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Faculty

Name: Prof (Dr) K M Baharul Islam

Designation: Director & Professor

Qualification: D.Litt., PhD (Double), MBA, LLM (UK), MA, B.Ed. Post-Doc (AIT Bangkok)

Functional Area: General Management

DOJ: 17 February 2025

Email Id: bislam@imthyderabad.edu.in

Phone: 08414671660

Teaching Interests
Research Interests

Media and Communications
Sustainable Development
Public Policy and Governance
Gender Issues

Journal Papers

Exploring sustainable urban governance: Evolving dynamics, transitions, and ambiguities. V. M. Thoyyib, K. M. Baharul Islam, and A Guha (2024) In Journal of Urban Affairs "A" in ABDC
COVID-19 and human resource management: status, trends and research directions. Sachdeva, L., Jena, L.K., Badhotiya, G.K., Baharul Islam, K.M., Mujtaba, BG and Pal, S. (2024) in Employee Relations, Vol. 46 No. 4, pp. 871-894. Category "2" ABS List
Entrepreneurial intention among female university students: examining the moderating role of entrepreneurial education (2020). Anwar, I., Saleem, I., Islam, K. M. B. and Thoudam, P. (2020). In Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development, 12(4)., pp.217 - 234.
The Socio-Economic Trajectories and the Performance of Women Entrepreneurship in India. A Khan, K M Baharul Islam S Akhter & A Mitra (2023). Journal of Technology, 11(7), pp. 194-215.
Individual entrepreneurial orientation, entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intention: The mediating role of entrepreneurial motivations (2021). A Hassan, I Anwar, I Saleem, K M Baharul Islam and S A Hussain. In Industry and Higher Education, 2021, Vol. 35(4), pp. 403–418.
Exploring the status of community information and training for disaster preparation and mitigation practices: An appraisal of 2013 flash flood in Uttarakhand. Khan, A., Islam K. M. B., Mitra, A. (2019). In International Journal of Emergency Management, 15(2), pp. 147-165 (Scopus Indexed)
Predictive analytics for reducing human-animal conflict. Singh, N., Baharul Islam, K.M. (2017). In International Journal of Development and Conflict, 7(2), pp. 81-96. (Scopus Indexed)

Elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, London (FARAS), in 2020
Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (2016-2018)
IPDET Fellowship, Centre for Continuing Education, University of Bern, 2018
International Fellow, KAICIID Dialogue Centre, Vienna, Austria (2015-2016)
Honorary Fellow, US India Policy Institute, Washington DC (USA), Since 2015
Andrew Towl Endowment Fund Scholarship, Harvard Business School, 2013
Development Marketplace Certificate of Recognition, The World Bank (Twice 2003 & 2007)
UK Telecom Academy Fellowship, London, 2004-2006 (for LLM at Strathclyde University)

Education
Service

D.Litt. (English), Kumaun University, Nainital, India (2023)
PhD 2nd (Social Work): Don Bosco University, Guwahati (2015)
MBA, IKG Punjab Technical University (2015)
LLM, University of Strathclyde, UK (2006)
Post-Doctorate, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok (1999)
PhD 1st (English), Tezpur University, India (1999)
B.Ed., Assam University, Silchar (1997)
LLB, Assam University, Silchar (1995)
MA (English), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (1992)

Training Received:

IPDET, University of Bern, Switzerland (2018)
GloCOLL, Cohort, Harvard Business School (2013)

Professor & Founder Chair, Centre of Excellence in Public Policy & Government, IIM, Kashipur (Jul 2012- Jan 2025)
Dean (Academics), Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur (2019-2021)

Life Member, Indian Law Institute
Life Member, South Asian Network for Public Administration
Member, International Bar Association (UK)
International Association for Media and Communication Research.
Registered with the Bar Council of India as an Advocate (Since 2004)
International Council for Commercial Arbitration (since 2014)

Professor K M Baharul Islam is a distinguished academic and researcher with over three decades of expertise in Communications, Corporate Law, Public Policy, and Governance. Previously, he served as a Professor and Chairperson of the Centre for Public Policy and Government at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kashipur. Since 2022, he has been a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics.

Professor Islam holds a D.Litt., two PhDs, an MA, an MBA, a B.Ed., and an LLM from the University of Strathclyde, UK. He completed his post-doctoral studies at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok. In recognition of his scholarly contributions, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of the United Kingdom in 2020. His academic accolades include the United Kingdom Telecom Academy Fellowship at the University of Strathclyde (2004), the Andrew Towl Endowment Scholarship at Harvard Business School (2013), and the IPDET Fellowship at the University of Bern, Switzerland (2018).

With an extensive global teaching career, Professor Islam has held academic engagements at prestigious institutions worldwide. He has also contributed to international development through his work with the United Nations, including a tenure at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) from 2003 to 2006. Between 2014 and 2016, he led a major World Bank-funded capacity-building initiative on Environmental Impact Assessment in South Asia as Program Director. At IIM Kashipur, he pioneered a Green MBA program and developed a training module on Telecom Infrastructure Sharing for the United Nations Asian and Pacific Training Centre for ICT for Development (APCICT) in Incheon, South Korea.

Professor Islam serves on the Board of Educators Without Borders International (since 2020) and is a Fellow at the US India Policy Institute in Washington, DC, and the KAICIID Dialogue Centre in Lisbon. As a Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (2016–2018), he conducted research on the literature of Assam’s Char areas. A prolific scholar, he has authored ten books and numerous research papers and articles.

An accomplished public intellectual, Professor Islam is a sought-after speaker, debater, and media commentator. He participated in the BBC World Debate in 2006. His notable publications include Sustainable Development Goals and Interreligious Dialogue (2023), Migrant Muse: The Third Space in Assamese Literature (2023), Literature from North-East India (Routledge, 2022), Business Communication (Wiley, co-authored with Bell & Smith, 2022), and Environment Impact Assessment - Precept and Practice (Taylor & Francis, 2021).

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