Profile of Prof. Abdun Noor
Professor Abdun Noor teaches 'Islamic Public Administration' course at the University of Chittagong. He is also the Director of the IASC, and editor of the Journal of Islamic Administration. Born in 1950 in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Professor Noor has complete the Secondary School Certificate(SSC) from Karnafuli(Project) High School in 1966, Higher Secondary Certificate(HSC) from Chittagong Government College in 1968. He did his B.A. Honours in Political Science and M.A. in Public Administration from Dhaka University. He served the Rural Development Academy, Bogra as an Instructor from 1975 to 1977. He joined the University of Chittagong as a lecturer in Political Science and promoted to the post of Professor of Public Administration in 1992. Meanwhile, he attended the University Malaya an A/D/C(New York) Fellow and obtained M.P.A. degree in 1984. His MPA dissertation entitled, "Rural Local Government Finance in Bangladesh". He also attended the London School of Economics and Political Science(LSE) in 1987 as a British Council Fellow and conducted research on "Local Government in Britain". Besides teaching and research, Professor Noor has gained considerable amount of administrative experience as Chairman of the Department of Public Administration, Provost of Shamsunnahar Hall and Syndicate Member of the university, Secretary of the World University Service and Member, Board of Governors of the Public Administration Training Centre, Dhaka.
Professor Noor also conducts courses on 'Public Administration Theory', 'Organizational Behavior' and 'Oriental Public Administration' at the under-graduate level of the Department of Public Administration, University of Chittagong. He has a good number o research articles published in national and international journals. Some of his important publications are listed below:
1."Government Grants to Local Bodies in Bangladesh", in Planning and Administration ,Vol.12, No.1, Spring 1985(The Hague).
2."The Process of Public Administration: Islamic Perspective", in the Indian Journal of Public Administration , Vol.44,No.2,April-June 1998 (New Delhi).
3."Failure of Western Technology in Asia", in Philippine Journal of Public Administration, Vol.28, No.1&2, January-April,1980(Manila).
4."Outlining Social Justice from Islamic Perspective: An Exploration" in The Islamic Quarterly, Vol.XL1V, No.2, Second Quarterly, 2000(London).
5."Social Justice Through Public Administation:An Islami Perspctive" in Al-Nahdah, Vol.10,No.1,January-June,1990(Kuala Lumpur).
6."Ethis in Public Administration:Islamic Perspective"(in Bengali),in Proshashon Shamikkah, Vol. IV, No.1,1991(Dhaka).
7."Eolution of Western Thought in the Study of Public Administration"(in Bengali),in Chittagong University Studies ,Social Science Vol.14,No.1,November 1993(Chittagong).
8."Bureaucratic World View vis-a vis Islamic World View"(in Bengali),in Journal of Human Development, Vol.3,No.4,June 1991(Dhaka).
9."Education and Human Development", THE ISLAMIC QUARTERLY, Vol.45. Issue 4, 2001(London)
10. "Ethics, Religion and Good Governance", in Journal of Administration and Governance(JOAAG),Vol.3,No.2,2008..
PUBLISHED BOOKS:
1.Shadhinatar Ghoshana O Bangladesh(The Declaration of Independence and Bangladeh)(in Bengali) (Chittagong:Movement for Pres Freedom,1990).
2.Social Justice in Bangladesh(Chittagong:Liberty Forum Bangladeh,1991).
3.Mukti Judder Chetona (The Spirit of the Liberation War) (in Bengali) (Dhaka:Institute of Social Reearch,1993).
4.Ombudsman As A Safeguard Against Maladministration( in Bengali)(Chittagong:Islamic Administration Study Centre,2001).
5.Prayer is Better Than Sleep:A Scientific Analysis(in Bengali)(Dhaka:Institute of Social Reearch,1994).
6. Public Administration: Organization, Process and Retrospect (in Bengali)(Dhaka: Bangladesh Institute of Islmic Thought, 2006,corrected edition,2009).
7. Social Justice and Human Development (Dhaka: Adorn Publications, 2007).
8.Classification and Integration of Knowledge in Islamic Epistemology,BIIT2010(Jointly with Momtaj Uddin Ahmed).
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