Advisor, Policy Research Center.bd, a civil society Think Tank. Working on School Psychology and Parenting. Retired from Bangladesh Army as a Colonel in 2007. Served as the Principal of English Medium Schools (2007-19). I have been the Senior Research Director of BIISS (Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies), a govt sponsored think tank (2003-6). Served as Deputy Contingent Commander in a UN Peacekeeping Mission at Sierra Leone (2001-2). Actively participated in national and international seminars relating security, Disaster Management, School Psychology and other matters. I have so far published 12 books, including six books of poetry. Married with four children. ashr54@gmail.com www.ashrafaldeen.wordpress.com