Shubhankar Shil

Shubhankar Shil is an Assistant Professor with over two decades of experience in the domain of higher education as an academic and career mentor, educator, and pro bono tertiary education advisor. He has served in key management and advisory roles with different organizations including IDA/IBRD, IFC, ADB, UNDP, UNCDF, IRRI, WHO, and different academies in home and abroad. As a forerunner and avid campaigner of building effective organizations by removing the overlapping and bottleneck, he calibrates the organizational protagonists to actualize maximum possible potential. He is a firm advocate for strengthening sustainable organizations.

He facilitates active learning for the undergrad and graduate learners, particularly learning modules of management and organizations, law and jurisprudence, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, financial and accounting information system, value-added and financial reporting, direct and indirect taxation, supply chain management, organizational policy, operations & strategic management. He is also an avid facilitator with particular interest in Outcome-Based Education (OBE), curriculum and assessment design, blended learning, and quality enhancement, working with different academic, academic regulator and accrediting organizations.

He is committed in academic excellence, institutional sustainability, and meaningful partnership among different stakeholders entailing learners, mentors, academic facilitators, faculty members, academia, and organization, the ground of practice.

School of Business
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA)

Fellow Member (Fellow Chartered Accountant/FCA) 1999
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB)

MBA, Finance, 2002
Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

BBA, 1996
School of Management & Business Administration, University of Khulna, Bangladesh

His research interests comprise emerging business and technology management, family business and succession, governance and accountability, earnings management, quality of earnings and financial disclosures, corporate citizenship and corporate social responsibility.

Awards, Scholarship & Recognitions

1. HSBC Scholarship for Best Performance of MBA Program, Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka.
2. Shaw Wallace (UK) Scholarship awarded for pursuing Chartered Accountancy Studies with  The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB).
3. University Merit Scholarship, University of Khulna, Bangladesh.

Teaching Experience

1. ULAB School of Business, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Full-Time): Assistant Professor, 15 January 2011 - Till date.
2. School of Business & Economics, Independent University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Full-Time): Lecturer, 15 July 2003 - 06 August 2007

Corporate/Other Professional Experience

1. The World Bank, South Asia Region (Full-Time): Governance Specialist, 22 July 2006 - 17 October 2010.
2. Swisscontact, Head of Finance, Compliance & Research Coordination, 11 December 2022 - 30 June 2003.

Engagements in Organizational Committees and Delegations

1. The Banks and Financial Institutions Board Leadership Program, Corporate Governance Cluster, IFC (International Finance Corporation), the World Bank Group, Leader Facilitator, 01 March 2011 - 30 April 2020.
2. Library Management Committee, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Member Secretary, 01 August 2011 - 31 October 2019.
3. Research Committee, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Member Secretary, 01 March 2011 - 30 June 2017.

1. Fellow Member, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh.
2. Life Member of Bangladesh MBA Alumni Association.
3. Life Member of Bangladesh Bankers' Club.
4. Founding & Life Member of KU Graduate Club.

1. Shil, Shubhankar and Ahmad, Wazir (2024). Are Independent and Non-Executive Directors Improving Corporate Governance and Firm Performance? An Evince from Bangladesh. (Springer - Finance and Law in the Metaverse World.  Original Paper Chapter 45-57. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-67547-8_5
2. Shil, Shubhankar (2015). An Exploratory Study on Bangladesh Emerging Credit Rating Industry. Independent Business Review, IUB Business School Journal, 8(1 & 2) https://ar.iub.edu.bd/handle/11348/313
3. Shil, Shubhankar (2015). Positive Accounting Theory and Changes in Accounting Principles: An Exploratory Inquiry into Bangladeshi Listed Companies. Independent Business Review, IUB Business School Journal, 7(2) http://www.sbe.iub.edu.bd/images/sum-2015/A5.pdf
4. Shil, Shubhankar and Ahmed, Shoaib (2013). Protecting Existing and Prospective Investors and Role of Internal Auditors , Independent Business Review, IUB Business School Journal, 6 & 7 (2)  https://www.sbe.iub.edu.bd/ibr/images/Sample%20article.pdf
5. Shil, Shubhankar.,  Jahangir, Nadim.,  and Parvez, Noorjahan (2008). Factors influencing Customers’ Willingness to Buy in the context of PC peripherals. Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Official Journal of Department of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab,. 18(1 & 2) https://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/doap/PDF-FILES/3%20Factors_Influencing_Customers_willingness_.pdf
6. Shil, Shubhankar.,  Haque, Amaln J., and Jahangir, Nadim (2007). Examination of Profitability in the Context of Bangladesh Banking Industry. ABAC (Assumption University) Journal, https://assumptionjournal.au.edu/index.php/abacjournal/article/view/577 and https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242077742_EXAMINATION_OF_PROFITABILITY_IN_THE_CONTEXT_OF_BANGLADESH_BANKING_INDUSTRY
7. Shil, Shubhankar and Jahangir, Nadim (2007), “Information Search on Banking Products and Services” UDYOG PRAGATI: The Journal for Practicing Managers. 31(3)
8. Shil, Shubhankar and Haque, Amlan J (2006). Village Phone: Expectation Vs. Execution.The journal of Social Studies. 112(4)

1. Shil, S. & Ahmad, A. W. (2024). Are Independent and Nonexecutive Directors Improving Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: An Evince from Bangladesh, International Conference of Business and Innovative Technology (ICBIT), University College of Bahrain.
2. Shil. S (2024). Control and Capital: Bangladeshi Family Firms’ Attitude to Raise External Capital. India Finance Conference 2024 at IIM (IIM–Raipur), Chhattisgarh, India,
3. Shil. S (2024) An Exploratory Study on Emerging Technologies in Bangladeshi Industries, International Conference on Leveraging Emerging Technologies and Analytics for Development (LEAD), IIM Shillong, India.
4. Shil. S (2016) Rural Marketing in Bangladesh; International Conference on Global Strategy and Emerging Markets Center for International Business Education and Research, University of Miami, USA.
5. Shil. S (2015). Clash in Corporate Rating: A study on competition among credit rating agencies and their neutrality in rating, a Bangladeshi perspective. India Finance Conference 2015 at IIM Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
6. Shil. S (2014). A financial diagnosis into the cost of capital, capital structure, and firms’ performances: Evidence from Listed Companies in Bangladesh. India Finance Conference 2014 at IIM, Bangalore, India.