Center for Entrepreneurship

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Mohammad Bhuiyan is the Endowed Professor of Entrepreneurship and the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Fayetteville State University. He has over eighteen years of experience in dealing with entrepreneurship issues. For his outstanding work in the entrepreneurship field, Dr. Bhuiyan was awarded 2005 Prestigious Appel Prize by Babson College. He is also the President & CEO of Global Trading and Consulting, Inc., a company that works with start-up ventures as well as major corporations. He also has been the director of a national entrepreneurship program for last seven years, where he works very closely with many Fortune 500 companies, federal agencies, all branches of military, MIT, Stanford University, Syracuse University, Carnegie Mellon University, Babson College, Dartmouth College, UT Austin, Rice University, Emory University, Northwestern University, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, and many others.

Dr. Bhuiyan received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Florida, two MBAs from Georgia State University and the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore. He has also received leadership and other educational trainings from the Center for Creative Leadership, Emory University, Duke University, American Council on Education, UC-Berkley, MIT, Harvard University KSG and Harvard Business School.

He has worked as a marketing executive and consultant for the British American Tobacco, Pfizer, UNDP, FAO, and a number of other corporations. Before joining Fayetteville State University, Dr. Bhuiyan served as Assistant Dean, Department Head, and faculty member at Hampton University, Fort Valley State University, Clark Atlanta University, Savannah State University, University of Florida and the University of Dhaka. His main teaching and research interest are in the areas of international business management and entrepreneurship. He offers training programs for business executives and others on “Global Business Culture” (how to deal with people from different cultures and different ethnic background), “Leadership Development,” and “Negotiations.”

As a true international expert, he has lived in, worked and traveled to Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and the United States.  He is associated with a number of national and international professional, academic, and business associations.

Dr. Bhuiyan is a prolific grant writer and an excellent fund-raiser. He has received many grants and led fundraising efforts for many organizations totaling millions of dollars. He has also served on several nonprofit, civic, and economic development boards of directors, including Better Business Bureau, Junior Achievement, American Red-Cross, American Heart Association, IOH, Second Harvest Food Bank, The Rotary Club, City of Savannah Human Resource Commission, and Middle Georgia Regional Cooperation Initiative.

For his outstanding achievements, Dr. Bhuiyan has been named to the Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Finance & Industry, Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, and International Who’s Who of Professional Management. For his outstanding contribution and leadership, The City Council of Savannah adopted a proclamation to proclaim May 31, 1996 as “Dr. Mohammad Bhuiyan Day”, and The County of Chatham Commission also adopted a proclamation to proclaim May 24, 1996 as “Dr. Mohammad Bhuiyan Day”. Dr. Bhuiyan also received numerous awards including Outstanding Teacher and Outstanding Leadership Awards.

Dr. Bhuiyan and his works have been featured in many daily and other newspapers including The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Daily Press (Hampton, VA), Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA), Atlanta Business Chronicle, Savannah Morning News, Georgia Guardian, The State (Columbia, SC) Global Fax (Atlanta, GA), Atlanta Business Journal, Black Issues in Higher Education, Black Enterprise, Savannah Business Journal, Triangle Business Journal, and The Fayetteville Observer. Dr. Bhuiyan hosted a highly successful bi-weekly live radio talk show named “International Business Hour” for two years at the WHCJ station. He has appeared on many news stories and interviews aired on ABC, CBS, and NBC affiliated TV stations, cable channels, and other radio stations.

He is a graduate of Leadership Georgia’s Class of 1996.  Dr. Bhuiyan is married to Shamima and has a twenty-one year-old son, Avi.

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