Engineer · Educator · Builder
COO, mCapital · CEO, Bengal Lens · Associate Professor, North South University
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I left Bangladesh to learn how systems work. I came back to rebuild ours.
Chapter 01 · Roots
2008
2000
Joypara Pilot High School
Where it started.
2002
Dania College
Higher secondary, first division.
2008
BUET
BSc, Industrial & Production Engineering: how things are made, moved and managed.
“When something fails, look at the whole system, not just the broken part.”
Most failures aren’t engineering failures.
They’re human ones.
Chapter 02 · 2010–2014
Project Manager, New Vision Landmark
Development projects end to end: land, feasibility, approvals, construction and handover.
Chapter 02 · 2014–2015
HSE Specialist, Chevron Bangladesh
Safety audits, risk assessments and emergency response across operating sites.
Chapter 03 · The leap
2016
Mississippi
University of Southern Mississippi · MS, Logistics, Trade & Transportation
2017
Montana
Montana State University · PhD, Industrial & Systems Engineering
2022
Colorado
Colorado State University · Postdoctoral researcher
2024
Tennessee
University of Tennessee, Knoxville · Assistant Professor
2025
Dhaka.
North South University · Home
Chapter 04 · The question
My PhD at Montana State measured emotional intelligence behind the wheel, among everyday and commercial drivers. The question never left: how do people behave inside complex systems?
Emotional intelligence & risky driving
PhD research, funded in part by the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.
Traffic-safety culture
With the transportation departments of Washington, Minnesota, Utah and North Dakota.
Trust in autonomous air taxis
Flight-simulator research at Colorado State University.
E-scooter & micromobility safety
How users and non-users see risk on shared mobility.
Warning signs at rail crossings
Which messages actually change pedestrian behaviour.
Injury risk in horses
A data platform built on radiography, ultrasound and sensor data.
Published in Transportation Research Part F, Transportation Research Record, Journal of Safety Research and Sustainability. Presented at the Transportation Research Board in Washington, DC and INCOSE in Brazil.
By the numbers
9 years of research and teaching in the US
6 peer-reviewed journal papers
4 PhD students mentored
900+ students taught across three universities
5 state transportation departments worked with
Chapter 05 · The return
2025.
Home.
[Your sentence: the moment you knew it was time to come back.]
Measure honestly. Design for how people really behave. Put the right capital and the right people at the same table. Bangladesh has all three within reach.
Chapter 06 · Now
01 · Capital
mCapital
Chief Operating Officer
ডাকছে বাংলাদেশ
Bangladesh is calling.
Bringing Non-Resident Bangladeshis’ capital, knowledge and networks home, as owners and not only as remitters. With Chairman Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur, former Governor of Bangladesh Bank.
02 · Truth
Bengal Lens
Chief Executive Officer
Beyond the story.
An investigative, data-driven newsroom for a generation raised online: investigations, fact-checking, media monitoring, data journalism and podcasts.
03 · Minds
North South University
Associate Professor, School of Business and Economics
Teaching is the investment that compounds.
Business statistics, operations research, and demand planning and inventory management: 360 students since 2025.
What I believe
Measure before you argue.
Systems fail at the human part. Design for it.
Our diaspora is Bangladesh’s largest untapped asset.
Teaching is the investment that compounds.
Speaking & media
Topics
Diaspora capital and Bangladesh’s growthmCapital · Bangladesh is calling
Truth, data and the next newsroomBengal Lens
Why systems fail at the human partHuman factors and safety
Operations and supply chains in emerging marketsNorth South University
Selected stages
Transportation Research Board, 102nd Annual MeetingWashington, DC · 2023
INCOSE ConferenceBrazil · 2022
Commercial Vehicle Safety SummitDenver, CO · 2021
Center for Health and Safety Culture, keynote webinar2021