1. Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Shahnaj Parveen
1. Name: SHAHNAJ PARVEEN
2. Parents’ name: Father - Late Md. Abul Hossain
Sikder, Mother - Late Mrs. Hamida Khatun
3. Date of birth: 1st
January 1969
4. Nationality: Bangladeshi
Professor
Department of Agricultural Extension Education,
Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU),
Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
Mobile: ++88-01715 340215
Fax: ++88-(0)91-61510
Email: shahnaj1969@gmail.com
6. Permanent address : Flat no. 2B, Nandan Rosewood, House 65, Road 7, Sector 4,
Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh
7. Marital status : Unmarried
8. Sex : Female
9. Academic
qualifications
:
• Completed Ph.D. in Agriculture (Dr. Agr.) with ‘very
good’ remarks in August 24, 2005 from Justus-Liebig-
University Giessen, Germany
• Completed Master of Science in Agricultural Extension
Education in May 16, 1995 with ‘A grade’ from
Bangladesh Agricultural University
• Completed Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Hons.) in
1990 (result published in April 1994) with ‘1st
class 5th
position’ from Bangladesh Agricultural University
10. Award Received:
• National Science and Technology (NST) fellowship, Ministry of Science and Technology,
Bangladesh from July 1995 to May 1996.
• British Council Fellowship for participatory research methodology from January to March
2001.
• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellowship for doctoral studies from 2001 to
2004.
• DAAD Fellowship for attending alumni workshop in Germany in 2007.

2. • DAAD Fellowship as Visiting Professor from June to August 2008 in Germany.
• DAAD Fellowship as Visiting Professor from October to December 2012 in Germany.
11. Training course attended:
• Teaching Methodology from 18 December 1996 to 01 January 1997, organised by GTI, BAU,
Mymensingh.
• Technical Report Writing and Presentation from 17 to 29 May 1997, organised by GTI, BAU,
Mymensingh.
• Teaching Methods Workshop from 01 to 11 July 2000 at BRAC-BCDM, Rajendrapur,
Gazipur, jointly organised by UGC and DFID.
• Participatory Research Methodology from January to March 2001 at the University of
Reading, UK.
• Project Cycle Management and TAPP Preparation from 26 to 31 December 2005, jointly
organised by GTI & BAURES, BAU, Mymensingh.
• Disaster Management from 24 to 28 October 2009, jointly organised by BAU & Ministry of
Food and Disaster Management Programme of Bangladesh.
• Gender Excellence in Bangladesh from 7 to 14 May 2012, jointly organised by University of
Dhaka, Bangladesh & University of Applied Sciences Kiel, Germany.
• Enabling and Facilitating Meaningful Learning from 13 to 15 October 2014, imparted by
Education and Competence Studies, Wageningen University, the Netherlands.
12. Service experience: Engaged in teaching in the Department of Agricultural Extension
Education (DAEE) of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU)
Position Duration Responsibilities Employer
Lecturer
28 May 1996 to
15 April 1999
Lecture, field activities and research Registrar, BAU
Assistant
Professor
16 April 1999 to
05 June 2006
Lecture, field activities and research Registrar, BAU
Associate
Professor
06 June 2006 to
15 June 2010.
Lecture, field activities, research and
decision-making
Registrar, BAU
Professor
16 June 2010 to
date
Lecture, field activities, curriculum
development, research and decision-
making
Registrar, BAU
Head, DAEE 2010 to 2012 Administrative and managerial Registrar, BAU
Director,
BAUEC
2014 to date
Managerial and extension activities
with farming communities
Registrar, BAU
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3. 13. Research experience:
• Worked as team member in the BAU-DFID link project on Farm Power Need
Assessment (FPNA) from July 16 to 24 August 2000.
• Worked as a team member in the link project between BAU-CIDA on socio-economic
development issues in 2000.
• Worked as a team member in the link project between BAU and University of
Reading, UK on curriculum development issues in 2000.
• Conducted a research project related to adoption of improved potato cultivation
practices in 2000, financed by BAU.
• Conducted a research project on empowerment of rural women in Bangladesh from
2001 to 2005, financed by the DAAD, Germany.
• Supervised the research works of five M.S. students in the Dept. of Fisheries
Management and Agricultural Extension Education, BAU 2012.
• Working as a gender team member in the link project between BAU-Wageningen
University, the Netherlands on gender integration in university curricula since
2013.
• Working as a research team member in the link project among Netherlands,
Bangladesh, India and Nepal on poverty squares and gender circles: unravelling
agriculture gaps, challenges and opportunities in the Eastern Gangetic Basin
since 2014.
14. Participation in Scientific forums:
• Attended a conference on Sustainable Food Security for All by 2020, held in Bonn,
Germany, 4-6 September, 2001.
• Delivered a seminar on Management of Homestead Environment by the Rural Women
in Bangladesh as guest speaker at the Technical University of München, Germany, 11
December 2001.
• Attended a conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource
Management and Rural Development, held in Georg-August-University of Göttingen,
Germany, 8-10 October 2003.
• Presented a paper in the XXth
IFHE Congress on Cooperation and Interdependence-
Fostering Leadership in Home Economics for Healthy Communities, held in Kyoto,
Japan, 1-7 August 2004.
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4. • Presented a paper in the Conference on Rural Poverty Reduction through Research for
Development and Transformation, held in Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany,
5-7 October 2004.
• Attended a conference on Gender Perspectives in the 21st Century, held in Humboldt
University of Berlin, Germany, 8-10 September 2005.
• Presented a paper as guest speaker in the 18th International Nutrition Congress held in
ICC Durban, South Africa, 19-23 September 2005.
• Attended an alumni meeting on Issues and Challenges in Rural Development, held in
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany, 3-15 June 2007.
• Attended a conference on Land Privatization Strategies and Rural Household Income
in the Commonwealth of Independent States, held in Justus-Liebig-University Giessen,
Germany, 14 June 2008.
• Presented a paper in the 8th
international conference of the International Society for
Third-Sector Research (ISTR), held in Barcelona, Spain, 9-12 July 2008.
• Presented a paper in the XXIth
IFHE Congress on Home Economics: Reflecting the
Past, Creating the Future, held in Lucerne, Switzerland, 26-31 July 2008.
• Presented a paper in Expert Consultation on Professional Short Course: Gender,
Agriculture and Rural Development, Interdisciplinary Centre for Food Security
(ICF), Bangladesh Agriculture University, held in BARC, Dhaka, 11 August 2014.
• Attended a seminar on Empower Women to achieve Food and Nutrition Security,
held in ERD, Ministry of Finance and FAO, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 11 March 2015.
15. Research publications:
1) Parveen, S.; A. Halim and M.A.M. Miah (1997) Awareness of Farm Women on
Environmental Degradation due to Use of Selected Modern Agricultural
Technologies. Bangladesh Journal of Training and Development, Vol. 10, No. (1 &
2), pp. 35-41. ISSN 1013-0306
2) Parveen, S.; A. Halim and M.A.M. Miah (1998) Knowledge of Farm Women on the
Use of Selected Modern Technologies for Homestead Farming. Bangladesh Journal
of Agricultural Sciences, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 133-137. ISSN 0379-4296
3) Islam, M.R.; S. Parveen and M.A. Hossain (2001) Farmers’ Preferences of Mass
Contact Media as Agricultural Information Sources. Bangladesh Journal of Extension
Education, Vol. 13, No. (1&2), pp. 29-35. ISSN 1011-3916
4) Halim, A. and S. Parveen (2003) Adoption of Improved Cultivation Practices by the
Potato Growers of Bangladesh. Journal of Agricultural Extension Research, Vol. 7,
No. 14, pp. 33-50.
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5. 5) Parveen, S. (2005) Empowerment of Rural Women in Bangladesh: A Household
Level Analysis. Germany: Margraf Publishers GmbH. ISBN 3-8236-1469-X, ISSN
1616-9808
6) Parveen, S. (2006) Rural Women’s Participation in Household Decision-Making.
Progressive Agriculture, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 261-270. ISSN 1017-8139
7) Parveen, S. (2007) Participation of Farm Women in Agricultural Decision-making.
Bangladesh Journal of Progressive Science and Technology, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 141-
144. ISSN 1609-5260X
8) Parveen, S. (2007) Coping Mechanisms of Women against Risks in Farm
Households: Reflections from Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Progressive
Science and Technology, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 191-196. ISSN 1609-5260X
9) Parveen, S. (2007) Gender Awareness of Rural Women in Bangladesh. Journal of
International Women’s Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 253-269. ISSN 1539-8706
10) Parveen, S. (2007) Domestic Violence against Farm Women in Bangladesh: Causes
and Consequences. Pakistan Journal of Women’s Studies: Alam-e-Niswan, Vol. 14,
No. 2, pp. 103-117. ISSN 1024-1256
11) Parveen, S. (2007) Rural Women’s Capacity to Cope with Household Shocks: The
Bangladesh Experience, pp. 263-273. In: S. Bauer and L.B. Karki (eds) Issues and
Challenges in Rural Development, Vol. 2. Germany: Margraf Publishers GmbH. ISBN
978-3-8236-1503-3, ISSN 1616-9808
12) Parveen, S. (2007) Are the Rural Women Marginalized in Asset Ownership?
Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh, pp. 136-149. In: D. Dey and A.K. Pain (eds)
Women Empowerment-New Dimensions and Experiences. India: The Icfai University
Press. ISBN 81-314-0715-2
13) Parveen, S. (2007) An Empirical Analysis of Rural Women’s Empowerment: The
Bangladesh Context, pp. 188-203. In: S.K. Multani (ed.) Empowerment of Women -
Perspectives and Experiences. India: The Icfai University Press. ISBN 81-314-0791-9
14) Parveen, S. (2008) Rural Women’s Access to Productive Resources in Bangladesh: A
Pillar for Promoting Empowerment. International Journal of Rural Studies (IJRS),
Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 14-18. ISSN 1023-2001.
15) Parveen, S. and Leonhaeuser, I.-U. (2008) Factors Affecting the Extent of Economic
Empowerment of Women in Farm Households: Experiences from Rural Bangladesh.
International Journal of Human Ecology, 9 (December): 117-126. ISSN 1609-5260X
16) Parveen, S. and Leonhaeuser, I-U (2009) Promoting Household Food Security
through Empowering Rural Women in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of
Progressive Science and Technology, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 29-30. ISSN 1609-5260X
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6. 17) Parveen, S. and Hosen, M.S. (2009) Farmers’ Awareness of Eco-friendly Practices
for Rice Production in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Progressive Science and
Technology, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 31-36. ISSN 1609-5260X
18) Parveen, S. and Chaudhury, M.S.R. (2009) Micro-credit Intervention and its
Effects on Empowerment of Rural Women: The BRAC Experience. Bangladesh Research
Publications Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 641-647. ISSN 1998-2003. Available at
http://www.bdresearchpublications.com/admin/journal/upload/08080/08080.pdf
19) Parveen, S. (2009) Coping with Risks of Flood in 2008: The Experience of Farm
Households of Sirajgonj District, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Progressive
Science and Technology, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 221-224. ISSN 1609-5260X
20) Parveen, S. (2009) An Empirical Analysis of the Gender Division of Labour in Farm
Households: Evidence from Bangladesh. Bangladesh Research Publications Journal, Vol. 2,
No. 4, pp. 693-699. ISSN 1998-2003. Available at
http://www.bdresearchpublications.com/admin/journal/upload/08087/08087.pdf
21) Sikder, M. S. I; M. Akteruzzaman, S. Parveen and M. Shamsudin (2009) Economics
of Community Dairy Farming in Satkhira District. Bangladesh Journal of Animal
Science, Vol. 38, No. 1 and 2, pp. 164-169. ISSN 0003-3588
22) Parveen, S. (2010) Rice Farmers’ Knowledge about the Effects of Pesticides on
Environmental Pollution in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Research Publications Journal, Vol. 3,
No. 4, pp. 1214-1227. ISSN 1998-2003.
23) Akter, M.S.; S. Parveen and M.A. Islam (2011) Drought Shocks of Farm Households.
Bangladesh Journal of Extension Education, Vol. 23, No. (1&2), pp. 37-44. ISSN
1011-3916
24) Kamruzzaman, M.; S. Parveen and A.C. Das (2015) Livelihood Improvement of Tea
Garden Workers: A Scenario of Marginalized Women Group in Bangladesh. Asian
Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics and Sociology, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. XX-
XX. ISSN 2320-7027. Available at sciencedomain.org/download/OTY2N0BAcGY
16. Country visited: UK, Germany, Japan, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Singapore and
India.
17. Referees:
i. Prof. Dr. Deepa Joshi, Water Resource Management, Droevendaalsestee 3, 6708 PB,
Wageningen University, the Netherlands Tel. 0317 483409 0, E-mail:
deepa.joshi@wur.nl
ii. Prof. Dr. Siegfried Bauer, Department of Project and Regional Planning, Justus-
Liebig University Giessen, Germany. Tel.: ++49-0641-9937310, Fax.: ++49-0641-
9937319, E-mail: Siegfried.Bauer@uni-giessen.de, www.uni-giessen.de/Regionalplan
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7. 19. Research Interests: Gender, climate change, disaster management, vulnerability, poverty,
food and nutrition security, sustainable agriculture and rural livelihoods, ethnic groups,
impact assessment and curricula development.
Dr. Shahnaj Parveen
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