Sakir Mohammad
Intern @Shanghai Daily (China Biz Buzz)
Master's Student @Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Alumnus of North South University
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Bangla Roots. Shanghai Routes.
This site is my running field note, travel diary, and late-night thought dump—all rolled into one. I’m Sakir Mohammad: Bangladeshi by birth, Shanghai grad-student by postcode, and a lifelong collector of quirky stories about media, politics, and the people caught in between.
Research Papers
Research Papers
Harisur Rahman, Sakir Mohammad, & Sayeda Tasnuva Swarna, "Voices in Peril: Understanding English Public Speaking Anxiety among University Students in Bangladesh,"Cogent Education, 2024. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2331186X.2024.2355381
Sakir Mohammad, "পরিসংখ্যানের বাইরে: সাংহাইয়ের শিক্ষা জীবনের অন্য গল্প (Beyond the Statistics: Another Story of Education Life in Shanghai)," China in the Eyes of the New Generation of Bangladesh, Confucius Institute at North South University, Bangladesh, expected to be published in August 2025.
Samiksha Koirala and Sakir Mohammad, "Resilience in the Face of Gendered Disinformation: The Challenging Journey of Women Journalists in South Asia," Handbook of Disinformation, expected to be published in late 2025.
Selected Opinion Pieces
Selected Opinion Pieces
Contribution to the Newspapers
Contribution to the Newspapers
The great Bangladeshi disinformation Olympics (The Daily Observer), 30 May, 2025
Original Publication: https://www.observerbd.com/news/527855
AI will threaten jobs in our labour-intensive industries (The Daily Observer), 1 May, 2025
Original Publication: https://www.observerbd.com/news/523486
A daily sip of Oolong tea is a Chinese secret to longevity (The Daily Observer), 19 April 2025
Original Publication: https://www.observerbd.com/news/521523
How China's media highlight Yunus's visit (The Daily Observer), 12 April, 2025
Original Publication: https://www.observerbd.com/news/520527
Scammed and deceived: The threat of online disinformation (The Business Standard), 21 February, 2025
Original Publication: https://www.tbsnews.net/thoughts/scammed-and-deceived-threat-online-disinformation-1074496
Rethinking trust: Do Bangladeshi university students trust traditional media? (Dhaka Tribune), 18 May, 2024
Original Publication: https://www.dhakatribune.com/amp/opinion/op-ed/346792
Why study public policy and governance? (The Daily Star), 14 May, 2024
Original Publication: https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/why-study-public-policy-and-governance-3609856
Deepfakes and Bangladesh general election 2024 (Dhaka Tribune), 25 September, 2023
Original Publication: https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/326286/deepfakes-and-bangladesh-general-election-2024
The urgency of good AI (Dhaka Tribune), 13 June, 2023
Original Publication: https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/313359/the-urgency-of-good-ai
Stopping online misinformation (Dhaka Tribune), 01 May, 2023
Original Publication: https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/310139/stopping-online-misinformation
বেসরকারি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে পিএইচডি করার সুযোগ থাকবে না কেন (প্রথম আলো), ০৯ নভেম্বর, ২০২২
Original Publication: https://www.prothomalo.com/opinion/column/4ou6aoay38
Speak up: Why public speaking should be taught in our high schools (Dhaka Tribune), 28 October, 2022
Original Publication: https://www.dhakatribune.com/op-ed/2022/10/28/speak-up-why-public-speaking-should-be-taught-in-our-high-schools
Cases and causes of ‘benevolent sexism’ in Bangladesh (The Daily Observer), 9 September, 2022
Original Publication: https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=383013
Rising inflation in Bangladesh: A land of the future poor (The Daily Observer), 26 August, 2022
Original Publication: https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=380821
Public Speaking in the time of Corona" (The Bangladesh Today), September 5, 2020
Original Publication: https://thebangladeshtoday.com/
Extracurriculars
Extracurriculars
Class Representative, 2024 Cohort
School of Media and Communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
· Nominated as Class Representative for the English Master's program to serve as the liaison between the department, class coordinator, and cohort members.
· Responsible for ensuring timely communication and disseminating important updates and announcements to the cohort.
Organizer, TEDxBashundharaRd
Dhaka, Bangladesh | February 2023
Organized an independently licensed TED event themed “Unleashing the Power of Collective Imagination,” managing speaker coordination, sponsorship acquisition, and audience engagement for 200+ participants.
Editor in Chief (Founder): April 1, 2022- April 2023
NSU Journal of Student Research (The first student research journal in Bangladesh)
● Recruited associate editors and student delegates and raised BDT 50,000 funds for the inauguration, journal office decoration, and first issue publication
● Organized regular free research workshops for the students
● Published the first issue of the journal
Area Director, Toastmasters International: July 1, 2020 - July 1, 2021
District 41 (North and East India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal)
● Conducted training on public speaking, leadership & networking opportunities for the members of 5 Toastmasters Clubs and built a new club: Bashundhara Toastmasters Club
President: July 2019-July 31st, 2020
North South University Toastmasters Club (First University-Based Toastmasters Club in Bangladesh)
● Earned President Distinguished Club recognition by Toastmasters International
● Organized Public Speaking Workshop with 500 participants
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