Profile of Asrafi Bintay Akram

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Asrafi Bintay Akram

Associate Professor

Department of Sociology (SOC)

Faculty of Social Science and Humanities

Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University, Dinajpur.

E-mail: asrafiakram.soc@hstu.ac.bd

Mobile: +88 01322750216


CAREER OBJECTIVE

    As an academic, I would like to create new knowledge in my desired field and disseminate it among my students through teaching in the classroom.

RESEARCH INTEREST

    Gender, beauty (as work) and parlour/ Menstrual sustainability

EDUCATION

  1. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (2024-2029), 2029

    South Asian University, New Delhi, India

  2. Master of Science in Human Settlements, 2021

    Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

  3. Master of Social Sciences in Sociology, 2007

    University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  4. Bachelor of Social Sciences in Sociology, 2006

    University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

  1. Associate Professor
    Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur Bangladesh

    February 01, 2020 to Present

  2. Assistant Professor
    Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur Bangladesh

    February 01, 2014 to January 31, 2020

  3. Lecturer
    Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur Bangladesh

    February 01, 2012 to January 31, 2014


PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers

  1. A General Review on Bangladesh Film Achieve Journal (In Bangla Acti Sadharon Protikkriya)

    Bangladesh Film Archive Journal, 06:153- 154, 2010

  2. Identifying Menstrual Deficit: A Feminist Analysis of Bangladesh's National Menstrual Hygiene Management Strategy 2021

     Multidisciplinary Reviews (Scopus-indexed, Q4), 7:12 2024296. https://doi.org/10.31893/multirev.2024296

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  3. Role of Nature to Construct Social Identity: With Reference to the Documentary KIRTINASHA

    Bangladesh Film Archive Journal, 17:173-178

  4. Social Displacement: Emerged as a New Concept

     Journal of Research, BPDM, Bangladesh, 2:8-13

  5.  The Social Life of Minorities in East Bengal after Partition: In the Context of Quiet Flows The River Chitra

    Bangladesh Film Archive Journal, 02:47-51

  6. Physical Upgrading of Housing in Informal Settlements: Priorities for the Extreme Poor

    Plan Plus, 10:37-58.

    https://doi.org/10.54470/planplus.v10i1.3

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  7.  Applicability of Modular City framework for My Village – My Town vision in Bangladesh

    International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), India, IV (1): 125-129

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  8.  Trend of National Housing Policy: Bangladesh Perspective (Can meet the challenge of housing for all?)

    International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), India, IV (1): 283-286.

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  9.  Reflection of Social Exclusion in Documentary Film of Bangladesh: The Beauty Worker

    IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, India.19(2): 67-73. DOI:10.9790/0837-19246773

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  10. Internal Displacement: With Reference to Beauty Worker

    Bangladesh Film Archive Journal, 03:75-77

Conference Papers

  1. Memory and Heritage Conservation: A Study on Kantajew Temple, Bangladesh  paper was presented at the ISA RC 22 Sociology of Religion MidTerm Conference, entitled Global Flows and Reconfigurations of the Sacred, hosted by the International Sociological Association (iSA) and South Asian University in New Delhi, India, February 5-7, 2026.

  2. Bridging Menstrual Justice Gaps in South Asia: A New Proposed Lens for Addressing Menstrual Inequities paper was presented at the WSWD2024: 7th International Conference on Empowering Communities: The Role of Social Work for Sustainable Future  hosted by CSWPDF Foundation and Department of Sociology and Social Work (PUB) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 14-16, 2024.

  3. Approaching New Lens for Menstrual Justice for Global South paper was presented at the 20th HDCA Conference on Crises, Capabilities and Commitment hosted by the Pratichi (India) Trust, the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK), and Health Information Systems Program (HISP) in Kolkata, India, September 24-26, 2024.

  4. Approaching New Lens for Menstrual Justice for Global South paper was presented at the Menstruation Research Network Conference of the School of Humanities and Social Science, Liverpool John Moores University, in the UK, on May 29th, 2024.

  5. Climate Change, Water Salinity and Threats on Reproductive Health: A Study on the Coastal Belt of Bangladesh paper was presented at the International Conference (hybrid mode) on Social Consequences of Climate Change organised by the Department of Sociology, University of Madras, Chennai, India, March 6-7, 2024.

  6. Untold Stories of Menorrhagia Patients: A Study on Northern Bangladesh paper was presented at the National Seminar on Navigating Post-Covid Challenges and Way Forward in Bangladesh organised by Social Science School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh, March 6, 2024.

  7. Seen but Yet Unseen Salinity Threats on Reproductive Life: A Study on Coastal Belt of Bangladesh paper was presented at the 9th International Water Conference River, Water and Climate Change: Creating Space for Resilience organised by the Action Aid, Bangladesh, January 24–25, 2024.

  8. The Silence Barriers of Practices during Menstruation: A Study on Women with Intellectual Disability in Northern Bangladesh paper was presented at the 48th All India Sociological Conference (AISC) at VIT Vellore, Chennai, India from December 28–30, 2023.

  9. Salinity Threat in Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: This paper was presented as a keynote in the “16 Days of Activism 2023,” organized by the Manusher Jonno Foundation, Bangladesh, with the theme “Invest in Preventing Violence, Ensure Equality and Sexual & Reproductive Rights for Women and Girls,” was held on December 4, 2023, at the ALOK Conference Room, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

  10. Has Strategy Broken The Patriarchy Shackles of MHM in Bangladesh? TASA (The Australian Sociological Association) Colloquium on Sustaining the Social Voices, Cultures, Natures was held on November 27-29, 2023 at the University of Sydney, Australia.

  11. Research on Social Displacement: Emerged as a New Concept in Sociology

     

  12. Space, Menstrual Hygiene Practice and Lived Experience of Residential Female Students of Bangladesh

  13. Impacts of Menstrual Waste on Water Bodies: A Study on Northern Bangladesh

    The XX ISA World Congress of Sociology was held on June 25-July 01, 2023, in Melbourne, Australia.

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  14. Functional Toilet for Menstruating Adolescent Girls: A Study on Northern Bangladesh

    The XX ISA World Congress of Sociology was held on June 25-July 01, 2023, in Melbourne, Australia.

  15. The Effect of Habitat and Work Environment on Menstrual Hygiene Practice in Bangladesh

  16. Functional Toilet in Smart City

  17. ‘Gray Areas’ of Menstrual Hygiene Management Policy of Bangladesh

  18. Impacts of Noise on Cognitive Levels of Students: A Socio-Architectural Study on the Built Environment of a Classroom of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University

Book Chapter

  1. Menstrual Justice Reimagined: Contextualizing Solutions Through a New Lens for South Asia

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Others

  1. Sustainable Informal Economy within the Structure of Federalism of India: Insight from Delhi's Local Market


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  2. NRPF and Black African Women Concerning The Unseen Women

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  3. Providing Disaster Relief for Women and LGBTQI+ People in The  Bahamas (Toolkit)

    This toolkit was produced for Equality Bahamas as part of a Capstone Project of the International School on Climate Migration (ISCM), an educational initiative of Earth Refuge, London. https://equalitybahamas.com/campaigns/

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  4. A female can be a marriage registrar or not

     Available at: https://www.deshrupantor.com/editorial-news/2021/02/11/276102

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  5. Gender Dimension in Digital Financial Inclusion: With Reference to Plain Land Ethnic Community

    Available at: https://feministfactor.com/10026/

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  6. Do the Sustainable Development Goals address sustainable menstrual health management?

    Available at: https://www.bondhushava.com/writings/24uyz1347h

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  7. The Pattern of Informal Settlement and Drug Addiction

    Community Talks Newsletter, 2 (1):18-21. ISBN: 987-984-35-2895-7. www.cswpd.com

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  8. Do I have Any Privacy for My Menstruation?

    Available at: https://feministfactor.com/8004/

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  9. Menstrual Waste: Is an Issue of Concern?

    Available at: https://feministfactor.com/7409/

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  10. Women Friendly Healthy Working Place

    Available at: https://www.deshrupantor.com/editorial-news/2021/05/31/295616

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  11. A Story of An Embryo and A Mother

     http://www.kholakagojbd.com/public-opinion/77945

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  12. Another fight( managing menstrual health) of women in 1971(liberation war)

    Available at: https://www.deshrupantor.com/epaper/home/page/2021-03-25/4


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  13. Is Women's Day for empowerment or equity?

     Available at: https://www.deshrupantor.com/epaper/home/page/2021-03-08/4

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  14. Silent Killer Menorrhagia

     Available at: https://epaper.jugantor.com/2020/11/18/index.php

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  15. Hand Wash and Marginalized Women

    http://www.dainikamadershomoy.com/post/281056

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  16. Health Management during Menstruation

    http://ekholakagoj.com/epaper/edition/997/kholakagoj/page/4

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  17.  Reproductive Health  and Access to Information in Bangladesh 

  18. An Extra-Ordinary Film Director “Yasmin Kabir”

  19. Shouldn't be addressed as a female director, just as the only director


Awards and SCHOLARSHIPS

  1. Fellowship on Dignified Menstruation Global Fellowship (Virtual)

    Funded by: Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation, Kathmandu, Nepal

  2. PhD Direct Mode (2024-2029)

    Funded by: The South Asian University, New Delhi, India

  3. Best Presenter Award, Annual Research Review Workshop 2023

    Funded by: The Institute of Research and Training (IRT), Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology Universit

  4. Travel grant for attending ISA Conference in Australia, 2023

    Funded by: RC24, Environment & Society, International Sociological Association (iSA), Spain

  5. Registration Grant for attending ISA Conference in Australia, 2023,

    Funded by: International Sociological Association (iSA), Spain

  6. Fee-waived academic spot at the ISCM, online course on climate migration, 2023

    Funded by: International School on Climate Migration, Earth Refugee, England, London

  7. Fellowship on Social Quantitative/Qualitative Policy Relevant Investigation into Plastic Pollution, 2023

    Funded by: Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO)

  8. Poster Presentation on Bangladesh Genocide of 1971:Reflection of the Youth (Nationally the 3rd Best Prize Winner),2023

    Funded by: Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice. Liberation War Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  9. SDGs Essay Competition (Nationally 1st Prize Winner), 2022

    Funded by: UNDP-UNFP Poverty-Environment Action and Prothom Alo Bondhushava, Bangladesh.

  10. Best Performance Award, 2021

    Funded by: Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice. Liberation War Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  11. Certificate of Merit,2021

    Funded by: Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice. Liberation War Museum, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  12. Master's scholarship, 2019

    Funded by: Khulna University, Bangladesh

  13. Bachelor of Social Sciences scholarship(2003-2006)

    Funded by: University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

  14. Various Education Board Scholarships from Class V to XII (1994-2002)

    Funded by: Ministry of Education, Bangladesh


PROJECTS

  1. Salinity Threat in Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: An Action Research on Coastal Bangladesh

    Funded by: Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF), Bangladesh

    Position: Principal Investigator

    Description: Salinity Threat in Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: An Action Research on Coastal Bangladesh

  2. Guide to Providing Disaster Relief for Women and LGBTQI+ People in the Bahamas

    Funded by: The Capstone Project, Equality Bahamas, UK, London.

    Position: Team Member

    Description: 2023

  3. A Study on the Impact of Space on Menstrual Hygiene Practice of the Residential Female Students of HSTU, Dinajpur

    Funded by: The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh

    Position: Principal Investigator

    Description: 2020-21 (Award declaration in 2022)

  4. Lived Experiences of Bangladeshi Returnee Female Domestic Workers in the Middle East Countries

    Funded by: The Institute of Research and Training (IRT), Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology Uni.

    Position: Principal Investigator

    Description: 2022-23

  5. Barriers to the Effectiveness of Graphical Health Warnings on Smokeless Tobacco Products: A Study on the Low Income Women of Rangpur Division, Bangladesh

    Funded by: Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs (BCCP) & Johns Hopkins B. School of Public Health

    Position: Research Supervisor

    Description: Jun 2022-Nov 2022

  6. A Study on Access to Digital Financial Services of the Plain Land Ethnic Community in Northern Bangladesh

    Funded by: Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh

    Position: Principal Investigator

    Description: March 2022-Dec 2022

  7. Evaluation and Survey on the Grants Received by District Social Welfare Committee

    Funded by: Bangladesh National Social Welfare Council under the Ministry of Social Welfare

    Position: Principal Investigator

    Description: Janu 2022-May 2022

  8. Attachment to the Place of Heritage and Its Impacts on Livelihood: A Study on the Community of Kantanagar Mouza, Dinajpur

    Funded by: The Institute of Research and Training (IRT), Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology Universit

    Position: Principal Investigator

    Description: 2021-2022

  9. The Intangible Cultural Significances of Heritage: A Study on Kantajew Temple, Dinajpur

    Funded by: Self Funding

    Position: Principal Investigator

    Description: MScHS thesis, Human Settlement Program, Architecture Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh, 2021

  10. Spatiality of menstrual hygiene practices at informal settlement of Mujgonni, Khulna

    Funded by: Self Funding

    Position: Principal Investigator

    Description: An action research for Sustainable Urban Water and Sanitation-Khulna (a web-based knowledge hub, link: http://suwaskhulna.com/),2020

  11. Relationship among Building Structure, Noise and Cognitive Level of Students: A Comparative Study Between Summer and Winter Season at Dr. Wazed Building of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU)

    Funded by: The Institute of Research and Training (IRT), Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology Universit

    Position: Principal Investigator

    Description: 2018-19

  12. Impacts of Outdoor Sound on Cognitive Level of Students: A Study on the Built Environment (Sound) of Class Dr. Wazed Building of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University

    Funded by: The Institute of Research and Training (IRT), Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology Universit

    Position: Principal Investigator

    Description: 2016-17

  13. Migration of settlers of Dinajpur

    Funded by: The District Administration of Dinajpur of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

    Position: Content writer

    Description: Dinajpur Gazetteer, 2014-15

  14. Electronic Waste (E-waste)

    Funded by: Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO) and IPEN

    Position: Assistant researcher

    Description: Project was on environment, 2010

  15. Reflection of Social Displacement in Documentary Films of Bangladesh

    Funded by: Self Funding

    Position: Principal Investigator

    Description: MSS thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009

  16. Liberation War, Trend, and Theme in Films of Bangladesh from 1970-2007

    Funded by: Self Funding

    Position: Principal Investigator

    Description: BSS Monograph, Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2008


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