Director, Education Cooperation Department of Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO  (ACCU) in Tokyo, Japan. Prior to assuming his current post in July 2018, he was a Professor of  Centre for Global Partnerships and Education, Okayama University in 2016 - 2018. He worked  with UNESCO Bangkok in 1996 – 2008 and Dhaka in 2008 - 2016 as a programme specialist  for promoting Education for All and Education for Sustainable Development. In particular,  he coordinated Community Learning Centre (CLC) networks in Asia and the Pacific through  policy forums, capacity development workshops and training materials development. His main  research areas are literacy, non-formal education, lifelong learning and sustainable community  development. He obtained Ph.D. in Human Science from Osaka University. He is currently  undertaking research activities as Specially Appointed Professor of Tokyo Healthcare University  and a Vising Research Fellow of Okayama University.