Full Time Faculty BSc, George Washington University, USA
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Mr. Mirza M. Ferdous joined NSU in Summer 2008 as a full time faculty member of the Department of Accounting & Finance in the School of Business. He completed his MBA from the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University, USA and his BSc in Information Systems Engineering from George Washington University, USA. He is a recipient of the National Merit Scholarship.
Mr. Ferdous is the Faculty Advisor of NSUYES! (North South University Young Entrepreneurs' Society) - the oldest & largest student organization at NSU. NSUYES! actively seeks to bridge the gap between academia and industry - through collaboration, national competitions, seminars, and a wide variety of student development programs.
He is also the designer and coordinator of the CPC Excel Bootcamp - a training & certification course that is organized by the CPC (Career & Placement Center) of NSU - training & certifying students, staff and industry professionals nationally.
Mr. Ferdous serves as the Coach of the NSU CFA Research team - having lead the NSU teams to the Final rounds of the Global CFA Research Challenge every year since 2020 & having won the local round of the competition twice in a row.
In addition to teaching full time, he is the Managing Director of Prestige Consulting Group, a renowned training & business consultancy firm, an advisor to Sigma Finance & IT, a reputed consultancy firm and one of the largest outsourcing companies in Bangladesh. He is also the Executive Director of CONP, a regional NGO that works directly with the BGMF and IRRI. He is also an honorary research fellow at ERG (Economics Research Group, Bangladesh).
Courses taught: Financial Modeling in Excel (FIN 455), Corporate Finance (FIN 440), International Finance (FIN 444), and Management Information Systems (MIS).
Departmental Committees: Chair, Student Engagement Committee & Chair, Assessment and Curriculum Planning Committee (ACPC)
MBA 2007
Management Information Systems (spec. in Financial Information Systems)
Tepper School of Business
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
BSc 2002
Computer Information Systems Engineering
George Washington University
Washington DC
Recipient of the National Merit Scholarship
Atlantic High School, Delray Beach, Florida – International Baccalaureate Program (1999)
O-Levels – Aga Khan School, Uttara, Dhaka (1996)
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (2003) | Microsoft Office User Specialist (2003)
Senior Lecturer, Department of Accounting & Finance (2008 - present)
Faculty Advisor, NSUYES! (2022 - present)
Designer & Coordinator, CPC Excel Bootcamp (2019 - present)
Managing Director, Prestige Consulting Group ltd. (2018 - CURRENT)
Honorary Research Fellow, ERG Bangladesh (2018 - CURRENT)
Advisor, SIGMA Finance & IT consultants ltd. (2009 – CURRENT)
Executive Director, CONP Bangladesh. (2009 – CURRENT)
Consultant for –
Seminars, training programs, etc., conducted for business and Industry:
Faculty Coach
Financial markets, financial economics, financial aspects of inclusive marketing, and big data...