Professor Dr. Mohammad Solaiman

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Professor Dr. Mohammad Solaiman

Treasurer

Comilla University
Cumilla-3506, Bangladesh

treasurer@cou.ac.bd
02334411140

Dr. Mohammad Solaiman is a Professor in the Department of Marketing, Comilla University, Bangladesh. Dr. Solaiman currently holds the position of Chairman, Department of Marketing, Comilla University, Bangladesh. Professor Solaiman has more than  years of administrative experience, including roles as Chairman, Department of Marketing at Comilla University (years), Program Director, MBA Evening Program (05 times), Student Advisor (05 years) Chairman, OBE(Objective Based Education) Curriculum (01 year), Member, Self-assessment Committee (01 year) and Assistant Proctor (02 years), House Tutor at Nwab Faijunnessa Chowdhururani Residential Hall for ( Years) at the same institution. Additionally, Professor Solaiman has contributed as Member of The Comilla University Journal of Business Studies. Since the university's inception, he has played a pivotal role in formulating exam and other rules and regulations for Undergrad and Postgraduate program. He has been an active participant in university serving as a Member Secretary of Dean’s Award committee for 1st Convocation, Academic Council, He has also been expert member, guest teacher, academic advisor and curriculum expert of this and other public and private universities. Professor Solaiman's extensive experience encompasses key academic and administrative roles within the university. Notably, he was the founding teacher of the Department of Marketing, Comilla University. He specializes in marketing especially green marketing and green purchase behaviours and teaches courses relating to marketing in postgraduate and undergraduate levels. He has about 18years of experience in the university-level teaching and research. He has published a good number of articles in leading local and international journals. He is also interested in Islamic micro finance and banking. He has supervised several BBA, MBA and MBA (Evening) internship and thesis students. He has also taught international students at UniMap, in Malaysia.


Professor Solaiman graduated with a BBA (Honors) from the University of Dhaka in 2004, and in 2005, he earned an MBA in Marketing obtaining good CGPA in both the examinations. He attended the University Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP) in Malaysia for his PhD working in green marketing. Professor Solaiman's research output is noteworthy, with over 25 research articles published in both local and Scopus indexed international journals. Born into a prominent Muslim family on January 02, 1980, in Cumilla, Professor Solaiman is the offspring of Abdul Hafiz and Shamima Akter, renowned for their charitable contributions and commitment to education and social welfare activities. Professor Solaiman's spouse, a judicial officer, currently holds the position of additional District Judge, The Ministry of Law and Justice, Secretariate, the Peoples republic of Bangladesh. The couple is blessed with three daughters. In line with the values instilled by his parents, Professor Solaiman is dedicated to assisting the less fortunate in society and advancing education through the Abdul Hafiz Foundation, a charitable organization holding the position of its chairman, he actively supports. Professor Solaiman is a recognized figure in the media landscape, with his insights on higher education, and socio-political issues frequently featured in newspapers and shared through electronic media outlets.


Professor Solaiman's engagement in various social, cultural, and Non-political organizations has remained active since his days as a student. Dr. Solaiman was the president of Organizations for students’ advancement (OSA). Dr. Solaiman holds membership in a good number of professional 

Ph.D School of Business Innovation and Technopreneurship. University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP, a QS ranked university) Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Marketing 2017
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Department of Marketing, University of Dhaka Marketing 2005
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Department of Marketing, University of Dhaka Marketing 2004
Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Dhaka Commerce College, Dhaka Business Studies 1997

Department of Marketing, Comilla Unive
Chairman
May 2024 - Present


Department of Marketing, Comilla Univers, Bangladesh
Chairman
June 2022 - August 2022


Department of Marketing, Comilla Univers, Bangladesh
Chairman (In -Charge)
December 2009 - August 2010


Department of Marketing, Comilla University, Bangladesh
Student advisor
October 2017 - September 2022


Nowab Fyjunnesa Chowdhorani Hall, Bangladesh
House Tutor
June 2022 - December 2011


Department of Marketing, Comilla University, Bangladesh
Professor
June 2022 - Present


Department of Marketing, Comilla University, Bangladesh
Associate Professor
May 2017 - June 2022


Department of Marketing, Comilla University, Bangladesh
Assistant Professor
January 2011 - May 2017


Department of Marketing, Comilla University, Bangladesh
Lecturer
May 2007 - January 2011


 PUBLICATIONS:
[Articles published as professor]

 

1.  Mohammad Solaiman (2024). Impact of quality and warranty-based green production system for deteriorating item via teaching learning-based algorithm, International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics, 11:1, 2379536, DOI:10.1080/23302674.2024.2379536 (Q1, High Impact Factor 4.9, Scopus Undexed).

 

2. Rana Sohel S M & Solaiman M. (2022). Moral Identity, Consumption Values and Green Purchase Behavior (GPB). Under 3rd review in Journal of Islamic Marketing (Emerald). SCOPUS (Q2), Cite Score: 4.3 (2022). (Emerald). SCOPUS, ABDC indexed. ESCI link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uLIwOmIEVsezk2Sd1brmRHWvWVlcWQlG/view?usp=sharing.

 


3. Mohammad Solaiman (2024)."Investigating Sustainable Consumption Behavior (SCB) in Organic Foods Purchasing.", Int. J. of Green Economics. Accepted (2024) Inder science Publishers. Q2, Scopus Indexed.


[Articles published as an associate professor]

 

4. Solaiman M & Rana Sohel S M (2022). Perceived consumer effectiveness (PCE), ecoknowledge (EK) and green purchase behaviour (GPB): A study on environment friendly and energy efficient electronic products market. Accepted for Publication in International Journal of Business Environment (Inderscience). SCOPUS (Q3), ESCI indexed, Cite Score: 1.90. Vol and No: Ahead of printing. https://drive.google.com/file/d/16R7taHkbYG22bywFnlUEVlDHbjKWxp4d/view?usp=sharing.

 

5. Bhuiyan, A. B., Ali, M. J., Islam, K. A., Alam, M. S., & Solaiman, M. (2020). The Issues and Challenges of Shariah Harmonization of The Cross Border Transactioins: Conceptual Review of Islamic Banking Industries. International Journal of Shari'ah and Corporate Governance Research, 3(2), 1-9. Scopus index

 

6. Alam, M. S., Ali, M. J., Bhuiyan, A. B., Solaiman, M., & Rahman, M. A. (2020). The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on The Economic Growth in Bangladesh: A Conceptual Review. American Economic & Social Review, 6(2), 1-12.

 

7. Bhuiyan, A. B., Ismail, A. G., Islam, K. A., Solaiman, M., & Rahman, M. A. (2020). Islamic Bank Safety Net Issues: The Regulatory Challenges for Cross Border Islamic Banking Transactions. International Journal of Islamic Business & Management, 4(2), 20-31.

 

8. AHAMAD, S., BHUIYAN, A. B., SOLAIMAN, M., & JOARDER, M. H. R. (2021). The Impact of Microfinance Programs on Borrowers' Asset Accumulation: An Empirical Study in Bangladesh. The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, 8(5), 1147-1154.

 

9. MAR MS Alam, MJ Ali, AB Bhuiyan, M Solaiman(2020).Does Microfinance Intervention Impede On Socio-Economic Development Of Borrowers: Evidence From The Rural Bangladesh.Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal 25 (4, 2021), 1-11

 

10.Bhuiyan, A. B., Ismail, A. G., Nor, M. Z. B., Ali, M. J., & Solaiman, M. (2020). The Islamic Economics Philosophy And Application Reality In The Existing Islamic Economic Activities In The World. International Journal of Shari'ah and Corporate Governance Research, 3(2), 25-39.

 

11. Bhuiyan, A. B., Ismail, A. G., Ali, M. J., & Solaiman, M. (2020). “Islamic economics methodology patterns of reasoning and the structure of theories”. International Journal of Shari'ah and Corporate Governance Research, 3(2), 10-24.

 

12. AI Uddin M. A. Solaiman M., Raju (2020). A study on the factors of inflation based in malaysia,International journal of Social science, Innovation and educational , 1(4), 677-680.


[Articles published as an assistant professor]

 

13. Mohammad Solaiman, Mohd.Suberi Bin Ab. Halim, Nor Azila Mohd Noor Idris Md Noor,Rana Sohel S. M.(2017). Consumption Values and Green Purchase Behaviour: An Empirical Study.The international business Management, Medwell Journal.11(6), 1223-1233.

 

14. Solaiman Md., Rana Sohel S M & Hasan M. (2015) “Factors Affecting the Success of Social Marketing: A case of Bangladesh” Australia and New Zealand Journal of Social Business, Environment and Sustainability Volume 1,Issue 1,October 2015.

 

15. Rana Sohel S. M., Abdullah Osman, Arman Hadi Abdul Manaf, Mohd Suberi bin Ab Halim and Solaiman Md. Drivers of Retail Supply Chain Efficiency:Moderating Effect of Lean Strategy.International Journal of Supply Chain Management, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 52-62, March, 2016. (Indexed in SCOPUS).

 

16. Mohammad Solaiman1, Abdullah Osman2 and Mohd Suberi Bin Ab. Halim3” Green Marketing: A Marketing Mix Point of View”, International Journal of Business and Technopreneurship, Volume 5, No. 1, Feb 2015 [87-98].

 

17. Rana Sohel S M, Yusuf H Osman, Osman Abdullah, Azuddin bin Bahari, Safizal M and Solaiman Md. Supply Chain Strategies and Retail Supply Chain Efficiency. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 9(34) Special 2015, 67-73. (Indexed in SCOPUS).

 

18. Rana Sohel S M, Osman Abdullah, A.H Abdul Manaf, Solaiman Md and M S Abdullah. Supply chain Strategies and Responsiveness: A study on retail chain stores. International Business Management, 10(6). 849-857, ISSN-1993-5250. 2016. (Indexed in SCOPUS).

 

19. Osman Abdullah, Rana Sohel S M, Yusuf Haji Othamn, Bharat Lal and Solaiman Md. “The Influence of Job Satisfaction, Job Motivation & Perceived Organizational Support towards Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB): A Perspective of American-Based Organization in Kulim, Malaysia. Asian Social Science; Vol. 11, No. 21; 2015.ISSN 1911-2017 E-ISSN 1911-2025 (Indexed in SCOPUS)

 

20. Rana Sohel S M, Osman Abdullah, Azuddin bin Bahari and Solaiman Md.Determinants of Supply Chain Performance: A Strategic Point of View. International Journal of Supply Chain Management, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp.94-102 September 2015. (Indexed in SCOPUS).

 


21. Rana Sohel S M, Osman Abdullah, Lim Yi Jin and Solaiman Md.“Effectiveness of Promotional Tools to Influence the Purchase Decisions of Unsought Products: A Study on Life Insurance. The Social Sciences, 11 (2), 87-92. 2016.  (Indexed in SCOPUS)

 

22. Solaiman Md, Rana Sohel S M, & Sofiullah Md (2012)”ComparativeContribution of Conventional & Islamic Banks in the Economic Development: Bangladesh Perspective”Journal of Socioeconomic Research and Development,(JSERD), (Dhaka). ISSN-1813-0348, Volume-9, Issue-6, December-2012.

 

23. Solaiman M and Abdur Rahman Al Mahmud,” Factors affecting the brand image of a Cinema hall: A study on Star Cineplex, Basundhara City in Bangladesh. Volume: 4 issue: 6 November 2013 in the  “International Journal of Social Development and Information System (IJSDIS)” ISSN 2078-192X. 

 

24. Solaiman M,“A study on problems and prospects of tourism  industry in Bangladesh.      Journal of Socioeconomic Research and Development, Volume-8, December- 2011.

 

[Articles published as lecturer]

 

25. M A Sarkar, Solaiman M and Sumaya, “Relationship Marketing between  Advertising agencies and their clients. An empirical study. Southeast 
University journal of Business Studies, Volume-III, NO.-2, July-December-2007.

 

26. Belal Uddin, A H sarkar & Solaiman, “Income measurement: Accounting and  Economic income-journal of Socioeconomic Research and Development, Volume-4,    June-2007.

 

Conference paper:


‘Kuala Lumpur International Business and Social Science Research Conference 2015’ is pleased to inform you that your abstract/full paper titled “Factors Affecting the Success of Social Marketing: A Case of Bangladesh” has been accepted for oral presentation in a concurrent session at the above conference. 

 

Case study on : Swisspac Resources Sdn Bhd 


Mohammad Solaiman, Irene Tan Wei Hang, Khoo Qian Hui, Tan Li Huay, Teh Chew Yee and Yo Phui Mun. Book:Case Study on Family Business,Published by School of Business Innovation and Technopreneurship Universiti Malaysia Perlis.

 

 Research Projects/ Grants:


1) I got the research grant (Tk 97,000) from the Comilla University research cell project: 485/2013/16772(47), Title: “Consumers’ purchase behaviour toward green food: A study on Dhaka and Cumilla City”. in 2019.

 

2) Research grants (TK 69,000) from the comilla University research cell project: 485/2013/12117 (88), Title: “Factors influencing university students’ entrepreneurial behavior in Bangladesh ”. in 2020.

 

3) Research grants (TK 69,000) from the comilla University research cell project: 485/2013/12117 (88), Title: “Green Purchase behaviour in the electronic products market: A study on energy efficient compact fluorescent lamps(CFLs) ”. in 2018.

 


List of Training programs, Seminars and Workshops attended:


1.Two-day long workshop on PLS-SEM data analysis with smart PLS version2.0M3 software conducted by Dr. Fahmi Shaban Fararah. Organized by UniMAP dated 03.02.15 & 04.02.2015.

 

 

2. Day long seminar on “From research to commercialization value at UniMAP” conducted by Y.Bhg.Prof.DatoWira Dr.Mohd Salleh Haji Din, Y.Bhg.Dato Ghazali Dato’Mohd Yusuff and Prof. Ir.Dr.Mohd Jailani Mohd Nor. Dated 08.01.2015, UniMAP Pau Putra
campus.


3. Training program on applied research methodology in business, 2008. Arranged by BUREAU OF BUSINESS RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA.


  • Green Marketing, Marketing Management, Global Marketing, Consumer Behavior, Organizational Behavior, Marketing for Non-profit Or