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Centre for Research and Development

Mission and Goals ULAB Centre for Research and Development (CRD) is trying to emerge as a leading think tank of policy analysis and academic research to participate and lead in the knowledge revolution in Bangladesh in the twenty first century. In that pursuit, the Centre would support different national and international stakeholders with high quality and timely research and analysis on issues in public and private domain that are related to institutional and development process and are expected to shape and influence the development prospect in the mid to long term. In support of its mission, ULAB faculty, with or without partners form outside, will identify research questions, undertake research and disseminate the research results. The Centre aspires eventually to becoming a national research centre with excellence in research performance against agreed aims, objectives and milestones. The Centre will emphasis projects that involve interdisciplinary collaboration among ULAB faculties and faculty or resources at other universities, public policy bodies, companies, NGOs, national and international financial bodies and organizations. In support of the ULAB educational mission, the Center aims to involve students in all stages of analysis and dissemination. Activities The Centre is expected to fulfil a range of functions aimed at strengthening, extending, and promoting the research of ULAB Faculty and partners, enhancing the research training activities of ULAB students and outsiders and building research linkages both nationally and internationally. It will support high quality research that are expected to contribute to the University research objectives, including those of the advancement of knowledge, economic and social development and promoting national and international research collaborations. The Centre would sponsor conferences, seminars, workshops and talks and publish research and other reports. Presently it is engaged in the following activities: 1. Drawing out areas and guidelines for research/project proposals and their selection criteria. 2. Searching for external research collaborators. 3. Arranging research papers from the faculty and external contributors for the upcoming journal of the Centre. Past Initiatives 1. Research Methodology Workshop The Centre has so far organized two workshops on Research Methods for Business and Social Sciences, one in August 2008 and another in March, 2009. Dr. Syed Saad Andaleeb, a Professor and the Chair of Marketing, Pen State University at Erie, USA conducted both the workshops. A large number of young faculty and researchers from different private and public universities, research organizations and NGOs participated in the workshops. The workshops offered a practical, hands-on initiation into research. Research proposals have been developed by the participants on an active participation basis and these proposals have the potential of ending up as an international publication or Ph.D. proposals. 2. Research Adda Research Aadda is an innovative process to aid the researchers in Bangladesh. In an Adda researchers from multi-disciplines would gather and discuss different aspects of research they are engaged in or are planning to do in the near future. Basic focus in the Adda is to bring into attention various technical problems the researchers might be facing while doing research and their solutions from the peers and experts. Building network and creating a pool of researchers of different academic and research organizations at national and international levels would be the final objective of the Adda. Few of such Addas were organized with the presence of distinguished academic and media personalities like Prof. Nazrul Islam, Chairman of the University Grants Commission Bangladesh, Mr. Matiur Rahman, Editor of the Daily Prothom Alo, Prof. Syed Saad Andaleeb of Pen State Erie, Prof. Farhat Anwar of IBA, Dhaka University, Dr. S.I. Khan of University of South Australia and so on. The faculty members of ULAB and other private universities participated in those addas. Publication The Centre will publish a quality journal and one/two research reports in 2009.