Senior Research Associate

I'm Dr Susmita Dey Pinky, a Senior Research Associate at BK School of Research (BKSR), where I began as a Research Assistant in 2020. I am a Chittagong Medical College graduate who previously worked as a research fellow at icddr,b and now train in Internal Medicine in the United Kingdom, with MRCP (London) degree and a PGCert in Clinical Education.

Dipak Tharu is a Senior Research Associate at BK School of Research. He is Co-founder and Research Manager at Young Professional Development Nepal. Professionally, he has developed a rigorous understanding and expertise in project design, management, implementation, and advocacy, and has collaborated on several projects with national and international organizations. Academically, Mr. Tharu is a PhD Researcher at the Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, and holds a Master’s degree in Political Science, Anthropology, and English Literature from Tribhuvan University.

Dr Atman Shah is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at St Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Ahmedabad, India. He has been involved at BK School of Research since 2020 and now serving as a Senior Research Associate. He completed his doctoral studies in economics and has built an active academic profile centered on teaching, developmental socio-economic inquiry, and data literacy. His primary research area is development economics and field-based socio-economic studies. A dedicated trainer in quantitative research methodologies, Dr Shah has conducted over 50 national and international workshops on data analysis using various statistical software packages. He is the author of two notable academic texts: Data Analysis Using SPSS (published by Macmillan) and Introduction to Mathematical Economics (published by PHI Learning under its Eastern Economy Editions).

R. P. Gajurel is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Tribhuvan University (Ratna Rajyalaxmi Campus), Nepal, and works in areas of development economics, monetary economics, macroeconomics, and international economics. He has been teaching many subjects, including macroeconomics, general equilibrium and welfare economics, monetary economics, financial economics, international economics, and energy economics. His wide-ranging research explores Nepal's economic landscape, including public expenditure, fiscal policy, financial development, remittances, human capital, and poverty. He uses sophisticated econometric techniques such as ARDL, GARCH, wavelet estimation, machine learning, and Markov regime switching to provide empirically grounded insights.

Dr. Goni ZOUGOURI is an economist and researcher specializing in development and agriculture economics. He holds a PhD in Economics, with a focus on Development and Agricultural Economics, from Thomas Sankara University, Burkina Faso, awarded in 2025. His research interests include gender inequalities in land ownership, access to credit, household food security, agricultural production, agricultural innovation, and natural resource management. He has expertise in applied econometrics, impact evaluation, survey design, and data analysis using Stata, SPSS, and KoboToolbox. He is a member of the ERD-CEDRES Burkina Faso research group. He also has experience in university teaching, research consultancy, and development projects.

Rawnaq Ara Parvin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Varendra University, Bangladesh, and a PhD Fellow at the University of Rajshahi, supported by the University Grants Commission (UGC) PhD Scholarship Programme. Her research interests include consumer behaviour, digital society, gender, public health, migration, climate change, and sustainable development. She has published peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and serves on journal editorial boards and as a reviewer. Her academic experience includes keynote and invited lectures, funded research, and national and international collaborations. She also serves as a Senior Research Associate at BK School of Research. Her work addresses contemporary social issues through interdisciplinary sociological research.

Dr. Bandana Jain is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Management, Degree Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, where she teaches and researches in management studies. Her primary research interests lie in women's empowerment, entrepreneurship, and business ethics. Dr. Jain actively engages with both academic and development-focused communities in Nepal. Her research bridges the gap between financial inclusion and gender empowerment and the intersections of business, ethics, and social change through her research and teaching.

Dr. Debalina Saha is currently Assistant Professor at Amity School of Economics, Amity University Kolkata. She has done PhD in Energy Economics from the University of Calcutta. Recently she has joined as a Senior Research Associate at BK School of Research. She is currently working on renewable energy. She has research publications in international journals on energy sector reforms, renewable energy and environment. She has authored a book on environmental economics titled Handbook of Environmental Economics, from Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Dr. Nibedita Roy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Jagannath University, Dhaka, where she has been serving since February 2013. She earned her PhD in Political Science from the University of Burdwan, India, in 2022 as an ICCR PhD Scholar under the Bangladesh Scholarship Scheme, and her MPhil, MSS, and BSS (Honours) degrees in Political Science from the University of Dhaka. Recently she has joined as a Senior Research Associate at BK School of Research. Her research interests include globalization, political ideologies, international politics, global governance, identity politics, communalism, education policy, student politics, human rights, and social exclusion. She has published in national and international journals and contributed to academic books and edited volumes. Her research engages with contemporary political and socio-economic issues in Bangladesh and beyond.

Dr. Firdous Ahmad Malik is an accomplished economist, academic, researcher, and international keynote speaker. He serves as Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of the People and is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Amity University Dubai alongside a Senior Research Associate at BK School of Research. He holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Economics from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, and a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Kashmir.