Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Maritime University, Bangladesh

About: Md Saiful Islam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Maritime Tourism and Hospitality Management, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh. He is a PhD candidate in the Department of Tourism, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. His PhD research focuses on developing a sustainability indicator system for an indigenous community that the community can operate independently in the context of community-based tourism. Before starting PhD, he did his Bachelor and Master studies in Tourism at University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, where he gained experience of conducting research in tourism settings in Bangladesh. He has worked as consultant for a range of Government Research Project including for Bangladesh Tourism Board, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Department of Environment, Ministry of forest environment and climate change. Besides, he worked in consultancy projects for different international development and conservation organizations including IUCN, ILO, OIC, ICIMOD and Turkish Development Bank – all in tourism and development sectors in rural Bangladesh.

Research Area:

Tourism and Community Development

Research Interests:

Maritime Tourism, Community-based Tourism, Sustainability Indicators, Tourism Carrying Capacity, Community Development 

Teaching:

Tourism

Academic Qualifications:

Sl	Exam	Institute	Year	Result
1	MBA	University of Dhaka	2012
2	BBA	University of Dhaka	2011

In Service Courses, Symposium, Workshop and Seminar:

Sl	Title	Institute	Year	Remarks
1	Foundation Training Course	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh	2022
2	CAUTHE Bill Faulkner Workshop for PhD Scholars and Early Career Researchers	CAUTHE	2020
3	Interpretivist & Phenomenological research and qualitative data	AUT	2020
4	20th CAUTHE Conference	AUT	2020
5	Otago Research Symposium	University of Otago	2019
6	1st International Conference on Tourism	University of Dhaka	2017
7	3rd Regional Conference on Tourism Research	Universiti Sains Malaysia	2013

Professional Memberships:

Member of Tourism Educators' Association of Bangladesh (TEAB)

Awards:

Scholarship: University of Otago Doctoral Scholarship, 2017.

University of Otago Highly Commended Award for Graduate Seminar, 2018.

Dean's Honour Award, University of Dhaka, 2012. 

Dean's Merit Award, University of Dhaka, 2012. 

Experience:

Sl	Designation	Organization	From	To	Remarks
1	Assistant Professor	Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh	10-Nov-2021		Currently working
2	Lecturer	Primeasia University	04-Jun-2014	07-Nov-2021
3	Associate Researcher	Bangladesh Tourism Board	01-Jan-2021	31-Jul-2021
4	Data Analyst	COMCEC Project, Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC)	01-Aug-2021	31-Oct-2021
5	Tourism Carrying Capacity Expert	Department of Environment (DOE), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of Bangladesh	01-Nov-2018	28-Feb-2019
6	Research Assistant	nternational Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)	16-Mar-2015	15-Jun-2015
7	Research Assistant	International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)	01-Jul-2013	31-Oct-2013
8	Data Collector	International Labour Organization (ILO)	01-Jul-2012	31-Jan-2012

Publications:

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. Liberating sustainability indicators: developing and implementing a community-operated tourism sustainability indicator system in Boga Lake, Bangladesh, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2021.1928147
   
2. Current Structure of Tourism in Ruma, Bandarban: Strategies and Action Plans for Potential Community-based Tourism Development. Bangladesh Journal of Tourism. Vol. 1, Issue 1, January-June 2016.
3. Exploring Bandarban through Trekking Trails: A New Horizon for Community-based Tourism Development. European Scientific Journal. Vol.11, No.4, February, 2015.
4. Tourist-Group Consideration in Tourism Carrying Capacity Assessment: a New Approach for the Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development. Vol.5, No.19, October, 2014.
5. Global Tourism Trends and Bangladesh Tourism: A Nexus. Jagannath University Journal of Business Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1, 91-112, 2013.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. Decolonising the western-centric sustainable tourism indicator system: an infusion of indigenous indicators in Boga Lake, Bangladesh. Conference Proceedings, 20th CAUTHE Conference, 10-13 February, 2020, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
2. Community-based Tourism and Sustainability Evaluation: A Bottom-up Approach to a Community-led Sustainability Indicator System. Otago Research Symposium, 3-4 August, 2019, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
3. Identifying Prospects of Tourism in Bandarban District, Bangladesh: A Value Chain Mapping Approach as a Kick off for Potential Tourism Development. Conference Proceedings, 1st International Conference on Tourism, 14-16 February, 2017, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
4. Tourism Carrying Capacity Assessment for the St. Martin’s Island. Conference Paper presented at the 3rd Regional Conference on Tourism Research, 29-31 October, 2013, Langkawi, Malaysia.
   

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