Biographical Details:

Md. Zahir Uddin Arif teaches the graduate and postgraduate level students (BBA, MBA and EMBA Programs) and conducts academic and professional research as Associate Professor, Department of Marketing, Jagannath University (JnU) (www.jnu.ac.bd),Dhaka, Bangladesh, a reputed full pledged government financed public university of Bangladesh. He has done both of his graduation with Honors and Post-graduation in Marketing from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was awarded M.Phil degree in Economics (thesis on Consumer Behavior from Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (I.H.S.), one of the Advanced Research Institutes of the National University of Bangladesh under the supervision of Renowned Economist Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kamal Mujeri, Currently Director General of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka, Bangladesh and formerly Professor of Economics, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh. 

Arif is also Consulting Member and Resource Person on TBT (Technical Barriers to International Trade) issues in favour of International Trade Centre, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland since 2008. He is Research Fellow of International Institute of Advance Research on Trade & Commerce (IIARTC), Meerut, U.P., India. He is a member of Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Trade and Commerce- IIARTC [ISSN 2277-5811 (Print)], ISSN 2278-9065 (Online)]. 

Arif has long working experience in the field of academia, research,consultancy, training and voluntary works for the last two decades. His areas of research and consultancy interest are Marketing (Consumer Behaviour, Brand Management, Retail Marketing, CRM), HR, Cross-cultural issues, Gender Behaviour to Consumption, and Development issues. His several research papers were published in various reputed peer reviewed refereed international journals and ISI indexed conference proceedings. He has participated and presented papers in many national and international seminars, symposiums and conferences. He is an active Member of different national and international research, social and humanity organizations including EuroMed Business Research Institute (EMRBI, www.emrbi.com), International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), USA; South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE), Kathmandu, Nepal; Amnesty International; Advisor of ‘Centerfor Marketing Science (CMS)’, Bangladesh (www.cmsbd.net); Associate Member of Asiatic Society Bangladesh, Life Member of Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA), Bangladesh Itihash Parishad (Bangladesh History Council), and Marketing Alumni Association (MAA), University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is also a Member of Research Committees on Marketing Group, Human Resource Management Group, Cross-Cultural Management Group, EuroMed Business Research Institute (EMRBI) (www.emrbi.com). He is also working as a Track Chair of Annual Conferences of EuroMed AcademicBusiness.

Arif is a Member of the Editorial Board of different internationals journals. He also works as a reviewer of various peer reviewed refereed international journals such as International Journal of Social Science & Humanity (IJSSH) [ISSN: 2010-3646], Independent Journal of Management and Production (IJM&P),‘African Journal of Business Management (AJBM)’ [ISSN 1993-8233] and Associate Editor of ‘Marketing Review’ [ISSN:2222-9159] (An International Refereed Journal on Marketing published by Centerfor Marketing Science, www.cmsbd.net) and International Journal of Retailing & Rural Business Perspectives© Pezzottaite Journals. He is a Co-editor of “Advancesin Resource Management and Consumer Sciences”, an eBook has been planned to publish by ORIC Publications, Arkansas, USA.

He is a Life Registered Graduate of the University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh and formerly he was the President of Rotaract Club of Dhaka Commerce College, Rotary International District-3280, Bangladesh. However, He has been contributing in many academic, social and cultural organizations for the last two decades. He is Co-founder and Founder President of Bangladesh Renaissance Foundation (BRF), a non-profitable social and research organization.

For more info about Md. Zahir Uddin Arif please feel free to visit thefollowing website/links:

CV & Biography at: http://www.zahiruddinarif.yolasite.com/bio-data-resume.php

Published Research Articles (pdf) at: http://www.zahiruddinarif.yolasite.com/research-articles.php

Professional Profile at Linkedin.Com: http://bd.linkedin.com/pub/md-zahir-uddin-arif/13/694/95b

Profile at EMRBI: http://emrbi.com/main.asp?cat=members&sCat=member&member_id=281&group_id=5&sel_nav1=188

Arif can be reached for further contact at:

E-mail: <[email protected]>,

Skype & Yahoo Messenger Id: mjarif2004

Facebook Id: [email protected]