Md. Sohel Rana is currently pursuing Ph.D. in the Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya, Malaysia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and MBA in Management Studies from the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. His area of expertise in research includes Microfinance & Financial Inclusion, Poverty & Development Economics, Urban Economics, Productivity & Efficiency, Tourism, Environmental Economics, Halal etc. He has already published several journal articles in the Web of Science and Scopus indexed journals. He has also been working as a Research Assistant in the University of Malaya, Malaysia.