Hi, I'm DR. Rafiuddin Ahmed

I am a seasoned scholar/ trainer/ academic/ pracademic/ multipotentiality with ample experience in home and Australia on soft skills, life skills, tech skills and start up entrepreneurship

I was pursued my MBA from Dhaka University and Masters in MIB from the University of Melbourne and PhD from La Trobe University on futuristic Intra/Entrepreneurship (Kidspreneurship), Melbourne, Australia.

Biography

I am one of the pioneers in the e-learning movement in Bangladesh and working as a strategist/trainer, pracademic, edupreneur, healthcare entrepreneur besides being an Associate Professor at the Department of Marketing, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh for the last 16 years.

My areas of interest in research and consulting are-
Digital marketing, data analytics, digital entrepreneurship, digital transformation (DX), Blockchain for Business) and employability for humans, Innovation and disruption, exploring new professions and opportunities in augmented reality, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, robotics, IoT etc.

I am also the founder of Innokids (a doctoral outcome-based kidspreneurship program).
About my work and projects:
To know about my kidspreneurship project please visit: www.innokids.org
To know more about my startup entrepreneurial project “Uddokta 101′ please visit: https://www.bracbank.com/uddokta_101/

I am also open to entrepreneurial and start-up accelerator mentorship (paid/pro-bono).

Personal Info

Email
rafi.mkt@du.ac.bd

217 Dominno, Outer Circular Road, Boro Mogbazar, Dhaka

Work Experience

DHAKA UNIVERSITY, BANGLADESH

2005 TO 2021

Associate Professor and Student advisor of Marketing

• Preparing course syllabuses as per departmental guidelines and listing/updating reading materials and cases • Preparing and delivering lectures, and conducting seminars for undergraduate and graduate students • Compiling bibliographies of specialized materials for reading assignments • Actively acting in departmental academic excellence team and working as the ‘corporate-academic’ liaison member • Working for bringing research fund from external authority

La Trobe University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

March 2014 to March 2019

Lecturer and course Leader

• Lecturer and course leader in Entrepreneurship, innovation and Marketing department from March 2014 to March 2019. • Worked as a core team member for MOODLE (eLMS) development • Worked as the COO of Yunus Social Business Center at LBS, La Trobe University • Worked as the liaison officer for South Asian student engagement team to recruit students

Extra Mile Age Care

2018 to Present

Co Founder & chief Advisor

It is a new startup in town (Dhaka, Bangladesh) in the healthcare industry. We provide health care assistance to the elderly people in your house. Our trained caregivers travel to your house to assist them in four areas of need. They are- Personal care, health care, home care and social care. (please see details in the photos). http://www.extramileagecare.com

Education

University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

BBA (Marketing) CGPA 3.91, (4 scale)

1998-2001
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

MBA (Marketing) CGPA 3.92 (4 scale)

2001-2002
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Master in International Business (Distinction with 76.25% i.e. H2A)

2008-2009
La Trobe University (LTU), Melbourne, Australia

PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)

2014-2019

Skillfull designer with extensive multitasking abilities, a good team player

  • i. Soft skills for graduates and budding entrepreneurs
  • ii. Digital marketing skills to turn graduates into e-skilled
  • iii. Lean start up and business accelerator mentor
  • iv. Harnessing emotional Intelligence
  • v. Corporate Bridge for graduates and networking
  • vi. E-Commerce/E-learning strategist and research
  • vii. Digital Transformation
  • viii. Digital entrepreneurship
  • ix. Block chain for business
  • x. Preparing yourself for higher education in AUSTRALIA
Skills
Photoshop 86%
Development 75%
UI 93%
UX 77%
Languages
English
5/5
Hindi
3/5
Bangla
5/5

From my blog

Life is a journey

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Calisthenics
Travelling
Camping
Basketball
Kit surfing
Oil Painting
Work hard pray harder

Let's work together
on your next project.

anthony@lynx.xom
(+47) 986 77 753

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