Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Maritime University, Bangladesh

About: Mohammed Mojahid Hossain Chowdhury is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Port and Shipping Management at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh. He has seven-year experience in maritime transport and logistics education and research. He published five research articles in national and international journals and presented six international conference papers in Hong Kong (IAME 2020), the Philippines (IMLA 25), and Dhaka (ICBM). He has been awarded "IMO Secretary-General Best Dissertation Award 2020" for his best dissertation at World Maritime University, Sweden while he was pursuing MSc in Shipping Management and Logistics. Mr. Chowdhury founded the Centre for Transportation and Logistics Research, Bangladesh (www.ctlrbd.com) which is an excellent platform for maritime transportation and logistics research for Bangladesh, in particular, and the world, in general. Mr. Chowdhury loves to play with data. He applies different econometric and operations research models/tools to maritime transport and logistics and comes up with great contributions to academia and industry. His portfolio can be seen at: www.mojahid-chowdhury.com He can be reached at mojahid.psm@bsmrmu.edu.bd

Research Area:

Research Project:

Position: Associate Project Director (August’2018 – January’2019)

Title: Enhancement of Operational Efficiency of Inland Container Depots (ICDs) of Chattogram Port (UGC-Bangladesh Funded Project)

Position: Associate Project Director (August’2021 – January’2022)

Title: Developing a Transport Mode Choice Model for Matarbari Port Freight Transportation (UGC-Bangladesh Funded Project)

Research Interests:

Big data applications in transport and logistics

Maritime decision analytics and forecasting

Transport modeling 

Optimization in maritime transport and logistics

Teaching:

Maritime Economics (MPSM 514)

Supply Chain Management and Marketing (MPSM 522)

Accounting and Financial Management (MPSM 513)

Economics (BUS 2101)

Academic Qualifications:

Sl	Exam	Institute	Year	Result
1	BBA (Accounting & Info. Systems)	University of Dhaka, Bangladesh	2013
2	MBA (Accounting & Info. Systems)	University of Dhaka, Bangladesh	2014
3	MSc (Shipping Management & Logistics)	World Maritime University, Sweden	2020	(IMO SG Best Dissertation Award)

In Service Courses, Symposium, Workshop and Seminar:

Sl	Title	Institute	Year	Remarks
1	Executive Course on Port & Shipping Studies	BSMRMU, Bangladesh	2019
2	Certificate course in “International Conference on Ship Energy Efficiency”	Shanghai Maritime University, China	2018
3	Short Course on “Freight Forwarding”	BSMRMU, Bangladesh	2017
4	Training on “Business Research Methodology”	DU, Bangladesh	2017
5	Certificate Course in “Dangerous Goods Handling and Transportation”	BSMRMU, Bangladesh	2016
6	Training on “Teaching Methods & Techniques”	GTI, BAU, Bangladesh	2016
7	Short Course on “Advanced Research Methodology”	Jointly BPDM-DU, Bangladesh	2016

Professional Memberships:

International Association of Maritime Economist (IAME) (2020-2021)

The Operations Research Society (2021- till now) Membership No: 030264

Sasakawa Fellow (Lifetime)- The Nippon Foundation, Japan

Awards:

IMO Secretary General Best Dissertation Award-2020 at World Maritime University, Sweden

UN-Sasakawa Fully Funded Scholarship at World Maritime University, Sweden. Session: 2019-2020

Awards of Freedom Fighters Scholarship from Indian High Commission of Bangladesh. Year 2009 and 2010

Comilla Board Talentful Scholarship for Higher Secondary Result. Passing Year: 2008

Comilla Board General Scholarship for Secondary School Result. Passing Year: 2006

Experience:

Sl	Designation	Organization	From	To	Remarks
1	Assistant Professor (Dept. of Port & Shipping Mgt.)	BSMRMU	03-Feb-2020		(Continuing)
2	Lecturer (Dept. of Port & Shipping Mgt.)	BSMRMU	01-Jun-2015	02-Feb-2020
3	Lecturer (School of Business)	Fareast International University	23-Jan-2015	31-May-2015

Publications:

Articles (Published):

1. Alamgir, M Ziauddin & Chowdhury M. M. H. (2019), Maritime Education and National Economic Growth: Bangladesh Perspective, Bangladesh Maritime Journal, Volume 2, Issue 1, Page: 32-42.

2. Shikder M. A., Faruk O. & Chowdhury M. M. H. (2018), Reducing the Audit Expectation Gap: A model for Bangladesh Perspective, International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics, Vol. 5, No. 3, Page: 169-180.

3. Shahjahan M. & Chowdhury M. M. H. (2018), Impact of Climate Change on Safe Navigation in Inland Waterways: Bangladesh Perspective, Bangladesh Maritime Journal, Volume 2, Issue 1, Page: 20-30.

4. Chowdhury J. H., Chowdhury M. M. H. and Bhuyian N. A. (2017), Relevance of Internal Audit in a Private Limited Company: A Case Study, Cost and Management Journal, Volume XLV, Issue 5, September- October 2017, ISSN 1817- 5090, www.icmab.org.bd

 

Articles (Under Second-round Review):

1. Dry Port location selection using a Fuzzy AHP-BWM-PROMETHEE Approach" co-authored with Dr. Ziaul Haque Munim (Ziaul.H.Munim@usn.no) is under consideration for the publication in the special issue on City-Port Symbiosis in the journal of "Maritime Economics and Logistics".

 

Conference Paper:

1. Chowdhury, M. M. H., Hasan, K.R. and Islam, S. (2020), Enhancement of Operational Efficiency in Inland Container Depots (ICDs) in Bangladesh, International Association of Maritime Economist Conference-2020, Hong Kong (Extended Abstract).

2. Majumder, S., Hasan K. R., Alamgir M. Z. and Chowdhury M. M. H., Multimodal Transportation and International Trade Facilitation: Bangladesh Perspective, International Conference on Business and Management ICBM)- 2019, BRAC Business School, Dhaka, Bangladesh, ISBN 978-984-344-3540290, Page: 294-298, Paper ID: ICBM-19-0332 www.icbm.bracu.ac.bd.

3.  Ibrahim M., Hasan K. R., Chowdhury M. M. H. and Sheikh W., Development of Third-Party Logistics Services in International Trade: Bangladesh Perspective, International Conference on Business and Management ICBM)- 2019, BRAC Business School, Dhaka, Bangladesh, ISBN 978-984-344-3540290, Page: 290-293, Paper ID: ICBM-19-0331 www.icbm.bracu.ac.bd.

Social Link: Other remarks: Software Skills:  Eviews (Version 12)  SPSS (Version 27)  PROMETHEE I and II  XLSTAT  SmartPLS  AHP and Fuzzy AHP (Software and Excel Sheet)  BWM (Excel Sheet)  DEMATEL Software  PIM-DEA Software  PRISMA (Systematic Literature Review)