Faculty Profile

Md Akther Husain

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Assistant Professor Institute of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801723166779
  • Email: mahusain-eco@sust.edu

Education

  • B.S.S(Honours) in Economics,Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
  • M.S.S(Thesis) in Economics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology

Research Interests

  •  Microeconomics
  •  Micro Aspect of Development
  •  Poverty and Food Security
  •  Energy Security, Clean Energy and Environment
  •  Monetary Economics
  •  International Economics
  •  Micro Econometrics

Previous Research Project

  • Co-investigator of the Research Project: "Determinants of Household Choice of Energy Source: Emphasizing Environment Friendly Device Use" in 2016 -17, funded by SUST Research Center.
  • Co-investigator of the Research Project: "The Nexus between Social Capital and Health Expenditure of Tea Workers in Bangladesh" in 2017 - 18, funded by SUST Research Center. .
  • Co-investigator of the Research Project: “Determinants of Residential Housing Rent of Sylhet City” in 2018 – 19, funded by SUST Research Center

Awards & Recognition

  • Awarded Distinction for MSS (Thesis) Result.
  • Obtained University Merit Scholarship for Undergraduate Result .
  • Obtained University Merit Scholarship on the basis of Undergraduate Second year, Third year and Forth year Results .
  • Graduate Research Scholarship by Department of Economics, SUST in 2012 for MSS (Thesis) Third semester.

Teaching

  • Monetary Economics (Graduate)
  • International Economics (Graduate)
  • Banking and Finance (Undergraduate)
  • Economics of Planning and Project Analysis (Undergraduate)
  • International Finance (Undergraduate)
  • Mathematics IV (Dynamic Optimization) (Undergraduate)
  • Application of Statistics in Economics I (Lab) (Undergraduate)
  • Application of Statistics in Economics II (Lab) (Undergraduate)
  • Lab VI : Application of Mathematics in Economics III(Undergraduate)
  • Econometrics II (Undergraduate)
  • Econometrics II Lab(Undergraduate)
  • History of Economic Thought (Undergraduate)
  • Principles of Microeconomics (Undergraduate)
  • Principles of Economics (Undergraduate)
  • Statistics for Business Decision (Undergraduate)

Graduate Supervision

  • Co-supervisor of the Thesis : “Influence of Livelihood Diversification on Female Early Marriage in Bangladesh” in MSS (Thesis) Third Semester.