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US trained,10 Years of experience in ICT4D,Social Media,Freedom of Expression,Gender Empowerment,Tech Policy. Worked with Govts, Academia,Policy Formulation & Strategy Analysis. Other Core interests are Development,Gender Empowerment,& Climate Change/Environment. Experience of working with ESCAP/APCICT,ITU, UNDP,Govts,INGOs,Think tanks in South,South-East,East Asia,Africa, USA,Europe,Middle East |
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Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
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Government, Governance, Reforms
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
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Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Corporate Social Responsibility
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Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child
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Professional Experience: |
Faheem Hussain, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology and Society in State University of New York's Korea campus. He received his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in the Department of Engineering & Public Policy, with a focus on technology and development in the South Asian region. His key research interests are ICT4D,Technology Policy, Social Media, Freedom of Expression,& Gender Empowerment.
Dr. Hussain also consults United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (UN APCICT/ESCAP) in its Women Entrepreneurship, Social Media, and ICT related programs.
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Education: |
PhD and MSc. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA in 2008.
Thesis: Effectiveness of Technological Interventions for Education and Information Services in Rural South Asia (Supported by MacArthur Foundation)
MSc. in Telecommunications Management from Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA in 2005
BSc. in Computer Science from University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2003
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Academic Scholarship and Recognition
- Runner Up, Best Paper Competition, Sixth Communication Policy Research (CPR) South Conference by LIRNEasia and Chulalongkorn University, “Telecom for Regulatory Environment in “Digital Bangladesh”: Exploring the Reasons behind Poor Sector specific Performance”, Bangkok, Thailand (December, 2011)
- Recipient of European Union’s “Erasmus Mundus, Mobility for Life Scholarship’2010”, on faculty exchange program for ICT Curriculum Development and Project Based Learning (PBL), Aalborg University, Denmark (May, 2010)
- Recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Support for completion of Ph.D. education and research (July, 2004 – July, 2008)
• Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
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- Job opportunities
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