Al Masud Hasanuzzaman is Professor of Government and Politics at the Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka. He received BA (Honours) and MA degrees in Political Science in 1977 and 1979 from Dhaka University. He obtained MSc degree in Development Studies from the University of Bath, UK in 1984. He earned his Ph.D from Dhaka University in 1995. He was the Chairman of Government & Politics Department, JU, from 1986 to 1989. He was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in the Department of Political Science at the Columbia University, New York, USA during 1991-92 academic session.