The Bangladesh Institute of Social Research

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BISR organizes a monthly seminar at its own cost to enrich the understanding of the social researchers of the country. Each month on 3rd. Saturday at 5:30 pm the BISR organizes a seminar on any contemporary social issue of the country where speakers from BISR or from other organizations discuss an issue. The session is participated by the university teachers, researchers from research organizations and reputed NGOs of the country. That is aimed to increase interaction and sharing views among the researchers of different organizations on contemporary social issues. The following issues have so far been covered under monthly seminar of the organization:

Schedule of Monthly Seminar – 2007

Name of Month	Proposed Date	Time
January	20-01-07	5:00
February	17-02-07	5:00
March	17-03-07	5:30
April	21-04-07	5:30
May	19-05-07	5:30
June	16-06-07	5:30
July	21-07-07	5:30
August	18-08-07	5:30
September	15-09-07	5:30
October	20-10-07	5:30
November	17-11-07	5:30
December	15-12-07	5:00

Date	Topic of Discussion	Name of Speaker	Number of participants
20-08-05	Use and Misuse of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Social Research	Dr. Khurshed Alam, Chief Executive, BISR	21
17-09-05	Some Critical Issues in Social Research	Dr. Khurshed Alam, Chief Executive, BISR	22
15-10-05	Analysis of Data: Problems and Techniques	Dr. Khurshed Alam, Chief Executive, BISR	18
19-11-05	Use of Reflect Method in Social Research	Mr. Sirajud Dhahar Khan, Executive Director, Interaction	21
17-12-05	Education Research in Bangladesh: An overview	Mr. Mahbubul Kabir, Research & Evaluation Division, BRAC	18
21-01-06	An Overview of Researches on Intellectually disabled	Dr. Anisuzzaman Sr. Lecturer Gono Biswabiddalaya	20
18-02-06	Livelihoods and Counter Development	Dr. Hamidul Huq, Chairman Institute of Livelihood Studies	20
18-03-06	Research Design	Dr. Mohammed Shahidullah, University of Illinois at Springfield, USA	26
15-04-06	Bangladesh: from on "International basket case' to a 'basketful hope and despair'	Prof. Imtiaz Ahmed, Department of International Relations, Dhaka University	21
20-05-06	NGO in Transition	Dr.Khurshed Alam, CE, BISR, Dhaka	16
17-06-06	Reproductive rights and decision-making: Bangladesh perspective	Mr. Kamrul Hassan, Lecturer, BRAC University	17
15-07-06	Human rights for backward section of citizens with special reference to education.	Md. Aminur Rahman, Sr. Asstt. Secretary, Ministry of Establishment.	18
19-08-06	Micro-credit in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects	Md. Mizanur Rahman, Coordinator, SEBA	20
16-09-06	A Study on Released Prisoners in Bangladesh: The Case of Dhaka City	Mr. Azizur Rahman and Mr. Faruque Ahmed, Lecturers, Moulana Bhasani University of Science and Technology, Tangail	25
21-10-06	Poverty Situation in Bangladesh	Dr. Khurshed Alam Chief Executive BISR	19
18-11-06	Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh	Mr. Masudul Haq Registrar IBAIS University, Dhaka	21
16-12-06	A Rapid Situation Assessment in Takurgaon on HIV Related Risk Behaviour	Dr. Shah Ehsan Habib Department of Sociology University of Dhaka.	19
20-01-07	Hardcore Poverty Situation in Bangladesh: An Analysis of Some Recent Evidences	Dr. Abdul Momin Former Senior Researcher, CIRDAP, Dhaka	35
17-02-07	Epidemiology: Some Concepts and Applications	Dr Shafiqur Rahman Department of Medical Sociology, Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Dhaka	17