Center of Excellence in Higher Education
The First Private University in Bangladesh

Muhammad Asiful Basar

Full Time Faculty
Senior Lecturer  

M.Sc. In Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden, 2010
M.A. in History, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005
B.A. Honors in History, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2003

Phone: +8801932929639
Email:muhammad.basar@northsouth.edu
Office: NAC 1028

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Muhammad Asiful Basar is a young academician who has completed his studies in the field of history. He has eight years of teaching experience, and he joined NSU in December 2015. Currently, he is serving the department of History and Philosophy as a lecturer.

Mr. Basar has completed his bachelor's and masters in history from the University of Dhaka, and then he joined BRAC University to teach the undergraduate students. After working one and a half years at BRACU, he moved to Sweden to do his second master's in Asian Studies. His two-year second master's program was equivalent to an M.Phil study. He produced a thesis for 30 ECTS credits and conducted fieldwork in Bangladesh.

After completing his studies, he worked in a Swedish NGO, Svalorna, for few months as an intern. During this time, he also learned the Swedish language and did some additional courses from Lund and Malmo universities. Amongst these courses, a Ph.D. course on Contemporary Water Governance is mentionable.

Mr. Basar has good knowledge of the Swedish and Danish languages, and he is very efficient in computer literacy. His career goal is to study at the doctoral level in a world-reputed institution and then continue teaching at the university level. He also wants to be involved in community development activities related to health, environment, and education.

Mr. Basar wants to do his doctoral studies in the field of environmental history.

Books

Climate Change, Man-made destructions and the Loss of Rural Livelihood: A Story from Coastal Bangladesh (2011), VDM Verlag Dr. Müller GmbH & Co. KG, ISBN Number: 978-3-639-32829-5

Book Chapter

“Friendship to all, malice to none”: An Analysis of Bangabandhu’s Foreign Policy, book chapter in the book Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman- The Making of a Nation (June, 2021) edited by Dr. Sharifuddin Ahmed, UPL, Dhaka.

Articles

The Challenges to Food Security in Asia: Solutions for the Future? (2010)

Online publication to the Nordic Asia Research Community Journal Barha. See at http://barha.asiaportal.info/node/966

Water Security in Coastal Region of Bangladesh: Would Desalination be a Solution to the Vulnerable Communities of the Sundarbans?, Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology. Volume 9, Number 2. 2012.

SUPRA scholarship, 2009, NIAS (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies) Copenhagen, Denmark.

Ali Ahmed Gold Medal, 2005, M.A examination of department of History, University of Dhaka.

Lund University, Centre for East and South-east Asian Studies, Sweden.

MSc in Asian Studies, June 2010. The program is interdisciplinary and provides an advanced knowledge on contemporary issues in Asia together with the analytical and methodological skills to assess social, economic and political developments in the region.

University of Dhaka, Department of History, Bangladesh.

BA (Honors) and MA in History, September 2003 and October 2005 respectively. The program covers wide ranging contents of ancient, medieval and contemporary world history along with interdisciplinary courses on Principle of Economics, Political Theories, Social Science and International Relations. 

Course on Project Management and Organizational Development at Malmö University (from September 1, 2010 to present).

The course deals with models and strategies for organizing projects and working with organizational development and challenges of sustainable development. So far I have completed 12 credits and planning to finish rest of the credits in due time.

PhD course on Water Governance organized by Lund university Centre of Excellence for Integration of Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability (LUCID), (from 20th of September 2010 to 23rd October 2010).

The course contains 7.5 academic credits and at the end of the course an essay was written on Desalination Prospect of Bangladesh.  

  • His 101: Bangladesh Heritage and Culture
  • HIs 103: Emergence of Bangladesh
  • His 202: History of Indo-Bangla
  • General Member of Dhaka University Graduate Association, January, 2020 General Member of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, June, 2019
  • Life membership, Lions Club International Bangladesh, since March 2017 General Member of Bangladesh History Association, March 2016
  • Life Member of Dhaka University History Alumni Association, December 2015
  • United Nation Volunteer, Since 2013
  • NIAS (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies), since 2009.
  • SASNET (Swedish South Asian Study Network, since 2008.
  • Bangladesh Itihas Samiti, Since 2006.

Economic History, Demographic History, South Asian Studies in General, Climate & Environmental discourse etc.