I am a natural learner

1. www.jahidsirazchowdhury.com
My teaching and research, since 2004, at
large, regimanted into two parts. One, as
a humanistic thinker, my research and
practice focus on that how research
should be Reciprocal which nuanced the
interplay between sociology of
knowledge creation and reviving the
Phronetic manner of knowledge practice.
In justifying this, I’m working with
Indigenous knowledge which has been
yet to todate , not been in the mainstream
of ‘science’ and I’m trying, how this can
be sitated into the international legal
framework like CBD, Nagoya and ILO
with SDGs guideline. This spectica
practicalioty is indilibly, historical,
interdisciplinary and phronetic in nature.
the circumstances of students who are
disproportionally impacted by not only
the existing education inequities, but
rather as a resuly of so-called scientific
creation of knowledge system. Thus my
ultimate aim is to inform and work,
reserach should be reciprocal in essence
and should be free from regional, religious
and racial boundaries, but universal
contextual processes that shape and holitic.
Abstract recommendation of research
outocme, which I do not oppose, but barely
benefitted to the community, so, we need to
be repairing our inner-self, be active in
knowlsge democracy, be volunteering and
be a follower of Ihsanic actitn, that is good
deed for good deed. The Reciprocal ideas
are to imply on Orang Asli, Migrant
Workers, Civil servents as my team and I
ware tryng to.
A clear commitment of contribution is
priori, whatwever the topic, whoever the
people, weherever we are doing academic
practice, we need be Reciprocal which is
far beyond so-called reflexivity.

2. EDUCATION
2023 Ph D, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
Field: Community Development Field
Thesis Title: Bioprospecting of Rakhain Indigenous Community of
Bangladesh’
2004 Master in Anthropology
Title: Primary Health Care system of the Khasis Indigenous
Community in Bangladesh
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
2002 Bachelor in Anthropology
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
WORK (RESEARCH)
2023-Presnt Senior Research Officer
Research and Training Forum (RTF), Malaysia
(Cluster Sustainability and Circular Economy)
2022-2023 Research Consultant,
Universiti Malaya
2012-2022 Research Consultant
Institute of Development Assistance, Sylhet, Bangladesh
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023 to… Senior Lecturer,
Jahid Siraz Chowdhury, PhD
206, Faculty of Arts
and Social Science,
Lincon Main Campus,
Kelana Jaya,
Malaysia 47310
jahid@rrf.ac
+601169371323

3. 2004-2007
2007-2012
Master of Social Work Program
Lincoln University College,
Malaysia
Lecturer,
Department of Anthropology
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
TEACHING AND RESEARH INTEREST
Sociology of Knowledge
History and Philosophy of Social Work
Phronesis in Social Research Practice
Indigenous Knowledge
Co-production of Knowledge
Reciprocity in Research Methodology (My Own Course)
Spirituality in Social Work (My Own Course)
GRANTS, AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2023 Jan-Dec Volunteerism as Method : what, why and how Malsyais Social Wrkers
can contribute
Funder: RTF Malaysia
Field: Orang Asli Community in Malaysia
Grant: USD 15000
Position: Co-Principal Investigator
2022-2023 Beyond Borders: Phenomenology of Muslim Converted Orang Asli and
the Christian Santal of Bangladesh
Funder: RTF Malaysia
Field: Orang Asli Community in Malaysia and the Santal of Bangladesh
Grant: USD 55000
Position: Principal Investigator
2021-2024 Designing the sustainable bioprospecting (plant-based medicinal
knowledge) model for indigenous communities in Malaysia
Funder: Education Ministry Malaysia
Field: Orang Asli, Khadazan and Iban Community in Malaysia
Grant: USD 55000
Position: Project Developer and consultant (from my Phd Thesis)

4. 2018-2022 Student Financial Aid
Universiti Malaya
USD: 36000 (plus tuition fee weaver).
2011 The Indigenous Fijians
A gerontology Project
2010 Noongar Community, Western Australia; Indigenous self-determination
project
2009 Khasis Community, Bangladesh; An inclusionary project of Education
2004-2009 Rakhain Community, Bangladesh; Indigenous medicine and mutual
benefit
Rohingya Refugee (Desupalong Camp), Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh
2004 Vice-Chancellor Award for being Stood First at
Masters and
Bachelor, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
PUBLICATION (Authored Books)
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2024-2025
Volume 1: Indigenous Knowledge on Energy and Circular
Economy: Cases From Australia, Thailand and Malaysia
Volume 2: Advancing a Circular Economy with Indigenous
Knowledge: Exploring Energy, and Sustainability
Volume 3: “Indigenous Medicinal Knwoelde Knowledge and
Circular Economy: Case from Malaysia and Bangladesh
Handbook of Corporate Environmental Responsibility (Proposal to be for
Routledge ).
Sustainability Synergy for a Better Future: Corporate Environmetal
Responsibility in Malaysia and Bangladesh

5. 2023 (in press) History and Educational Philosophy for Social Justice and Human
Rights, (jahid et al; IGI Global).
2023 (in progress)
2024
2024
2024
2024
A Textbook on Reciprocity and Social Science: Pieced together some
ethnographic evidence (Jahid et al; Oxford Uniersity Press, in Prgress)
The Intersection of Faith, Culture, and Indigenous Community in
Malaysia and Bangladesh. (Jahid et al; Springer Nature in
the SpringerBriefs)
Spiritual Social Work: A Manuel
(Jahid et al, Springer Nature in the SpringerBriefs).
Volunteersmin in Social Work: A Menifesto
Future of Anthropology: Introducing Four Meditation
2024
2024
2023-2025
2023 (In press)
Reciprocal Ethnography: Reviving Phronetic Manner
Photovoice and Voie of the 3rd Space: A Reciprocal Ethnography with
the Bangladesh Migrant Worker in Malaysia
De- and Reconstructing the Social History of Asia: A Chronological
Surfing Since 400BC
চিন্তার চিহারায় আমাদের নৃচিজ্ঞান: এচিয়ার আদ াদে
2023 (in press) Captive Intellectuals (Bengali), বন্দী মনননর বুদ্ধিজীবীগণ (A Book
Hussein Alatas’ Captive Mind), Chilekotha, Dhak, Bangladesh.,
2022 Reciprocity and its practice in social research. IGI Global
Chowdhury, J. S., Wahab, H. A., Saad, R. M., Reza, H., & Ahmad, M. M.
(Eds.). (2022).
2019 Quantative Ethnography In Indigenous Research Methodology (2021)
, https://www.rokomari.com/book/214987/quantitative-ethnography-in-
indigenous-research-methodology ISBN 9789849533566 (2021).
BOOKS (EDITED)
2023 (in Press) Reviving and rewriting the Ethics of Social Research for Commoning the
Community (Jahid et al; IGI Global, 2023).
2023 (in press) Handbook of Research on Indigenous Medicinal Knowledge in Glocal
Policy and Health Literacy (ISBN13: 9781668449608|ISBN10:
1668449609|EISBN13: 97816684496152 https://www.igi-

6. global.com/book/handbook-research-indigenous-medicinal-
knowledge/293047, chapters in review) (Jahid et al., October 2024).
2022 Chowdhury, J. S., Abd Wahab, H., Saad, M., & Abh, H.
The covid-19 and social sciences: Seeing from the Global South.
Universiti Malaya Press
2022 Chowdhury, J. S., Abd Wahab, H., Saad, M, Roy, P. & Wronka
Practices, challenges, and prospects of digital ethnography as a
multidisciplinary method
2021 Handbook of Research on the Impact of COVID-19 on Marginalized
Populations and Support for the Future.
Haris Abd Wahab, jahid siraz chowdhury, Stit Hajar Hajar Ah, Mohd
Rashid Mohd Saad, GI Global. https://www.igi-
global.com/book/handbook-research-impact-covid-marginalized/264253
BOOK CHAPTERS
Chowdhury, J. S. (2023). Voice and Photovoice of the Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in
Malaysia: An Ethnography of the 3rd Space With Reciprocity. In Handbook of Research
on Implications of Sustainable Development in Higher Education (pp. 314-336). IGI
Global.
Chowdhury, J. S. (2023). 8. The happy marriage of Planetary Health and Bioprospecting
Bioethics: A Concepirical (conceptual+ empirical) Reflection from
Bangladesh. Planetary Health and Bioethics, 184.
Chowdhury, J. S., & Roy, P. K. (2023). A Philosophical Reflection of SDG-4 and Our Education
Policy: Justified Self-Interest vs. Common Interest. In Positive and Constructive
Contributions for Sustainable Development Goals (pp. 200-219). IGI Global.
Chowdhury, J. S., Abd Wahab, H., Saad, M. R. M., Roy, P. K., Hamidi, M., & Ahmad, M. M.
(2021). Ubuntu Philosophy:‘I Am Because We Are'–A Road to ‘Individualism'to Global
Solidarity. In Handbook of Research on the Impact of COVID-19 on Marginalized
Populations and Support for the Future (pp. 361-381). IGI Global.
Roy, P., Chowdhury, J. S., Abd Wahab, H., Saad, M. R. B., & Parahakaran, S. (2021).
Christianity, COVID-19, and marginal people of Bangladesh: An experience from the
Santal Community. In Handbook of Research on the Impact of COVID-19 on
Marginalized Populations and Support for the Future (pp. 65-82). IGI Global.
Chowdhury, J. S., Abd Wahab, H., Saad, M. R. M., Hamidi, M., Roy, P. K., & Ahmad, M. M.
(2022). Constitutional Provision in Protecting and Managing Indigenous Knowledge
Systems: A Case From Rakhain Community in Bangladesh. In Handbook of Research on
Protecting and Managing Global Indigenous Knowledge Systems (pp. 186-206). IGI
Global.
Chowdhury, J. S., Abd Wahab, H., Saad, M. R. M., & Rakhine, M. A. L. (2022). How digital
ethnography can be a tool to indigenous gnoseology: Seeing with the rakhain community
of Bangladesh. In Practices, challenges, and prospects of digital ethnography as a
multidisciplinary method (pp. 94-108). IGI Global.
Chowdhury, J. S., Abd Wahab, H., Saad, R. M., & Roy, P. (2022). “Ihsanic” Philosophy as an
Alternative to Social Justice: A Concepirical (Conceptual+ Empirical) Reflection From

7. the Bioprospecting Domain in Bangladesh. In Social Justice Research Methods for
Doctoral Research (pp. 25-46). IGI Global.
Chowdhury, J. S., Abd Wahab, H., Saad, M. R. M., & Rakhine, M. A. L. (2022). Are we more
social or individual by the digital ethnographic tool?: A reflection with the rakhain
community of Bangladesh. In Practices, challenges, and prospects of digital ethnography
as a multidisciplinary method (pp. 78-93). IGI Global.
Chowdhury, J. S., Abd Wahab, H., Saad, M. R. M., Omar, N., Ahmed, M. M., & Roy, P. K.
(2022). History and Philosophy of Bioprospecting in Bangladesh: Experience from the
Rakhain Indigenous People. In Handbook of research on protecting and managing global
Indigenous Knowledge Systems (pp. 133-150). IGI Global.
INVITED CHAPTER (Encyclopaedia Entry)
Roy, P., Chowdhury, J. S., Wahab, H., Saad, M. R. M., & Biswas, S. K. (2023). Quantitative
Data in Ethnography With Asian Reflections. In Encyclopedia of Data Science and
Machine Learning (pp. 2741-2761). IGI Global.
UNDER REVIEW ARTICLES
Indigenous Knowledge as a tool for Circular Economy (Submitted to WoS
Indexed Journal)
Bioprospecting of Plant-based Medicinal Knowledge, Development Policy
Review.
Plant-based Indigenous Medicinal Knowledge of the Rakhains, Indian Journal
of Traditional Medicine
‘Reciprocity and its Praxis in Social Research, Under review with Qualitative
Inquiry
Reciprocity: Ethical Code to Center of Research Philosophy in progress
Philosophy and Criticism.
Ubuntu Philosophy in the New Normalcy: A Global Policy Direction, In
progress with Third World Quarterly.
Digital Ethnography for ‘Social Work for Tomorrow in the New Normal:
‘Seeing from Indigenous Gnoseology, Under Review with International Social
Work, under review
An-Anticolonial Outline of Reciprocal Ethnography: Seeing through Indigenous
Gnoseology, In progress with Transforming Anthropology by American
Anthropological Association
Indigenous Gnoseology as Theory of Knowledge, Under Review of Philosophy
Compass.
Ceremonial Rapport Build-up with Indigenous Gnoselogy: An Experience with
the Rakhain Community of Bangladesh, In Progress with Field Method

8. Bio-Bank of Plant-Based Indigenous Medicinal Knowledge: Seeing from
Indigenous Gnoseology with the Rakhain community of Bangladesh’ (An
Article under review with Community Development Journal)
Medicine Wheel of the Rakhain Community of Bangladesh: A place of Peace,
Harmony, and Sustainability (Chowdhury, Abd Wahab, Saad, 2022, in progress)
PUBLICATION UNDER PREPARATION AND REVIEW BOOK POJECTS
2023 The cosmovision of Islam, Buddha, and Ubuntu for communing the
Community for SDGs-4 and 11 (Under Review of Palgrave)
2023
2024
A Trilogy on Indigenous Knowledge and Cricular Economy and A
Handbook
Volume 1: Indigenous Knowledge on Energy and Circular Economy:
Cases From Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia"
Volume 2: Advancing a Circular Economy with Indigenous Knowledge:
Exploring Energy, and Sustainability
Volume 3: “Indigenous Medicinal Knowledge Knowledge and Circilar
Economy: Case from Malaysia and Bangaldesh
Edited volume handbook: indigenous knowledge circular economy and
sustainability
We are ‘Futuristic Not Primitive’: Circular Economy and SGDS with
Indigenous Knowledge System for SDGs and Climate Mitigation (Under
Review of Palgrave
2024 Decolonizing and Indigenous Social Work: Concept, Practice, Challenge,
Prospects, Status; In progress with Emerald
2024 িহ
ু দর মাইনদির িাউ চি াস
2024 নৃচিজ্ঞাদন ইমানুদয় োদের িাচ্চারা
2024 প্রথম নৃচিজ্ঞানীর চ াোঁদে -চহদরাদেটাস নাচে আ চিরুচন?
2024 নৃচিজ্ঞাদন ইমানুদয় োদের িাচ্চারা

9. 2024
2024
পড়াশুনা োর াচি? ইন্ডিন্ডেনাস চনাচসওদ ান্ডে-জ্ঞাদনর নয়া/চিেল্প এে
তত্ত্ব
চিদরাহী িৃক্ষিদের সমাদিিঃ িাছ-পা া িুচরর প্রচতিাে
FUTURE GRANTS IN PLANS
1. Synergy for a Better Future: Designing an Interdisciplinary and Inclusive
Model for Corporate Environmental Responsibility in Malaysia's Pharma
Industry.
2. A Sustainable Model for Migrant Workers in Australia through
Reciprocity.
3. Indigenous Wisdom in Energy Systems: A Forward-Looking Perspective
from Thailand, Malaysia, and Australia within the Framework of Circular
Economy and Sustainability.
4. Solidarity through Diverse Lenses: An International Joint Research
Project on Islam, Buddhism, and Ubuntu for Sustainable Community
Commoning.
INVITED TALKS AND PANELS
2023 Research holosophy and its Implication
Daffodil University Dhaka
2022 Methodology Matters
AUSN University, USA
2022 Creed of Research
Universiti Malaya, MAlaysai
ACADEMIC FORUM
2023 Reciprocal Research Forum
2023 Editorial Correspondent and Founding memeber:
Journal of Reciprocity (to be launched under RTF Malaysia in Sep 2023
2022 Selfosophic Society

10. A Global Forum for Acting, Seeing and Knowing Self from a Philosphical
context when philosophy of l;ove of wisdom
COURSE
DEVELOPING
1) Reciprocity in social research as way to being Decolonial (course:
for 14 weeks).
2) Indigenous Gnoseology as an alternative method of Knowledge
gathering (course: for 14 weeks)
3) JR Self-repairing Model for Seeing, Knowing, Acting an Being
from Selfosophic lens (A Course for 14 Weeks, but it appeals to
lifelong)
VOLUNTEERING AND ITS IMPLICATION
Indeed, since Covid-19, I have been working on Volunteering discourse as
a part of social research.
2022 Flood and Water logged People in Malaysia
With, Research and Training Forum, Malaysia
2022 Water Loged people of Urban dewellers in Sylher City
With, IDA Bangladesh
2019-2021
2014-2016
Volunteering with Migrant Workers in Malaysia
Indigenous communities in Bangladesh with all Anthropology department
of public universities in Bangladesh
Assylum Seeker Resource Center (on and offshore Vomunteering)
2008 SIDR effected people in coastal Bagladesh
REFEREES
Professor Haris Wahab Professor and Dean
Faculty of Arts and Social Scicne, Univesiti Malaya, Malaysia
Phone: +6037967 5601
Emial: haris@um.edu.my
Relationship: Supervisor and co-author, co-worker

11. Professor Zulkarnain
Hatta
Dean
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Lincoln Unibersity College Malayasia
Email: zulkarnain@lincoln.edu.my
Relationship: Senior Colleague
Professor Mokbul
Morshed Ahmed
Professor and HoD
Department of Development Studies.
AIT, Thailand
Phone: +66-2 524 5664
Email: morshed@ait.asia
Relationship: Co-author and co-worker