First Asian academic gets BAFA award

 

Live Correspondent: Professor Shahzad Uddin of Essex Business School at the University of Essex has been awarded the Distinguished Academic Award (DAA) of the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) for the year 2022.

The award is given every year to an individual who has made a substantial contribution to academic accounting and a direct contribution to academic accounting and finance life in the UK.

As a Bangladesh-born UK citizen, Professor Uddin is the first Asian academic who is going to receive the DAA in April this year, said a press release.

As a professor of accounting, Shahzad Uddin has advanced interdisciplinary perspectives on accounting research and has published a number of research articles in various journals including accounting, sociology, development, and philosophy.

He has dedicated his career to promoting accounting research in emerging economies and played a vital role in creating a special interest group within BAFA on Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies (AFEE).

He has also established the Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies (JAEE) as its founding editor and started the Accounting and Accountability in Emerging Economies (AAEE) conference.

This award recognises all these achievements as well as his commitment to his subject.Professor Shahzad Uddin will be presented with the award at this year's BAFA Annual Conference in April. As the recipient of the award, he will be invited to present the keynote speech at next year's conference.

The speech will then be published as a paper in the British Accounting Review, which is the official journal of the BAPA.

Dhaka, 01 March (campuslive24.com)//BIC

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