Adnan Habib is currently pursuing his PhD at the University of Tasmania in Australia where he obtained the Tasmania Graduate Research Scholarship. He had completed his Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), with a dual concentration in Finance and Marketing, at North South University (NSU) in 2009. Then he joined MGH Group as Management Trainee in Finance. There he worked in the finance department of Radio Foorti Ltd. and then Total Transportation Ltd. Later he attained his postgraduate degree, MSc. in Finance and Investment, from University of Nottingham, U.K.
After completion of his masters he got appointed as a Lecturer in the Department of Accounting & Finance, of North South University in Spring of 2012. As an academic he developed research interest in the field of Corporate Finance, Risk management, Social Business, Microfinance, and Islamic Finance. He has already published few papers in ranked journals. Before commencing his PhD, Adnan achieved a Post-Graduate Diploma in Business and Commerce which is a research pathway degree from Monash University, Sunway Campus.
JOURNAL PUBLICATION:
- Nahar, , D’Costa, M., Habib, A. and Alam, K.M.S. (2017). Does Private University Business Education Meet Market Expectations? A Case Study on North South University. North South Business Review Journal. Vol. 7 No.2. pp. 1-17. [ABDC: C]
- D’Costa, M., Talukdar, H., & Habib, A. (2016). In Light of the New Code Does Corporate Governance Impact Performance of Bangladeshi Firms? North South Business Review. Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 1-22. [ABDC: C]
- Habib, A., D’Costa M., Talukdar, H., & Alam, K. M. S. (2015). Bangladeshi Startups: Their preferred sources of capital and the role of incubators. North South Business Review. Vol. 6 No.1. pp. 99-114. [ABDC: C]
- Habib, A. & Bahar, V. S., (2014). Introducing the Double Bottom Line (DBL) measurement approach for the Social Business model and the Economic Valued Added (EVA) theory as a measure of financial sustainability. World Journal of Social Sciences. 4 No. 3. Published by: World Business Institute, Australia.
CONFERENCE PAPERS:
- Alam, M.S., Habib, A., Nahar, N. and Talukdar, K.H. (2017). Developing a Model to Measure Financial Performance of Social Businesses and linking it to Sustainability. Social Business Academia Conference, November 8 - 9, 2017, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, France.
- D’Costa, M., Habib, A., Alam, M. S. & Talukdar, K. H., (2015). A Case Study Approach of the Sources of Capital for Start-ups in the Context of Bangladesh. In – Finance and Economics Conference 2015. Organized by: International Management Institute Kolkata, India; Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, China; North South University, Bangladesh; Asia-Pacific Economic Association. 21-22 December, 2015, International Management Institute Kolkata, India.
- Nahar, N. D’Costa, M., Habib, A. Alam, K. (2015). Employers’ Perception of Private University Graduates: A Case Study. In: International Conference on Business Management & Information Systems – ICBMIS2015.sg2, November 17 - 20, 2015, Singapore Management University, Singapore.
- Habib, A. & Bahar, V. S. (2013). The Double Bottom Line performance measurement approach in Social Business and its appraisal of sustainability through the utilization of the Economic Value Added (EVA) theory. In – 9th Asian Business Research Conference Proceedings. Organized by: World Business Institute, Australia. 20-21 December, 2013, BIAM Foundation, Dhaka,
- Habib, A. (2013). Startup Capital for Social Business: A Comparative Analysis of Different Sources in Bangladesh. In – The International Conference on Business Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Engineering 2013 (ICOBIEE 2013). Organized by: Universiti Malaysia Perlis. 6-8 December, 2013, Bayview Beach Resort, Penang, Malaysia.
- Awarded Tasmania Graduate Research Scholarship for PhD in Economics at University of Tasmania
- Awarded Best Student in Post-Graduate Diploma in Business & Commerce from Monash University, Malaysia (2018).
- Awarded Best Thesis in Post-Graduate Diploma in Business & Commerce from Monash University, Malaysia (2018).
- Awarded Best Poster Post-Graduate Diploma in Business & Commerce from Monash University, Malaysia (2018).
- Awarded The Graduate Research Pathway Scholarship to study in the Postgraduate Diploma in Business and Commerce. Monash University,
- Awarded a medal and a certificate from The Daily Star Newspaper for excellence in O level examination (2003)
Post-graduation:
1. PhD in Economics (Ongoing)
University of Tasmania, Australia.
2. M.Sc. Finance & Invesment
University of Nottingham, U.K.
2. Postgraduate Diploma in Business & Commerce (Applied Economics)
Monash University, Sunway Campus.
Undergraduation:
1. Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance & Marketing)
North South University, Dhaka.
1. Senior Lecturer (January 2016 - Present)
Department of Accounting & Finance
School of Business & Economics
North South University Dhaka
2. Lecturer (Januray 2012 - January 2016)
Department of Accounting & Finance
School of Business & Economics
North South University Dhaka.
3. Academic Tutor (August 2019 - Present)
Tasmania School of Business & Economics
University of Tasmania, Australia
1. Management Trainee Finance (December 2009 - April 2010)
Total Transportation Ltd.
A subsidiary of MGH Group
2. Management Trainee Finance (May 2009 - December 2009)
Radio Furti Ltd.
A subsidiary of MGH Group
3. Intern (January 2009 - April 2009)
South East Bank Ltd.
Banani Branch, Dhaka.
FIN 440: Corporate Finance
FIN 254: Introduction to Financial Management
ACT 201: Introduction to Financial Accounting
Invited as honourable Judge in Meccelaration: Business Idea Competition (2014)
Organized by Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Gazipur, Bangladesh
1. Corporate Finance
2. Risk Management
3. Social Business
4. Microfinance
5. Islamic Finance
