Mahbuba Nasreen

{{Short description|Professor and Pro-Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh Open University}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023 }} {{undue weight|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mahbuba Nasreen | native_name = মাহবুবা নাসরীন | image = | caption = | native_name_lang = bn | birth_place = Faridpur District, Bangladesh | office = Pro Vice-chancellor of the Bangladesh Open University | 1blankname = Chancellor | 1namedata = President of Bangladesh | term_start = 9 July 2019 | alma_mater = {{plainlist| *University of Dhaka *Massey University }} | education = Ph.D. }}

'''Mahbuba Nasreen''' (born February 1963) is a Bangladeshi academic. In 2023 she was the Pro Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh Open University.<ref name=inews>{{Cite web |last=EyeNews.news |title=Bangladesh Open University education program started in Italy |url=https://www.eyenews.news/english/expatriates/news/1892 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=EyeNews.news |language=en}}</ref> ==Early life and education== Nasreen was born in February 1963 in Jhiltuly, Faridpur. She pursued her PhD degree at Massey University in New Zealand under a Commonwealth Scholarship,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://du.ac.bd/faculty/faculty_details/IDMV/871 |title=Faculty Details |website=Dhaka University |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref> focusing on the intersection of gender and disaster studies Her thesis was titled ''Coping with Floods: the Experiences of Rural Women in Bangladesh''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Natural Hazards Center: MFM Award Winners |url=https://hazards.colorado.edu/awards/myers-award/previous-winners |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=hazards.colorado.edu}}</ref>

==Career== Nasreen began her academic career in 1988 as a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Dhaka. She received her PhD degree in 1991 with a Commonwealth Scholarship from New Zealand, developing a grounded theory on women's contributions to disasters. From 2005-2012, she served as a Professor of Sociology before being appointed as the Director of IDMVS.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://du.ac.bd/faculty/faculty_details/IDMV/871 |title=Faculty Details |website=Dhaka University |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref>

Nasreen was involved in various academic, administrative, and co-curricular activities at the University of Dhaka. She was a co-founder and director of the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies (IDMVS), University of Dhaka.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/145154/mahbuba-nasreen-takes-over-as-bou-pro-vc |title=Mahbuba Nasreen takes over as BOU Pro-VC |work=New Age |date=9 July 2023 |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="disasterday" /> She writes on this subject for national newspapers.<ref name="disasterday">{{Cite web |last=Nasreen |first=Mahbuba |date=2023-10-13 |title=Disaster response requires an all-inclusive approach |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/disaster-response-requires-all-inclusive-approach-3442116 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> Nasreen serves as the Chief Moderator of the Dhaka University Debating Society.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pro-Vice-Chancellor {{!}} Bangladesh Open University |url=https://bou.ac.bd/index.php/authority/pro-vc-academic#:~:text=Prof.,on%20women's%20contributions%20to%20disasters. |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=bou.ac.bd |language=en}}</ref>

Nasreen received the Mary Fran Myers Award, 2016 from the Natural Hazards Centre at the University of Colorado (Boulder), USA for her contributions in the field of Disaster and Gender studies over thirty years.<ref name=":0" /> She is also the country lead of Gender and Disaster Network in Bangladesh. She has also chaired the selection committee, 2018 for the same award.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=25038 |title= Dr Nasreen wins Mary Fran Myer's Gender and Disaster Award|website=The Daily Observer |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref>

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