Shah Md. Azimul Ehsan :: Faculty Profile

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Shah Md. Azimul Ehsan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration at the University of Dhaka.. Before that, he served in different academic positions (as a lecturer and an Assistant Professor) in Jagannath University (Public Administration Department) for over 7 years. Currently, he is pursuing his doctoral studies at the University of Edinburgh, UK, as a ‘College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science’ Doctoral research fellow. His project is broadly looking into understanding the contingencies of effective disaster governance in context to Bangladesh by taking the Public Service Ecosystem as a theoretical lens.

Previously, he completed his second Master's, MSc in HRM (International Development) from the University of Manchester, UK with distinction under the auspices of the prestigious Commonwealth Masters Scholarship 2020. His Bachelor's and Master’s degrees (majoring in Public Administration) are from the University of Dhaka (Bangladesh) where he demonstrated his academic excellence by topping his class. He has won a significant number of awards for his academic achievements at the university, among which winning the Prime Minister Gold Medal in 2017 for securing the top position in the Social Science Faculty of the University of Dhaka is worth mentioning.

He has authored 15 journal articles and 4 book chapters that have been published in different reputed peer-reviewed journals including Economic and Political Weekly, South Asian Journal of Human Resource Management (Sage), and Social Sciences and Humanities Open (Elsevier, Q1). As an interdisciplinary researcher and being in the academic arena, he aims to develop his intellectual heights further so that he can make a significant contribution both at the national and global platforms. His areas of interest include but are not limited to local governance, public service management, disaster governance, and human resource management.

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Degree Name	Group/Major Subject	Board/Institute	Country	Passing Year
Masters	HRM (International Management)	University of Manchester	United Kingdom	2021
Masters	Public Administration	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2018
Bachelor	Public Administration	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2017

Title	Organization	Location	From Date	To Date
Assistant Professor	Department of Public Administration (University of Dhaka)	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Jun 2025	Present
Assistant Professor	Jagannath University (Department of Public Administration)	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Sep 2021	Jun 2025
Lecturer	Jagannath University (Department of Public Administration)	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Apr 2018	Sep 2021

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Book Section
1	Shah Md Azimul Ehsan "Transformational Leadership Fostering Organizational Change in the Public Sector: Perspective from Bangladesh." Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Ali Farazmand Springer Nature, 2022 . View More
2	Shah Md Azimul Ehsan "Managing Workforce Diversity Through Human Resource Management." Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Ali Farazmand Springer Nature, 2022 . View More
3	Shah Md Azimul Ehsan "Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Labor Market in Bangladesh." Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Ali Farazmand Springer Nature, 2022 . View More
4	Shah Md Azimul Ehsan "Decentralization in Local Government Empowerment of Bangladesh." Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Ali Farazmand Springer Nature, 2021 1-8 . View More

Journal Article
1	Md. Salman Sohel, Shah Md. Azimul Ehsan, Md. Khaled Sifullah, Noshin Tasnim Zaman, Babul Hossain, Habib Mohammad Ali and Md. Sohrab Hossain : Fighting Out the COVID-19 Pandemic: Unravelling the Vulnerabilities of Sex Workers in Bangladesh, Journal of Health Management Sage Publications , 2025 .
2	Shah Md Azimul Ehsan and Sadia Khanom : Beyond Recognition: Job Market Access for Qawmi Madrasah Students in Bangladesh, Journal of Governance, Security & and Development , vol.6 , no.1 CGS , pp.1-21 , 2025 . View More
3	M. Saiful Islam;, Md Fouad Hossain Sarker, Shah Md Azimul Ehsan and Md Salman Sohel : Rethinking women empowerment in rural Bangladesh: Male out-migration, left-behind wives, and changing gender roles, Social Sciences & Humanities Open Elsevier , 2025 .
4	Shah Md. Azimul Ehsan and Fairooz Jahan : Analysing the impact of COVID-19 on the mothers of Bangladesh: hearing the unheard, Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice , vol.30 , no.12 Springer Nature , pp.2869–2882 , 2022 .
5	Shah Md Azimul Ehsan, Farhad Hossain, Derek Eldridge and Shahjahan Bhuiyan : Advancing Public Service Innovation Through Empathy: An Analysis of Bangladesh’s Intrepid Approach, South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management , vol.9 , no.2 Sage Publications , pp.250-270 , 2022 .
6	Anindita Ghoshal, Fairooz Jahan and Shah Md AzimulEhsan : Dalit Hindus in Bangladesh A Study of the Scavenging Community, Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) , vol.57 , no.51 Sameeksha Trust , pp.45-52 , 2022 .
7	Md. Salman Sohel, Shah Md. Azimul Ehsan, Noshin Tasnim Zaman, Babul Hossain, Guoqin Shi, Md Nazirul Islam Sarker and Habib Mohammad Ali : Understanding rural local government response during COVID-19-induced lockdown: perspective from Bangladesh, SN Social Sciences , vol.2 , no.10 Springer Nature , 2022 .
8	Shah Md Azimul Ehsan : The Local Government System in Bangladesh: An Anatomy of Perspectives & Practices, South Asian Journal of Policy and Governance South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG), North South University, Bangladesh and Central Department of Public Administration, Tribhuvan University, Nepal , 2021 . View More
9	Shah Md Azimul Ehsan : Local governance at the grassroots in Bangladesh: Transforming the rhetoric into reality, Dynamics of Public Administration , vol.38 , no.1 Department of Public Administration, Lucknow University , pp.43-57 , 2021 .
10	Shah Md AzimulEhsan : Revisiting tertiary education system in Bangladesh: In quest for unraveling existing issues and challenges, Journal of Contemporary Governance and Public Policy , vol.2 , no.1 , pp.45--66 , 2021 .
11	Shah Md Azimul Ehsan : What does Belt and Road initiative connote for Bangladesh: A window of opportunities or potential challenges ?, Journal of Kolkata Society for Asian Studies , vol.6 , no.2 Kolkata Society for Asian Studies , pp.27-49 , 2021 . View More
12	AKM Shafiqul Islam, Naznin Islam and Shah Md Azimul Ehsan : Public Perception Regarding the Efficiency of Bangladesh Police: Quest for a New Paradigm, Public Affairs and Governance , vol.8 , no.2 , pp.233-254 , 2020 . View More
13	Shah Md Azimul Ehsan and Zaki Imam : Analyzing the Effectiveness of Training Programs of BCS Administration Academy: Prospects and Challenges, Journal of Public Administration and Governance , vol.10 , no.2 Macro Think Institute , pp.73-99 , 2020 .
14	Naznin Islam and Shah Md. Azimul Ehsan : Civil Society in Bangladesh: How far have they facilitated good governance?, Comilla University Journal of Social Sciences , vol.2 , no.1 Comilla University , 2019 . View More
15	Naznin Islam, Shah Md Azimul Ehsan and Bushra Khanom : Factors of population movement towards Dhaka: An Empirical Study, Bangladesh Journal of Administration and Management , vol.30 , no.1 Bangladesh Admin Academy , pp.76-92 , 2018 .

Award Type	Title	Year	Country	Description
International	College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences	2023	United Kingdom	Fully Funded Doctoral Scholarship from University of Edinburgh, UK
National	Mofazzalol Haque Memorial Gold Medal	2022	Bangladesh	For being first and securing the highest CGPA in BSS (Honors) in the department.
International	Commonwealth Masters Scholarship	2020	United Kingdom	Fully Funded Masters Scholarship tenable in University of Manchester, UK
Local	UGC Merit Scholarship	2018	Bangladesh	For being Faculty First (Social Science), University of Dhaka
National	Noor Jahan Memorial Gold Medal	2018	Bangladesh	For Being First and Securing the Highest CGPA in Bachelor's Examination
National	Prime Ministers Gold Medal	2018	Bangladesh	For being Faculty First (Social Sciences), University of Dhaka
Local	Ruhul Amin Award	2017	Bangladesh	For securing the highest CGPA and being first in Bachelor's Examination
Local	Deans Award	2017	Bangladesh	For being first and securing the highest CGPA in the Bachelor's Examination

Name & designation Shah Md. Azimul Ehsan Assistant Professor

Department Department of Public Administration Faculty of Social Sciences

Email ehsan.azim@yahoo.com

Phone 01916959178