Faculty Profile

Mst. Tahmina Akter

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Assistant Professor Institute of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801764203306
  • Email: tahmina-pss@sust.edu, mtahmina06@gmail.com

Biography

Mst. Tahmina Akter is serving as a Faculty at the Department of Political Studies, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Bangladesh. Her general research interests include Identity Politics, Migration, Border, Conflict, and Geopolitics in South Asia.

Education

  • Master of Philosophy (2021) in Political Science, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Master of Social Sciences (2016) in Political Science, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Bachelor of Social Science (2015) in Political Science, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Research Interests

  • Identity Politics, Migration, Border, Conflict
  • Geopolitics in South Asia
  • Representation and Electoral Politics

Active Research Project

  • Bangladesh-India Economic Relations: A Study on Cross-Border Trade; funded by SUST Research Centre, SUST, Bangladesh, 2021-22.
  • Geopolitics, Bangabandhu and the Independent Bangladesh State, funded by Banglapedia, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2020-21.

Journal Publish

  • 1. বিবেকানন্দের রাষ্ট্রদর্শনে জাতীয়তাবাদ ও জাতিরাষ্ট্র ধারণাঃ ভারতীয় পুনর্জাগরণ প্রেক্ষাপট (Nationalism and Nation State Idea of Swami Vivekananda: The Indian Renaissance Context), শ্রাবস্তী রায় (সম্পাদিত), 'বিশ্বজয়ী বীরেশ্বর', এগরা, পূর্ব মেদিনীপুরঃ এগরা সারদা শশিভূষণ কলেজ, ২০২১, পৃ. ২১০-২১৪, ISBN: 978-81-951409-9-2.
  • 2. Female Students' Representation in Student Political Organizations of Bangladesh: An Analysis, 2020; Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (Humanities), Vol. 65, No.1.

External Affiliations

  • General Member, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
  • Research Assistant, Bangladesh Centre for Political Studies (BCPS), Dhaka, Bangladesh (2016-2018)

Awards & Recognition

  • 2015 : BSS (Hon’s) Merit Scholarship, 2015 awarded by University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • 2011 : Talent Pool Scholarship awarded by Board of Intermediate and Higher Secondary Education (Sylhet) for securing 4th Position (Combined, 1st Position in Humanities) in Sylhet Board.

Conference

  • 1. ‘Land Boundary Agreement, 1974 and Bangabandhu’s Leadership: A Geopolitical Analysis’ at a virtual conference on ‘Geo-politics, Bangabandhu and the Independent State of Bangladesh’ held on 27 August 2020, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • 2. ‘Female Students’ Representation in Student Political Organizations of Bangladesh: An Analysis’ at an international conference, organized by Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) at the University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 16 September, 2019.
  • 3. ‘Student Politics in Bangladesh: A Study on Female Students’ Representation’ at an International Conference on ‘Gender Mainstreaming in Politics, Administration and Development in South Asia and Beyond’, organized by University of Bergen, Norway and North South University, Dhaka on 18 November 2017 at North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • 4. ‘Intra-party Democracy in Bangladesh: A Study on Candidate Nomination Process in the Ninth Parliament Elections’ at a national conference on ‘Parliamentary Democracy in the Age of Globalization: Bangladesh Perspective’, organized by Bangladesh Centre for Political Studies (BCPS) at the University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 7th January 2017.

Teaching

  • Introduction to International Politics
  • Major Political Systems (UK, USA, China & Japan)
  • Introduction to Political Economy
  • Governance & Politics
  • Public Administration in Bangladesh
  • Rural Development & Politics
  • Gender Politics

Graduate Supervision

  • 2021 : Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Digitalization in Bangladesh, MSS, Session: 2018-2019, Dept. of PSS, SUST.
  • 2020 : Climate Change-induced Migration in North-Eastern Region of Bangladesh, MSS, Session: 2019-2020, Dept. of PSS, SUST.