Basher Mohd Salahuddin (Basher), from Bangladesh, is progressing in 2020, as a candidate for HELP University’s (HELP) MBA degree. It was a deliberate choice of postgraduate study for him to be competent, confident and competitive, for senior leadership and management roles that he has set his sights on, in the tourism and hospitality industry, discordant with his previous learning in biological sciences and work experience in the pharmaceutical sector. Basher received the HELP postgraduate bursary for his MBA studies, and is scheduled to complete it and graduate in 2021.

He studied at the Government Titumir College, Dhaka, and obtained his Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary School Certificate, with results in the First Division for both, in 1996 and 1998 respectively. He progressed to the National University, Dhaka, for his tertiary education, graduating in 2004 with BSc in Zoology, then MSc in Fisheries in 2007, achieving respectively, 2nd Class Upper Hons and 1st Class Hons, under the Bangladeshi qualification classification system. From 2009-2014, Basher was Senior Information Officer with Servier Bangladesh Operations, responsible for consultation with doctors in various countries, and conducting studies and research for Servier, a French pharmaceuticals research company operating globally in 142 countries. During his travels, hotel operations and hospitality services caught his attention, igniting his interest in the vibrant tourism/hospitality industry with good international career opportunities, and fueling his decision to switch his career.

With the fortitude for new learning for his career switch, Basher registered with HELP’s School of Tourism and Hospitality at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Accounting, for the Bachelor of Business (Hospitality Management) (Hons), BBHM, and travelled to Malaysia in 2015 to commence his studies. He acknowledges that it was challenging at a relatively mature age, after graduating with both an undergraduate and postgraduate degree, and working for 5 years, focused in a different sector, but he was determined, and confident of reaching the new destination. Basher received HELP’s Anniversary Bursary for his BBHM programme, and graduated in 2019, with 2nd Class Upper Hons.

His says that success was driven by self-belief and hard work, and stresses that, with the right attitude and perseverance, nothing is impossible. Basher appreciates HELP’s education quality and learning facilities and that declares that he has chosen the right institution to pursue his studies.