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Professor Dr. Syed Giasuddin Ahmed

Vice-Chancellor, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University

Professor Dr. Syed Giasuddin Ahmed, Vice-Chancellor, JKKNIU, served before as a teacher in the University of Dhaka for 45 years. He moved through the ranks from a Lecturer of Political Science in 1965 to a Professor of Public Administration in 1985. He was reemployed as Supernumerary Professor of Public Administration after his retirement as Professor in December 2004.

He also served as Chairman of the Department of Public Administration in the 1970s, and later as Registrar (1985-86), Director of the Centre for Advanced Research in Social Sciences (1997-2001), and Provost, Kabi Jasim Uddin Hall (2001) in the University of Dhaka.

He obtained BA honors and MA degrees in Political Science from the University of Dhaka, and MPA (Master of Public Administration) from the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, USA), and PhD degree in Public Administration from The University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia).

His teaching and research interest lies in areas such as Public Administration, Political Science, Local Government, Personnel Administration, Governance and Public Policy, and Civil Service Management.

He is the author of seven published books and eight research monographs, including two research-based professional books, Public Personnel Administration in Bangladesh and Bangladesh Public Service Commission, both published by the University of Dhaka. He has about fifty articles and chapters published in both Bangladeshi and international journals/edited volumes.

COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS/REPORTS

  • A Comparative Study of the Former Union Boards and Present Union Councils (a study of the changing pattern of village administration and development in East Pakistan); final report was completed in typescript in May 1966 with funds from the Bureau of National Reconstruction (BNR) of the Government of East Pakistan, and it was published as a book by the BNR in 1969 under the title Village Government in East Pakistan, pp. 89 (Research Leader: Dr. M. Rashiduzzaman).
  • The Emergent Leadership Pattern in Pourashavas of Bangladesh (a study of management perception of candidates who contested in the Municipal Elections of Bangladesh held in 1973); the final report was completed in typescript in August 1974 (pp. 113) with financial support from the University of Dhaka.
  • The Image of Public Service in Bangladesh (a study of students’ attitudes towards public services and public employees in Bangladesh); final report was completed in mimeographed form (pp. 140) in December 1975 under the financial support of University of Dhaka.
  • Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC): A Case Study (a study on the effectiveness of BADC’s management of the small-scale irrigation programme in Bangladesh); final report was completed in typescript (pp. 504) in March 1977 with funds from the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh.
  • Bangladesh Public Service Commission: A Study of its Structure, Functions and Problems; report was completed in typescript (pp. 280) in January 1989 with financial support from the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, and its revised version was published as a book (pp. 265) in 1990 by the University of Dhaka under the title Bangladesh Public Service Commission.
  • Study of Management Practices of Local Government Executives and Local Level NGO Officials; report of a sub-project of research group “C” of Bergen-Dhaka Administrative Development Project completed in February 1997 in computer print (pp. 63) with financial support from NUFU of Norway.
  • Research Monograph titled “Personnel Management Reform in Singapore: Can A Developing Country Draw from It Any Lessons?”, prepared in computer print (pp. 69) in January 1999 on completion of a Research Fellowship at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore from November 1998 to January 1999.
  • Report titled “Personnel Profile of Thana Executive Officers: The Case of Dhaka Division in Bangladesh”, prepared in computer print (pp. 51) in June 1999 after the completion of a collaborative project of Dhaka and Bergen Universities’ Public Administration Departments entitled Institutional Learning and Performance in Developing Countries under the sponsorship of NUFU of Norway.
  • Report on Improving Efficiency in Public Administration, prepared in computer print (pp. 68) in December 1999 as part of the work of consultancy with the Public Administration Reform Commission of the Government of Bangladesh.
  • Bangladesh Strong Local Government Project Report, prepared in computer print (pp. 58) in December 2000 as part of the consultancy work commissioned by the USAID, Dhaka.

    • LIST OF SELECT PUBLICATIONS

    Books

  • Rastrabijnan (Political Science), Dhaka: Green Book House, 1968, pp. 282 (co-author: Dr. Mijanur Rahman Shelly).
  • The Study of Public Administration, Dhaka: Society for Pakistan Studies, 1970, pp. 26 (booklet).
  • The Image of Public Service in Bangladesh, Dhaka: Centre for Administrative Studies, University of Dhaka, 1975, pp. 140.
  • Public Personnel Administration in Bangladesh, Dhaka: University of Dhaka, 1986, pp. 420.
  • Bangladesh Public Service Commission, Dhaka: University of Dhaka, 1990, pp. 262.
  • Bishawbidyalaye Lokprosashan Charcha (Teaching of Public Administration in Universities), Dhaka: Faculty of Social Science, University of Dhaka, 2002 (co-authors: Professors Muhammad Anisuzzaman and Mohammad Ali Jinnah).
  • Dropout Rate in Secondary Level Education in Bangladesh: A Study of VAB Schools, Dhaka, The University Press Limited-2010, 61.


    • Articles/ Chapters

  • “Ibn Khalduner Rastrio Darson” (Political Philosophy of Ibn Khaldun), Islamic Academy Patrika (Dhaka), July-September 1966.
  • “Local Government in Bangladesh: Concerns and Priorities”, Local Government Quarterly (Dhaka), June 1972.
  • “District Administration in Bangladesh”, Local Government Quarterly (Dhaka), September-December 1974.
  • “Local Government: A Typology of Development Administration”, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-A, vol. 22, 1975.
  • “The Emergent Leadership Pattern in Pourashavas of Bangladesh”, South Asian Studies (Jaipur, India), vol. 10, no. 1, 1975.
  • “Student Attitude Towards Public Services and Public Employees”, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-A, vol. 23, 1976.
  • “Bureaucracy in Bangladesh: A Formative Stage”, Public Administration (Dhaka), vol. 3, no. 4, 1978.
  • “A Typological Study of the State Functionaries under the Mughals”, Asian Profile (Hong Kong), vol. 10, no. 4, 1982.
  • “The First Decade of Political History of Bangladesh”, in Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Asian Studies, vol. 4, Asian Research Service (Hong Kong), 1982.
  • “The Establishment Division in Pakistan: A Study in Retrospect”, Administrative Science Review (Dhaka), vol. 12, no. 3, 1982.
  • “Composition and Structure of Services in Bangladesh”, Indian Journal of Public Administration (New Delhi), vol. 30, no. 1, 1984.
  • “Public Personnel Administration: A Model Organizational Schema”, International Review of Administrative Sciences (Brussels), vol. 50, no. 4, 1984.
  • “Ten Years of the Bangladesh Polity”, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-A, vol. 41, 1984.
  • “Framework of Personnel Administration in Bangladesh”, Indian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 31, no. 2, 1985.
  • “Public Service Commission in Pakistan: 1947-1971”, Pakistan Administration (Lahore), vol. 22, no. 1, 1985.
  • “Public Personnel Administration in Bangladesh: An Overview of its Formal and Informal Operations”, in M. M. Khan and S. A. Hussain, eds., Bangladesh Studies, Centre for Administrative Studies (Dhaka), 1985.
  • “Structure of Services in Bangladesh”, in Career Planning in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (Savar, Dhaka), 1986.
  • “Coordination between Ministries and Implementing Agencies”, in A. T. M. Shamsul Huda, ed., Coordination in Public Administration in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre or BPATC (Savar, Dhaka), 1987.
  • “National Training Policy: A Conceptual Framework”, in Proceedings of the Workshop on In-Service Training of the BCS Officers, BPATC (Savar, Dhaka), 1988.
  • “Public Service Commission: A Comparative Perspective”, Social Science Review (Dhaka University Studies, Part-D), vol. 5, no.2, 1988.
  • “Bangladesh Public Service Commission: A Formative Phase”, Indian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 35, no. 2, 1989.
  • “Bangladesh” (with co-author Mohammed Mohabbat Khan), in V. Subramaniam, ed., Public Administration in the Third World, Green Wood Press (Cunnecticut, USA), 1990.
  • “Bangladesh Public Service Commission”, in B. K. Jahangir, ed., Perspectives in Social Science, Centre for Advanced Research in Social Sciences, University of Dhaka, 1990.
  • “Public Personnel Administration in Bangladesh: A Study Against a Prescriptive Model”, in Ramesh K. Arora and R. M. Khandelwal, eds., Administration of Human Resources: Comparative Foci, Arihant Publishers (Jaipur, India), 1992.
  • “Public Administration 1947-71”, in M. Serajul Islam, ed., History of Bangladesh (3 vols), vol. 1, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (Dhaka), 1997.
  • “Lok Prashasan 1947-71” (Public Administration 1947-71), in M. Serajul Islam, ed., Bangladesher Itihas, (History of Bangladesh), vol. 1, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh ((Dhaka), 2000 (in Bengali).
  • “Public Administration in the Three Decades”, in A. M. Chowdhury and Fakrul Alam, eds., Bangladesh on the Threshold of the Twenty First Century, Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, 2002.
  • “Improving Efficiency of Public Administration: The Tasks Ahead”, in Abul Kalam, ed., Bangladesh in the New Millennium: A University of Dhaka Study, Dhaka: University of Dhaka and University Press Limited, 2004.
  • “State and Governance: Medieval Period”, in State and Culture (vol.3 of 12-volume Cultural Survey of Bangladesh Series), eds. Emajuddin Ahamed & Harun-or-Rashid, Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, December 2007.
  • “Rastra-o-Sarkar: Modhyajug” in Rastra-o-Sanskriti (vol.3 of 12-volume Bangladesher Sanskritik Jareep Granthamala), eds. Emajuddin Ahamed & Harun-or-Rashid, Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, May 2008.

    • Professor Dr. Syed Giasuddin Ahmed, the 2nd Vice-Chancellor of Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University

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