Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Talukdar is a Professor of Business Administration at American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh. The International Education Summit & Awards, 2020 Bangkok, selected Dr. Talukdar as an Outstanding Trained Graduate Teacher for his significant contributions in teaching, research, and curriculum development. Political economy, gender-responsive budgeting and planning, gender and development, decentralization and governance, sustainable development, performance management, talent management, strategic and change management, and leadership and entrepreneurship development are among his research interests. He has authored 2 internationally published books, 2 nationally published books, 5 internationally published book chapters, 15 internationally published scholarly journal articles, 6 nationally published peer-reviewed journal articles, 2 working papers, and 100 OP-ED pieces. He undertook several assignments in Bangladesh, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam.