MrDr Md Azmain Muhtasim Mir

Mr Md Azmain Muhtasim Mir, PhD, is a teaching staff member and researcher at Arts and Society, University of Tasmania (UTAS), Hobart, Australia. Azmain's recently completed PhD in Society and Culture was affiliated with the Peter Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment (PUC). His research study at the University of Tasmania suited a multidisciplinary approach, drawing on debates in tourism, education, anthropology and sociology. The study identified cultural and environmental resources and community assets that will benefit educational attainment, community development, and the tourism industry on the West Coast of Tasmania and other similar settings.

Azmain has significant experience in the research and academic sectors over the past 12 years. This has prepared him with the relevant expertise to conduct ethnographic fieldwork and qualitative research across diverse social and cultural settings. He has received rigorous training in qualitative and mixed-method research, literature review, and data analysis.

Dr Mir received a Master of Anthropology (Advanced) from the Australian National University (ANU), Australia. Earlier, he completed BSS and MSS in Anthropology from the University of Rajshahi (RU), Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Azmain worked as a researcher in different research projects at Save the Children International (SCI) and icddr,b. Subsequently, he joined the Department of Anthropology at Comilla University, Cumilla, Bangladesh, and has been working there as a Teaching Faculty member since July 2013. 


Academic Scholarship and Achievements

Highly Recommended Title -CALE Youth Award, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.
Tasmania Graduate Research Scholarship (TGRS), University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.

Australia Awards Scholarship, DFAT, Australia
Ursula Hall Residential Scholarship, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
University of Rajshahi Merit Scholarship; University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.