- Joining Date
- 13 Sep 2024
- Employment Type
- Adjunct
- Biography
- Ms. Hemin Ashrafi served as a Part-time Faculty Member at Sonargaon University from 2017 through the Summer Semester of 2024. Since the Fall Semester of 2024, she has been serving as an Adjunct Faculty Member at the same institution. She earned her Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Economics from Istanbul University, Türkiye, in 2011, achieving an academic score of 84%. She also obtained both her M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Economics from Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh, securing sixth and third positions, respectively, in her graduating cohorts.
With over a decade of academic and teaching experience, Ms. Ashrafi has held faculty positions at several renowned higher education institutions in Bangladesh. She served as a Lecturer and subsequently Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Northern University Bangladesh from 2012 to 2015, as a Lecturer at American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) from January 2015 to May 2016, and as an Adjunct Faculty Member at Presidency University (PU) from 2020 to 2024. Her teaching portfolio includes undergraduate and graduate courses in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Microfinance, and Economic Development.
Ms. Ashrafi's research interests focus primarily on microcredit, financial inclusion, and women's economic empowerment. Her scholarly work includes a comparative analysis of the Grameen Bank microfinance model in Bangladesh and its adaptation in Türkiye. She has authored three peer-reviewed journal articles and presented four research papers at national and international conferences held in Bangladesh and Türkiye.
In recognition of her academic excellence, Ms. Ashrafi was awarded a Higher Education Scholarship by the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Türkiye, as well as a University Merit Scholarship during her studies in Bangladesh. She possesses strong quantitative research and econometric analysis skills, with proficiency in SPSS, STATA, GRETL, and MATLAB. Additionally, she successfully completed a one-year Turkish language program at TÖMER (Turkish and Foreign Languages Research and Application Center).
Beyond her academic pursuits, Ms. Ashrafi has a strong background in cultural education. She successfully completed the five-year graduation program in Rabindra Sangeet from Chhayanaut, Dhaka, reflecting her enduring interest in the performing arts and her commitment to the preservation and promotion of Bengali cultural heritage.
- Research Profile
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=utPWUI4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
