Parimal Kumar Roy

Parimal Kumar Roy , in January 2006, embarked on his career in the Development sector, collaborating with GoB, PKSF, ADB, DFID, SIDA, UNFPA, and Orbis International. His involvement in various projects in this sector continued until May 2015. He then transitioned to the academic realm in June 2015, shifting from Development practice to Theory exercise. In his PhD thesis titled “Customary Law and Sustainable Community Development: A Study of the Santals of Bangladesh” (Universiti Malaya, Malaysia in 2024 with 'Award of Excellence'), he focused on the 'Capability Approach' aligned with the customary law and sustainable development of the Santals community. Prior to his PhD, he studied Anthropology at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh. His academic focus was on Indigenous communities, policies such as ILO Convention 169, UNDRIP, Forest policy, Environmental issues, SDGs, Climate justice, and the decision-making process within the cultural milieu, with a specific emphasis on the implication of participatory governance and development to ensure social justice. He also holds a Masters in Business Administration from BOU, Bangladesh. Currently, he is deeply interested in exploring the relationship between theory, policy, and practice among ethnic/ indigenous/ minority/ vulnerable groups and has published several analyses of policies and international frameworks on international platforms. Parimal Kumar Roy possesses an extensive interest in decolonization, indigenous research paradigms, and international frameworks. He is deeply committed to methodological rigor in research, adhering to the Indigenous Research Paradigm and neoliberal trend (post-positivism), and occasionally utilizing Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to conduct his research activities. His expertise and skill in these fields are sure to inspire trust in his professional and academic circles. Furthermore, he satisfied the “FinTech & Regulatory Innovation” (April-June 2023) course and “Cambridge Digital Assets For Regulators” (July-September 2023) at the University of Cambridge, UK, by getting ADBI scholarships and also obtained a full fellowship from ITCILO to study on Rural Development, Turin, Italy (2023); moreover, he obtained a training fellowship on Refugee Law by UNHCR (2024) to comprehend the International Refugee Law and its application in the refugee community; also he conveyed another one training fellowship from CIVICUS on Bridgers’ of Community Organizers training at Kuala Lumpur Malaysia (June 2024). Apart from these, he was awarded a full funding scholarship from ETH to participate at the Swiss School of Public Governance to complete the Certificate of Advanced Studies on 'Public Governance and Administration' at ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2024). He completed the CAS graduation with a Thesis—Forest Policy and Indigenous People: In the Lens of International Frameworks (2025).To add the capacities as part of the skilled story, acquired a PGD in Project Management and another in Criminology and Retrospective Justice. He also participated in foreign training, workshops, and conferences at home and abroad as part of a CBT journey and participated in the training on Introduction of Public Policy by ADBI scholarship. A good number of— Articles, Books, and Chapters belong to him to identify his unique knowledge domain.

Publications

PhD vs. PHD in Higher Education: Matters for Sustainable Development

This chapter aims to connect educational philosophy and higher education to ensure sustainable development goals in Bangladesh. Our PhDians are synonymous with Pizza Hut...

Community Climate Justice and Sustainable Development

Climate justice is a crucial issue, particularly for Indigenous communities that are disproportionately affected by environmental changes despite contributing the least to global...

Researcher Positionality in Qualitative Research With a Reflexive Dive With the Santals: A Dissertation Case Report

This case report presents the experiences through a PhD thesis and highlights the researcher's positionality. The researcher's positionality and reflexivity were...

Forest Policy and Sustainable Development of Indigenous Community: In the Lens of International Frameworks

This study examines Bangladesh's forest policy aligned with international documents. Indigenous communities coexist alongside the majority Bengali population....

Role of Urban Local Bodies in Ensuring Primary Healthcare: A Case of Bangladesh

This study reflected the author's one-decade professional journey in Bangladesh when he worked on the urban local body. Nevertheless, the author's sensuality with high...

Santals, Sal, and Forest Policy of Bangladesh: Reminiscence of Ethnographic Experience

This chapter reflects on the Ph.D. journey within the Santals of Bangladesh, followed by an ethnographic method at Birganj in Dinajpur, Bangladesh. The Government of Bangladesh...

Training Curriculum: Unveiling Captivity in Bangladesh

This chapter aims to discuss the training modules of the civil service training of the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre and to look for ways to contribute in the...

Sustainable Development: An Unhappy Consciousness

This chapter discusses sustainable development as an unhappy consciousness and suggests ratifying the development process in Bangladesh. To the author, sustainable development...

A Critical Review on the Current Status of Human Rights in the Shed of International Law: A Case From Rohingya's in Bangladesh

As an abstinence of the UN Refugee Convention, Bangladesh does not have an obligation to protect her inward refugees, and the Rohingya are one of the challenging concerns. This...

Post-COVID-19 Policy Analysis to Achieve Sustainable Urban Health Management in Bangladesh

This chapter explores the policy loopholes and implementation pitfalls in Bangladesh's urban health management system in light of the COVID-19 pandemic event to share all as...

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: A Case Study of the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, Bangladesh

This chapter addresses the following questions: What are the organizational gaps in achieving the SDGs indicators in the hilly ethnic groups, and how are they looking forward to...

A Philosophical Reflection of SDG 4 and Our Education Policy: Justified Self-Interest vs. Common Interest

No creed has called for education for peace. Instead of revealing the world of injustices, such an assertion emerged since the 1970s by Paulo Freire, Frantz Fanon from French...

A Philosophical Discussion of Sustainable Development: A Case From the Bangladeshi Santal Community

This chapter aims to present a logical discussion on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how they are being treated as incorrect concepts in the academic world and the...

Quantitative Data in Ethnography With Asian Reflections

This article discusses how ethnographic techniques work to conduct statistical analysis in anthropological research on the Indigenous community. At the same time, it explores how...

Practices, Challenges, and Prospects of Digital Ethnography as a Multidisciplinary Method

Ethnography in the digital age presents new methods for research. It encourages scientists to think about how we live and study in a digital, material, and sensory world. Digital...

History and Philosophy of Bioprospecting in Bangladesh: Experience From the Rakhain Indigenous People

This chapter aims to explain the bioprospecting situation in Bangladesh from an analytical, philosophical, and indigenous standpoint. It has three parts: looking at the...

Constitutional Provision in Protecting and Managing Indigenous Knowledge Systems: A Case From Rakhain Community in Bangladesh

Methodologically, this study aligns with the analytical philosophy and the indigenous standpoint and cultural interface theory. This study found that the education system itself...

Ethnic Tension of the Bangladeshi Santal: A CDA of the Constitutional Provision

This chapter aims to do a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of ethnic tension in Bangladesh and the constitutional provisions on the Santal Indigenous community in establishing...

“Ihsanic” Philosophy as an Alternative to Social Justice: A Concepirical (Conceptual+Empirical) Reflection From the Bioprospecting Domain in Bangladesh

This chapter argues that Rawlsian social justice fails to ensure property rights for Indigenous people in the Bangladesh context. Explaining from an Indigenous standpoint...

Social Justice Through BPATC in Bangladesh Under the Shadow of Colonialism: Prospects and Challenges

This chapter aims to understand how the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) can ensure social justice through its apex and unique training manuals....

Internet as a Field: An Analysis of the Santal Online Communities

The chapter demonstrates how the Facebook platform has become an important field complement to the classical ethnographic genres in the Santal community of Bangladesh. The...

Digital Ethnography: What We Have Done and What We Need to Do in the New Normal

This chapter aims to review the five write-ups on digital ethnography and how we can mitigate adverse situations like a pandemic. This chapter is based on secondary sources to...

Christianity, COVID-19, and Marginal People of Bangladesh: An Experience From the Santal Community

This chapter aims to discuss the correlation between Indigeneity and Christianity in the context of Bangladesh's Santal community during this pandemic C-19. Methodologically...

Ubuntu Philosophy: ‘I Am Because We Are' – A Road to ‘Individualism' to Global Solidarity

This chapter is guided by, informed by, and deals with the Indigenous African faith Ubuntu, which is translated as “I am because we are.” When we are nearing the new normal, we...