship (PhD), Australia (16/02/2016-14/02/2020)
Postgraduate Research Scholarship, The Australian National University, Australia (15/02/2020-15/05/2020)
Vice-Chancellor’s Award 2022 for research excellence from Shahjalal University of Science & Technology