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Faculty Agricultural Economics and Business Studies Rural Sociology and Development Faculty Members Dr. Mitu Chowdhury

Dr. Mitu Chowdhury

Professor

BSS (Honors), MSS (Sociology), PhD (CU)

Research interests: Comparative social structure, Social Demography, Social Problems, Criminology, Medical Sociology

mchowdhury.rsd@sau.ac.bd

mitu_bs@yahoo.com
+8801716957319
Dept. of Rural Sociology and Development

Research Interests

  • Comparative Social Structure and Development
  • Social Demography
  • Anthropology
  • Social Research Methodology
  • Medical Sociology
  • Criminology

Research Support

  • Principal Investigator, “A Sociology Study on Juvenile Delinquency in the Slum Community in Sylhet City” funded by University Grant Commission (UGC) Bangladesh (SAURES-UGC-22-23-81).
  • Head, QAC, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Business Studies, Research Project entitled “Establishment of Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (QAP-IQAC) at the Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet” Organized by, Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP), Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet.
  • “Causes and Consequences of being Child Laborer: A Study at Sylhet City” funded by University Grant Commission (UGC) Bangladesh (2017-2018).Co-investigator
  • “Influential Causes Affecting Job Satisfaction of Women Employees Engaged in White Collar Professions: A Sociological Study in Sylhet City” Funded by University Grant Commission (UGC) Bangladesh (2018-2019).Co-investigator
  • “Rural Women’s Autonomy in the decision-making process of seeking maternal Health care services in Sylhet Region ” Funded by University Grant Commission (UGC) Bangladesh (2019-2020).Co-investigator
  • Working as a Field Supervisor and leading a team of more than 60 Field workers of a Research Project entitled “Caste Based Discrimination In South Asia: A Study of Bangladesh” collaborated and supported by IIDS, India and IDSN, Denmark (2007-2008).