Profile
Professor Shams Rahman
ChairpersonProfessor Shams Rahman is an internationally acclaimed academic in supply chain management with over three decades of experience in teaching, research, and academic leadership. He is currently the Vice-Chancellor of East West University, Bangladesh. He previously held positions at the University of Sydney, the University of Western Australia prior to joining RMIT University, Australia. Professor Rahman has advised multinational firms on issues such as remanufacturing, lean manufacturing, sustainable procurement, and talent management. He is frequently called upon to deliver keynotes and present workshops for professional bodies and senior executives. Professor Rahman has published over 250 research papers and successfully supervised 25 PhD candidates. He is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management and serves on the editorial board of fifteen international journals. For his contributions to supply chain discipline, in 2010, Professor Rahman was profiled by the industry-based journal Supply Chain Review, Australia.
Details
- Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Research
University of Exeter, Exeter, UK. 1991.
- Master of Engineering (M.E) in Industrial Engineering & Management
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok. 1983
- Master of Science (MSc) in Mechanical Engineering.
Belarus Institute of Technology, Minsk, 1979.
- Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and Secondary School Certificate (SSC). Mirzapur Cadet College, Mirzapur, 1973.
CURRENT AND POSITIONS PREVIOUSLY HELD
Current position:
Professor,
Supply Chain Management ,
January 2009 – to date.
Deputy Dean,
Research & Innovation and Professor
March 2010 – June 2015
College of Business and Law
RMIT University
Melbourne, Victoria
Associate Professor and
Head of Department,
Supply Chain and Logistics
College of Business
RMIT University
Melbourne, Victoria January 2007 – 2009 January
Director and Associate Professor
Supply Chain Management and
Master of Science in Logistics Management Graduate School of Business (GSB) University of Wollongong
Wollongong, Australia
Jan 2005 – December 2006
Director Program and Senior lecturer
Institute of Transport & Logistics Studies (ITLS) School of Business
The University of Sydney Sydney, Australia
January 2001 to January 2005
Senior Lecturer/Lecturer
Graduate School of Management (GSM) University of Western Australia Nedlands, Perth, Australia
July 1994 to January 2001.
Assistant Professor
Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka
1986 – 1988 and 1992-1993 (in between was a PhD student under Commonwealth Scholarship in the UK).
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
Since 2010 Member, International Advisory Committee, International Symposium on Logistics
Since 2004 Member, International Advisory Committee, The Asia Pacific Federation of Logistics & Supply Chain Systems
Since 2007 Member, Supply Chain and Logistics Association Australia Since 2001 Member, Logistics Association Australia
Since 1996 Member, Australian Institute of Management (AIM) Since 1989 Member, Operational Research Society, UK
Since 1984 Alumni Association, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Bangkok, Thailand.
VISITING PROFESSOR (Selected):
July 2019 Visiting Professor, MIT Zaragoza Logistics Center, Zaragoza, Spain. April 2017 Visiting professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India.
Nov, 2016 - Jan 2017 Visiting Fellow, University of Applied Sciences, Nuremberg, Kassel University, Germany. Nov – Dec 2015 Visiting Research Fellow, Linkoping University, Sweden.
Sept 2011 – to date International research scholar to Shanghai University, Shanghai, China Aug – Sept 1998 Visiting Research Fellow, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Oct – Nov 1998 Visiting Research Fellow, Virginia Tech University, US.
CURRENT EXTERNAL APPOINTMENTS
Since 2011 – Discipline Expert, Global Supply Chain, Depart of Education and Training, NSW, Australia. Since 2010 – Member, International Advisory Committee, International Symposium on Logistics.
Since 2004 - Member, International Advisory Committee, The Asia Pacific Federation of Logistics & Supply Chain Systems.
Since 2019 – Visiting Scholar, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
