Obydullah Al Marjuk

• Life member, Alumni Society, Brunel University, London, UK since 2011.
• Member, Bangladesh Sociological Association (BSA) since 2012.
• Member, International Sociological Association (ISA) since 2018.

1. Book/Book Chapter

Single-authored

1. Marjuk, O. A. (2016) Does ‘Community’ Exist? The Use of SNS and Transformation of Community, in Raju, Z. H. and Asaduzzaman, A.S.M. (eds) Media and Cultural Identity: Text and Context. Dhaka: University Publishing Ltd. (UPL). [going to be available in the market later in 2018]

1. Marjuk, O. A. (2013) Use of Social Networking Sites and ‘Gemeinschaft’ Tendency. Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing [dissertation].

Co-authored

1. Belal, A. S. and Marjuk, O. A. (2016). Understanding Secularism in Bangladesh, in Mercan, M. H. (eds) Transformation of the Muslim World in the 21^st London: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

2. Journal Article

Single-authored

43. Marjuk, O. A. (2014). Use of SNS and ‘Gemeinschaft’ Tendency: Men Women Differentiation. Journal of Social Studies, vol-144, pp. 28-43.

Co-authored

52. Sarker, M. J. A., Marjuk, O. A. and Alam, M. (2018). Drug Addiction among Street Children: A Case Study of Dhaka City. Journal of Social Studies, vol-160, pp. 39-52.

51. Marjuk, O. A., Alam, M. and Zia, A. B. (2017). A Comparative Assessment on Primary Education in Bangladesh. Journal of Social Studies, vol-155, pp. 30-51.

64. Azam, S., Marjuk, O. A. and Amina, T. (2014). Social Struggle of ‘Empowered’ Women in Bangladesh. Bangladesh E-Journal of Sociology, 11 (2), pp. 53-64.

77. Ahmed, Z. and Marjuk, O. A. (2013). Horizontal Expansion of Housing in Rural Areas of Bangladesh: Does Population Growth Matter?.Journal of Developing Country Studies, 3 (10), pp. 66-77.

3. International Proceedings

Edited

1. Alam, M., Asaduzzaman, A.S.M. and Marjuk, O.A. (2016). Proceeding of International Conference on Teaching and Learning 2016, Center for Pedagogy: Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB).

Single-authored

284. Marjuk, O. A. (2015). Technology in the Core and Periphery: A Response toward Digital Divide. Social Justice and Poverty in Muslim World. Konya: Scientific Studies Society (ILEM), pp. 275-284.

482. Marjuk, O. A. (2013). Lack of Intellectuality among Intellectuals: Recent Issues of ‘Shahbag’ in Bangladesh. Transformation of Muslim World in the 21^st Century. Istanbul: Scientific Studies Society (ILEM), pp. 471-482.

Co-authored

430. Alam, M., Marjuk, O. A., Sillitoe, P. and Lewins, R. (2017). Local Knowledge and Conflict Resolution in Rural Communities of Bangladesh. Multidisciplinary Research for Sustainable Development: Proceedings of 7^th International Symposium (InstSym 2017), pp. 420-430.
431. Kamruzzaman, M. D., Marjuk, O. A. and Alam, M. (2017). Local Rice Varieties in Climate Vulnerable Areas of Bangladesh: Prospects and Barriers. Multidisciplinary Research for Sustainable Development: Proceedings of 7^th International Symposium (InstSym 2017), pp. 431-442.

1. Marjuk, O. A., Alam, M. and Zia, A. B. (2017). Primary Education in Bangladesh: A Comparative Assessment. Proceeding of 6^th International Conference on Language, Innovation, Culture and Education 2017 (ICLICE 2017).

1. Alam, M. and Marjuk, O. A. (2017). Representation of Women in Bangla Folk Music: Male Domain, Female Paradigm. Proceeding of 6^th International Conference on Language, Innovation, Culture and Education 2017 (ICLICE 2017).

865. Marjuk, O. A., and Hossain, F. (2015) Families in Dhaka City: A Case Study in the Context of Changing Technology and Globalization. Proceeding of 2015 International Conference on Business and Social Sciences (ICBASS), pp. 855-865.

64. Azam, S. and Marjuk, O. A. (2013). Social Struggle of ‘Empowered’ Women in Bangladesh. Proceedings of International Conference on Social Education and Community. 53-64.

221. Ahmed, Z. and Marjuk, O. A. (2012). Horizontal Expansion of Housing in Rural Areas of Bangladesh: Does Population Growth Matter?.Proceeding of The First UUM COB Qualitative Research Conference (QRC), pp. 210-221.

4. Other Research Works

2015. Produced an analytical report titled An Assessment on “Gulbagicha Pre-primary Education and Nutrition Program” in 2015.

Produced an analytical report titled An Assessment on Primary and Secondary Education in Bangladesh in 2014

1. Participated and presented in The International Conference on Civilization, Ethnicity and Islamic Heritage 2018 organized by the University Sains Islam Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on September 29-30, 2018.
2. Participated in XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology on Power, Violence and Justice: Reflections, Responses and Responsibilities organized by the International Sociological Association (ISA) at Metro Toronto Convention Center, Toronto, Canada on July 15-21, 2018.
3. Participated and presented a paper titled Accountability in Tertiary Accreditation & Self-Assessment Exercise in a conference on Accountability in Bangladesh: Issues and Debates took place on March 29, 2018 organized by the Global Studies and Governance Program at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), Dhaka.
4. Participated and presented two papers in 7^th International Symposium on Multidisciplinary Research for Sustainable Development (IntSym 2017) took place in December 2017, in South Eastern University of Sri Lanka (SEUSL), Oluvil, Sri Lanka.
5. Participated and presented a paper titled Toward A Stable Society: The Role of Dialogue in Politics in a public symposium on Religious Pluralism took place on July 21, 2017 in Temple University, Philadelphia, USA.
6. Participated and presented a paper titled Drug Addiction among Street Children: A Case Study of Dhaka City in International Conference for Social Sciences and Humanities organized by International Journal of Arts and Sciences (IJAS) took place on May 22-26, 2017, in Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA.
7. Participated and presented two papers in 6^th International Conference on Language, Innovation, Culture and Education 2017 (ICLICE 2017) took place in February 2017, in Bangkok, Thailand.

8. Participated in International Conference on Teaching and Learning organized by the Centre for Pedagogy (CP) at Independent University, Bangladesh on April 22-23, 2016.

9. Participated in Gobeshona Conference for Research on Climate Change in Bangladesh coordinated by International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and hosted by Independent University, Bangladesh on January 8-11, 2015.

10. Participated and presented in the First International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities organized by the Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR) at Independent University, Bangladesh in August 2014.

11. Participated in 2^nd International Conference on Democracy, Citizenship and Urban Violence organized by Urban Research and Development Society at the University of Dhaka in March 2014.

12. Participated and presented in International Conference on Social Education and Community 2013 (ICSEC 2013) took place in November 2013, in Langkawi, Malaysia.

13. Participated in a national research conference titled Public Opinion Research as Key Pillar of Democracy in Bangladesh organized by Democracy International in March 2013.

14. Participated in Second Annual Conference organized by Bangladesh Sociological Association (BSA) took place in December 21, 2012, at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

15. Participated and presented in UUM COB First Qualitative Research conference 2012 took place in November 2012, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

16. Participated in an international conference titled Teaching and Learning English Through Technology organized by the Department of English, University of Dhaka, held on 20 October, 2012 at NababNawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban, University of Dhaka.

1.      Participated and presented in theFifth International ILEM Summer School 2018 organized and funded jointly by Scientific Studies Society (ILEM), Prime Ministry of Republic of Turkey, Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related communities (YTB), and Office of Public Diplomacy (KDK) took place in July9-14, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey.

2.      Participated in a day-long national workshop onCurriculum Format organized by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Bangladesh at UGC Auditorium on May 17, 2017.

3.      Participated in a three-day workshop titled Workshop on Field Recording and Cataloguing organized by the Goethe Institute and Bengal Foundation at the German Cultural Centre on May 2-4, 2017.

4.      Participated in a day-long national workshop onCurriculum Format organized by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Bangladesh at UGC Auditorium on February 5, 2017.

5.      Participated in a day-long Training WorkshopofPeer Reviewers organized by the Quality Assurance Unit (QAU) of University Grants Commission (UGC), Bangladesh at UGC Auditorium on October 23-25, 2016.

6.      Participated in a day-long workshop titled Excellence in Pedagogy organized by the Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of United International University (UIU) at UIU Conference Room on June 4, 2016.

7.      Participated in a national seminar on The Best Practices of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education through Research organized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) at UGC Auditorium on April 11, 2016.

8.      Participated in an International Workshop on Building Quality in Higher Education organized by the Quality Assurance Unit (QAU) of University Grants Commission (UGC) at UGC Auditorium on March 23, 2016.

9.      Participated in a day-long workshop titled Fourth Workshop for Enhancement of Teaching Quality organized by a HEQEP-funded sub-project Pedagogical Development at Undergraduate and Master’s Level at School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) on March 10, 2016.

10.   Participated in a two-day workshop titled Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn: Oral History as People’s Alternative, organized by the Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR) on November 26 & 28, 2015 at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB).

11. Participated in a day-long workshop titled Third Workshop for Enhancement of Teaching Quality organized by a HEQEP-funded sub-project Pedagogical Development at Undergraduate and Master’s Level at School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) on July 30, 2015.
12. Participated and presented in theThird International ILEM Summer School 2015 organized and funded jointly by Scientific Studies Society (ILEM), Prime Ministry of Republic of Turkey, Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related communities (YTB), and Office of Public Diplomacy (KDK) took place in August 1-10, 2015 at Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.
13. Participated in a day-long workshop titled Research Project Development in Social Sciences, jointly organized by SLASS and CSSR on June 12, 2015 at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB).

14.   Participated in a day-long workshop titled First Workshop for Enhancement of Teaching Quality organized by a HEQEP-funded sub-project Pedagogical Development at Undergraduate and Master’s Level at School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) on November 27, 2014.

15.   Participated and presented in theFirst International ILEM Summer School 2013 organized and funded jointly by Scientific Studies Society (ILEM), Prime Ministry of Republic of Turkey, Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related communities (YTB), and Office of Public Diplomacy (KDK) took place in August 24-30, 2013 at 29 Mayis University, Istanbul, Turkey.

16. Participated in a three-day workshop on Quantitative Research Methods organized by Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR) under the project of Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) conducted at Independent University, Bangladesh on July 6, 7 and 9, 2013.
17. Participated in a three-day workshop on Qualitative Research Methods organized by Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR) under the project of Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) conducted at Independent University, Bangladesh on June 18, 20 and 21, 2013.
18. Participated in a day-long workshop titled CSSR-AIBS Skill Development Workshop on Research Methodology focusing on quantitative research methodology organized jointly by the Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR) and American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS) at Independent University, Bangladesh on May 25, 2013.
19. Participated in a workshop titled Instructional Objective Writing: An Accountability Mechanism organized by Asian University of Bangladesh (AUB) in 7 June 2012.
20. Participated in a workshop titled Measurement, Assessment & Evaluation of Higher Education organized by Asian University of Bangladesh (AUB) in April 2012.
21. Participated in the Annual Research Seminar organized by Brunel University in 2011.
22. Participated and presented in Third International Youth Gathering 2010 held in Jakarta, Indonesia in January 2010, organized by UNIW.
23. Participated and presented in Second International Youth Gathering 2009 held in Istanbul, Turkey in August 2009, organized by UNIW.

1. Have been awarded a grant of BDT 75,000.00 by Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) for presenting two papers in a conference at South Eastern University of Sri Lanka (SEUSL) in Oluvil, Sri Lanka in 2017.
2. Have been awarded a grant of USD 16,110 by the Federal Government of United States of America for being selected as a scholar attending the Study of US Institutions (SUSI) program 2017.
3. Have been awarded a travel grant of USD 3,750.00 by the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS) and Government of Bangladesh for presenting a paper in a conference at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, US.
4. Have been awarded a grant of BDT 94,400.00 by Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) for presenting two papers in a conference held in Bangkok, Thailand in 2017.
5. Have been awarded a research grant of BDT 200,000.00 by Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) in 2016.
6. Have been awarded a project titled Online Digital Archive of Bengali Folk Music under the competitive research grant scheme of IUB funded by the ShaheedKhalek and Major SalekBirUttam Trust (total value of the project is BDT 6,548,500.00) in 2015.
7. Have been awarded a research grant of BDT 200,000.00 by Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) in 2015.
8. Have been awarded a grant of BDT 56,000.00 by Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) for attending to an international summer school in August 2015.
9. Have been awarded a sub-project titled Pedagogical Development at Undergraduate and Master’s Level under the project titled Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project, University Grants Commission, Bangladesh (total value of the sub-project is BDT 7,798,267.00) in 2014.
10. Have been awarded a grant of BDT 50,000.00 by Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) for attending to an international conference in November 2013.
11. Have been awarded a research grant of BDT 42,000.00 by Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) in 2013.
12. Have been awarded a grant of BDT 50,000.00 by Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) for attending to an international workshop in June 2013.
13. Have been offered partial Regional Scholarship for 1 year Master’s in Social Science Research Methods in the Middlesex University, UK.
14. Achieved Best Performer Award on International Leo and Youth Camp HARMONY 2004.
15. Have been awarded stipend for Master’s by the University of Dhaka.
16. Availed of stipend for Bachelor’s in sociology from 2005 to 2008 from the University of Dhaka.

• Successfully completed a six-week advance study program titled Study of US Institutes for Scholars on Religious Pluralism in the United States organized by the Dialogue Institute and funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States Department of State, held during 23/06/17 to 05/08/17.
• Successfully completed a three-day certificate workshop titled Teaching for Active Learning organized by the Foundation for Learning Teaching and Research (fLTR) at Green University Conference Room on January 5-7, 2017.
• Successfully completed a 12-days-long international certificate training titled Quality Assurance in Higher Education, organized by Edu Leads Consulting at Hilton Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Bangladesh under the World Bank credit schemeduring November 9-20, 2015.
• Certificate onTeaching-Learning, Curriculum & Quality Assurance, a week-long training organized by the Graduate Training Institute (GTI) at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh during October 24-29, 2015.
• Certificate on Survey Data Analysis conducted at the Institute for Social and Environmental Research-Nepal, Fulbari, Chitwan, in collaboration with the Population Study Center at the University of Michigan, USA on June 3-7, 2013.
• Successfully completed the course Introduction to Permaculture conducted by Earth House. March 2013.
• Certificate on SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) program from the Department of Statistics, Biostatistics & Informatics, University of Dhaka. July 2010.
• Successfully finished military test and 15 days’ intensive national training camp of air wing of BNCC (Bangladesh National Cadet Corp.), Dhaka University unit. January 2009.
• Certificate on Basic Training Course for the Reporters organized by the Journalism Research and Training Institute. March 2002.

1. Organized and coordinated a series of faculty development workshops (four in total) on various issues during 5-12 September, 2018 at IUB.
2. Conducted two peer reviews as the quality specialist in the External Peer Review Team (EPRT) of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Faculty of Business Administration at Eastern University (EU) during August 9-14, 2018.
3. Delivered a lecturer on Religion and Good Governance as an invited panelist by the India Think Council (ITC) with the collaboration of Uttar Pradesh Government, India at the Kumbh Conclave during 27-29 July, 2018 in association with the Ministry of Tourism (Government of UP), ICCR (Government of India), KumbhMela Authority (UP), University of Allahabad, UNESCO Chair of Peace – BHU, MNNIT, MLN Medical College (KGMC), Allahabad Municipality, Allahabad Museum, NMCG (Government of India) and others.
4. Organized and coordinated a series of staff development workshops (eight in total) on various issues during 1-4 July, 2018 at IUB.
5. Build and maintain a website for the Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) at Independent University, Bangladesh.
6. Organizing Secretary, Second International Conference on Teaching and Learning organized by the Centre for Pedagogy (CP), at Independent University, Bangladesh held on June 28, 2018.
7. Member of Abstract Review Committee, Second International Conference on Teaching and Learning organized by the Centre for Pedagogy (CP), at Independent University, Bangladesh held on June 28, 2018.
8. Convener, Printing and Publication Committee, Second International Conference on Teaching and Learning organized by the Centre for Pedagogy (CP), at Independent University, Bangladesh held on June 28, 2018.
9. Build and maintain a website for Second International Conference on Teaching and Learning organized by the Centre for Pedagogy (CP), at Independent University, Bangladesh held on June 28, 2018.
10. Conducted a peer reviews as the quality specialist in the External Peer Review Team (EPRT) of the Department of Pharmacy at Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU) during May 6-8, 2018.
11. Organized and coordinated a series of staff development workshops (eight in total) on various issues during 15-24 April, 2018 at IUB.
12. Conducted two peer reviews as the quality specialist in the External Peer Review Team (EPRT) of the Department of English and the Department of Bangla at Begum Rokeya University Rangpur (BRUR) during March 13-18, 2018.
13. Chaired the session no. 3 in the International Conference on Language, Innovation, Culture and Education 2017 (ICLICE 2017) held on February 18-19, 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand.
14. Organized seven workshops for the enhancement of teaching quality under the Pedagogy Workshop Series during July 2014 to December 2016 as part of a sub-project called Pedagogical Development at Undergraduate and Master’s Level funded by Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) and Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP), Ministry of Education under the credit scheme of the World Bank.
15. Organized two seminars on pedagogical issues during July 2014 to December 2016 as part of a sub-project called Pedagogical Development at Undergraduate and Master’s Level funded by Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) and Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP), Ministry of Education under the credit scheme of the World Bank.
16. Organizing Secretary, International Conference on Teaching and Learning organized by the Centre for Pedagogy (CP), at Independent University, Bangladesh held on April 22-23, 2016.
17. Member of Abstract Review Committee, International Conference on Teaching and Learning organized by the Centre for Pedagogy (CP), at Independent University, Bangladesh held on April 22-23, 2016.
18. Convener, Printing and Publication Committee, International Conference on Teaching and Learning organized by the Centre for Pedagogy (CP), at Independent University, Bangladesh held on April 22-23, 2016.
19. Build and maintain a website for Centre for Pedagogy (CP) at Independent University, Bangladesh.
20. Build and maintain a website for International Conference on Teaching and Learning organized by the Centre for Pedagogy (CP), at Independent University, Bangladesh held on April 22-23, 2016.
21. Visited two highly ranked Malaysian universities for experiencing their Quality Assurance (QA) activities intensely during November 9-20, 2015 as part of the training for the directors and additional directors of Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)’s of different universities organized by University Grants Commission (UGC), Bangladesh.
22. Visited four European and three US universities for the collaboration purpose during April 20 to May 15, 2015 under the sub-project titled Pedagogical Development at Undergraduate and Master’s Level
23. Chaired a session titled Communication and Society in the International Conference on Business and Social Sciences (ICBASS) held on March 22-24, 2015 in Osaka, Japan.
24. Achieved fund from the third round of Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) under the title of ‘Pedagogical Development at Undergraduate and Master’s Level (the role is proposal writer and Deputy Sub-Project Manager).
25. Organizing Secretary, First International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities organized by the Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR), at Independent University, Bangladesh held on August 23-25, 2014.
26. Member of Abstract Review Committee, First International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities organized by the CSSR at Independent University, Bangladesh held on August 23-25, 2014.
27. Convener, Printing and Publication Committee, First International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities organized by the CSSR, at Independent University, Bangladesh held on August 23-25, 2014.
28. Convener, Participant Networking & Outreach Committee, First International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities organized by the CSSR, at Independent University, Bangladesh held on August 23-25, 2014.
29. Build and maintain a website for Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR), at Independent University, Bangladesh.
30. Build and maintain a website for First International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities organized by the CSSR, at Independent University, Bangladesh held on August 23-25, 2014.
31. Organized a roundtable titled A Promise is a Promise:  Time for Action to End Violence against Women under the project of Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) in collaboration with USAID in March 25, 2013.
32. Past Zone Director of Leo District Council, 2006-2007, Leo District 315 A1 Bangladesh (youth wing of Lions Clubs, International).