Muhammad Shafiqul Islam

• Master of Science (MSc) 

Saunders College of Business (AACSB Accredited), Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), New York, USA

Specialization: Accounting & Analytics (Concentration: Analytics Track)

Notable Award: Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society Inductee 2024 (Top 1% of the class of 2024; CGPA 4.00)

Fulbright Foreign Student Program 2023 - 2024 of the US Department of State

• Master of Business Administration (M.B.A) 

Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka

Specialization: Accounting & Information Systems (AIS)

Notable Award: Al Maruf Khan Gold Medal for Academic Excellence 2018 (Top 1% of the MBA Class of 2018; CGPA 4.00)

• Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A)

Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka

Specialization: Accounting & Information Systems (AIS)

Notable Award: Kabi Jasim Uddin Hall Trust Fund Gold Medal 2018 (Top 1% of the BBA class of 2017; CGPA 3.92)

Md. Shafiqul Islam (Islam, M.S.) has completed his MSc in Accounting and Analytics as a Fulbright Scholar at the Saunders College of Business, RIT, Rochester, USA. He was the inaugural IDLC Finance Olympiad 2018 first runner-up, a valedictorian and two times gold medalist from the University of Dhaka, and an academic of Accounting and Information Systems at the Department of Business Administration, East West University. Mr. Islam is also an avid public speaker. He has won one national public speaking competition. Shafiq is cited by his students as an innovative instructor of accounting.

Mr. Shafiq has been a member of the international business honor society 'Beta Gamma Sigma' from 2024 due to his exceptional academic standing at the AACSB accredited business school of RIT - the Saunders College of Business. He has also worked as an SRI Student Scholar at the Saunders College in a research project on Artificial Intelligence and Grand Challenges of the 21st Century. 

• Integrated Reporting and Integrated Thinking
• Corporate Governance and Public Policy Uncertainties
• Machine Learning to Detect Earnings Manipulation
• Algorithmic Financial Statement Analysis 

Md. Shafiqul Islam is a Fulbright Scholar. He was a former student of the University of Dhaka. Md. Shafiqul Islam has participated in several national competitions, directly representing the prestigious Department of Accounting and Information Systems, University of Dhaka, and has secured commendable positions in most of them. Mr. Md. Shafiqul Islam’s notable achievements include: The first ever Kabi Jasimuddin Hall Trust Fund Gold Medal for securing the top CGPA in the entire Kabi Jasimuddin Hall, DU and also for participating in various extra-curricular activities of the hall; 1st Runner Up and Silver Medalist (Senior Section), IDLC Finance Olympiad 2018, (2nd out of 20,000+ participants), Bangladesh’s First and Largest Finance Olympiad, jointly organized by the Robi 10 Minute School and IDLC Finance Limited; 2nd Runner Up and Bronze Medalist (with teammate Raihan Sobhan), ICAB QUIZ BIZ 2017, the Country's Biggest Business Quiz Competition. [First Business Quiz Competition arranged for the university students of Bangladesh by the ICAB]; 1st Runner Up, Inter University Public Speaking Competition – 2018, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University; 1st Runner Up, Tourism Week Public Speaking Competition 2018, Organized by the Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management, University of Dhaka; Islami Bank Foundation National Essay Writing Competition 2018 (5 th Place in Group B).

Google Classroom, Interactive PowerPoint, and Business Cases

J. William Fulbright Fellow, Fulbright Program of the US Department of State

Accounting Alumni, University of Dhaka