Salma Akhter is a senior sociologist at the University of Dhaka. She holds First Class Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Sociology and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge as a Commonwealth Scholar. She has presented at international conferences worldwide and served on editorial and academic committees. Prof. Akhter has worked as a consultant with UN agencies and development partners, with expertise in gender, education, health, poverty, NGOs, WATSAN, local governance, and indigenous community issues in Bangladesh.