Nitol Chakma

Area of Interest:

· Ethnicity and identity crisis of Indigenous Peoples

· Citizen participation and community development

· International development

· Addressing marginalization, equity and conflict through development projects

· Development aid effectiveness, particularly in relation to capacity building of local communities

Professional Activities: Project implementation, lead the skills development and research team, coordination and liaison with civil society organizations, policy makers, input the policies on indigenous peoples' issues and formation of strategies.

2019

Chakma, Nitol (2019), Education System in Bangladesh: the Impact on Indigenous Peoples and their Identity in Solidarity: “Indigenous Languages 2019”, 81-88, Edited by Sanjeeb Drong, Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples Forum,

Dhaka, Bangladesh [ISBN 984-300-002346-1].

2018

Chakma, Nitol (2018), The   Identity Crisis of Indigenous Peoples in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Bangladesh (Master’s Thesis, Flinders   University, Adelaide, Australia). Retrieved from https://theses.flinders.edu.au/view/61438990-466a-

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2022

Title: "Indigenous" in Bangladesh: State denial versus self-identification of an identity

Publishers: Ethnopolitics

2022

1. Title: Impact of the 2017 Rohingya   Influx on Host Area Minority Indigenous Villages

Authors:

· Anthony Ware, Associate

   Professor, Deakin University, Australia.

· Nitol Chakma,   Lecturer, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.

· Dr Vicki-Ann   Ware, Deakin University, Melbourne Australia.

2. Title: Solidarity concern and recent host community attitudes towards  Rohingya  refugee in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Authors:

· Nitol Chakma, Lecturer, University of   Liberal Arts Bangladesh

· Anthony Ware, Associate   Professor, Deakin University, Australia and

· Kristina Kironska, Associated Professor, Palacky University, Czech Republic.

3. Title: Identity crisis and the process of unpeopling the indigenous peoples in Chittaging Hill Tracts (CHT), Bangladesh. 

     Author:

· Nitol Chakma, Lecturer, University of   Liberal Arts Bangladesh

Year: 2020 - 2022

1. Name of the project: Building Indigenous Peoples Movement in Bangladesh

Funded by: International Work Group of Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), Denmark

Year: 2020

2. Name of the project: Strengthening Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples Form through Indigenous Women and Youths inclusion and leadership for Indigenous

Peoples Movement in Bangladesh

Funded by: Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), Thailand

Year: 2020

3. Name of the project: Community Organizing Training   (COT) for Enhancing Indigenous Youth Involvement, Building Leadership and Strengthening Indigenous Peoples Rights in Bangladesh

Funded by: Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), Thailand

Year: 2012-2014

4. Name of the project: Building Capacities on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples' Issues in

Bangladesh: Rights and Good Practices

Funded by: International Labour Organization (ILO)

2021

Australia Awards Alumni Grant Project on promoting Chakma and Tanchangya indigenous language in Cox’

2019

Awarded 12 Months Fellowship program on “Leadership Integration and Cross-learning Fellowship” from Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), Thailand.

2018

Received Chancellor Commendation for outstanding result from Flinders University in Australia.

2017

Australia Awards Scholarship by Australian Government for 2017-2018 to pursue Master of Arts (International Development) at Flinders University, Australia.

1. Professor Susanne Schech

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Flinders University, South Australia 

Email: Susanne.schech@flinders.edu.au

2. Associate Professor Anthony Ware

International & Community Development

Convenor, Development-Humanitarian Research Group

Secretary, Development Studies Association of Australia (DSAA)

Deakin University, Melbourne

School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Education

Deakin University, Australia.

Email: anthony.ware@deakin.edu.au