Sharmin Ahmed :: Faculty Profile :: University of Dhaka

Biography

I am Sharmin Ahmed, from Dhaka, Bangladesh. I majored in Mass Communication and Journalism at the University of Dhaka. Later I completed my second master's at the University of Leeds in the UK. I am keenly interested in human communication, disability policy and practices, social policy, and marginalization, and development initiatives regarding disability mainstreaming in Bangladesh.

Degree Name	Group/Major Subject	Board/Institute	Country	Passing Year
M.Phil.	Social and Public Policy	University of Leeds	United Kingdom	2021
Masters	Mass Communication and Journalism	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2013
Bachelor	Mass Communication and Journalism	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2012
H.S.C	Humanities	Dhaka	Bangladesh	2008
S.S.C	Business Studies	Dhaka	Bangladesh	2006

Title	Organization	Location	From Date	To Date
Broadcast Journalist	Channel 24	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Feb 2013	Jul 2013

Research Interest

Subject	Description	Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
Communication, Health, Policy issues and Development

Project/Research Supervision

Level of Study	Title	Supervisor	Co-Supervisor(s)	Name of Student(s)	Area of Research	Current Completion
No project/research supervision is found

Project/Research Work

Subject	Project Name	Source of Fund	From Date	Collaboration
Gender representation	"Women and Rural areas in News: Ensuring Fair Representation"	World Association of Christian Communication	01-01-1970	Bangladesh Nari Pragati Shangha
Cultural influence	“Cultural Influence on Cleft Lip and Palate Patients: Bangladesh Perspective (Bengali)	self	01-01-1970
Non verbal communication of Down Syndrome Children	Non-verbal Communicational Behaviors for mainstreaming Down Syndrome Children” (Bengali)	self	01-01-1970

Invited Talk

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No invited talk is found

SL	Collaboration & Membership Name	Type	Membership Year	Expire Year
No Collaboration & Membership is found

Journal Article
1	Sharmin Ahmed, Md. Rafiqul Islam : Inclusive education for children with disabilities in Bangladesh: a review on policy gap, SN Social Science , vol.43 , no.6 Springer Nature , 2026 . View More
2	Tajmin, S., & Ahmed, S. : Comparison of Nonverbal Sensitivity Between Normal Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Children of Bangladesh, Social Science Review , vol.42 , no.1 , pp.189-208 , 2025 .
3	Md Rafiqul Islam and Sharmin Ahmed : The State of Acculturation and Identity Distress among Stranded Adolescent Biharis in Bangladesh, Diaspora Studies , vol.16 , no.4 Brill , pp.408-434 , 2023 . View More
4	Sharmin Ahmed : E-Learning Inequalities for Disabled Students in Bangladesh: Covid-19 Perspective, Social Science Review [The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D] , vol.39 , no.3 , 2022 .
5	Sharmin Ahmed : Measuring pragmatic gestures performed by less-linguistic Bengali children with Down syndrome: A study of nonverbal communication, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D (Bengali) , vol.13 , no.13 , pp.49-56 , 2019 .
6	Sharmin Ahmed : Non-verbal Communicational Behaviors for mainstreaming Down Syndrome Children (Bengali), Dhaka University Linguistics Journal , vol.20 , no.11 , 2018 .
7	Sharmin Ahmed : Cultural Influence on Cleft Lip and Palate Patients: Bangladesh Perspective (Bengali), Dhaka University Journal , vol.99 University of Dhaka , 2017 . View More

Conference Proceedings
1	Sharmin Ahmed "Measuring pragmatic gestures performed by less-linguistic Bengali children with Down syndrome: A study of nonverbal communication." India International Down Syndrome Conference New Delhi, India: 2017 .

Award Type	Title	Year	Country	Description
National	Sitara Parveen Memorial Scholarship	2012	Bangladesh

Name & designation Sharmin Ahmed Associate Professor & Chairperson

Department Department of Communication Disorders Faculty of Social Sciences

Email sharminahmed@du.ac.bd

Phone 01712749545