Md. Arif  Iqbal is an expert in advanced textile management and entrepreneurship. His academic focus is Textile engineering project management and Textile economics. Prior to becoming an honorable faculty member of BUTEX, he was in professional and industrial practice where he worked as a textile engineer at Merchandising department of Hameem group (the largest RMG exporting industry of Bangladesh). He was also employed as a “Research Assistant” at Bangladesh Textile Today, the most prominent textile research magazine of Bangladesh.

He enjoys sharing this depth of knowledge and experience with his students and takes pride in empowering the next generation of textile professional. Over many years, Arif Iqbal has been a director and co-founder of numerous emerging social entrepreneurship companies, including Prakirti Foundation and Green Valley Technical Park.

• Apparel Professionals’ Readiness Toward Sustainable Technology: A Conceptual Model
• Experience and preference of online-offline shopping of fashion product: Insights from Gen Z consumers of a developing country
• Gen Z Consumers’ Thought on Metaverse: Insight from a Developing Country’s Perspective
• Live Mannequin: Exploring Female Fashion Entrepreneurs on Facebook Live in the Context of a Developing Country
• The Influence of Social Media Vloggers on Gen Z Consumers’ Decision-Making Process: A Perspective from a Developing Country
• Understanding the Young Consumers’ Existing Practices of Using Second-hand Clothing: Perspectives from a Developing Country

• Industrial waste water treatment
• Backward linkage industry development through SME
• Industrial law & compliance issues of RMG
• Fashion marketing strategies
• Trend analysis of global fashion industry