PhD : Accounting, Accountability and Governance (University of Manchester, UK) Masters Masters in Development Studies (University of Colombo, Srilanka) MBA : (IBA, University of Dhaka) BBA : (IBA, University of Dhaka)

Dr. Melita is a Professor at IBA, University of Dhaka. She herself has completed her bachelors and masters from IBA itself and have joined the Institute in 2009 as lecturer. A commonwealth scholar, Dr. Melita has completed her PhD from the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK in Accounting and Finance. Her PhD research was on “The Politics of CSR Reporting: A traditional Economy Perspective”. She also has a master’s in development studies from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. She has published a number of articles in national and international journals. Dr. Mehjabeen is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Financial Markets and Governance and the Journal of Business Administration. She is also serving as the member of technical committee of the BGMEA Innovation Centre. Before entering the academia, Dr. Melita has worked at the corporate sector for 5 years, serving at British American Tobacco, Bangladesh and Citibank, N.A.

CSR Reporting, Accountability and Corporate Governance in emerging economies, ESG and Sustainability, SME Finance

1. Awarded Centennial Research Grant for one year (2021-2022), University of Dhaka to conduct a research om “Bridging Industry-Academia Gap through Collaboration”.
2. Awarded Research Grant from Danish Fellowship Centre, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark to work as a researcher on the 5yearResearch project “Circular Economy in Apparel Industry in Bangladesh” from (2022-2027)
3. Awarded Research Grant for 6 months from the Bureau of Economic Research, university of Dhaka to conduct a research on “Impact of Covid 19 on Working women in Bangladesh” as the Principal Investigator (2022-2023)
4. Commonwealth Scholarship in the UK, 2013.

1. Siddiqui, J., Mehjabeen, M. and Stapleton, P. (2021), "Emergence of corporate political activities in the guise of social responsibility: dispatches from a developing economy", Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol. 34 No. 5, pp. 1137-1162. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-07-2019-4087
2. Mehjabeen, M (2020) “Audit Fees and Audit Delay in Politically Connected Firms: Evidence from Bangladesh”, Journal of Business Studies, University of Dhaka.
3. Mehjabeen, M and Bukth, T (2020) “Comparative Analysis of the Dominant Themes in CSR Reporting Discourse in Bangladesh: A Structured Literature Review”, Accounting and Finance Review, Volume 5, Issue 1, 01 – 14, DOI/10.35609/afr.2020.5.1(1)
4. Mehjabeen, M and Bukth, T (2022) , “Corporate Social Responsibility disclosure in group affiliated firms and politically connected family firms: Empirical evidence from a traditional society” ( Accepted for publication in Journal of Financial Markets and Governance )
5. Bari, Kamrul, Mehjabeen, M and Habib, Laila (2022), “Interaction between Individual and Corporate Work Life Balance Strategies and their Associations with subjective well-being: Evidence for RMG Sector in Bangladesh (Accepted for publication in the Journal of Business Administration ).