Sharik Ahamed

- Empathised with 300+ German custom officers learning English as a second language with a focus on topics and terminology of the German customs office. - Conducted engaging workshops to enhance communication skills, ensuring active participation and real-world application. - Incorporated cultural sensitivity training into instruction, preparing for effective communication in diverse situations and fostering a global perspective.

- Designing an innovative, accessible, and culturally sensitive Palliative Care website for 5.6+ million Muslims in Germany, addressing 20+ key pain points. - Leading end-to-end design processes in collaboration with agile product lead, developer, and stakeholders. - Applying user testing methodologies to ensure a seamless and empathetic flow, resonating with users and meeting their unique needs in the palliative care journey.

- Worked in the field and post-fieldwork material culture analysis and interpretation leading 10+ research assistants. - Collected and organized academic and professional literature, publications reviewing, processing, and synthesizing. - Qualitative research: focus group discussions, 1:1 interviews, direct observation, diary studies, contextual inquiries etc. - Quantitative research: Survey design, conducting surveys, data analysis etc.

Activities and societies: Teaching Assistant - Applied design thinking principles to solve real-world challenges, gaining practical insights into the iterative design process. - Acquired proficiency in industry-standard tools and techniques used in UX/UI design, enhancing skills in wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing. - Successfully completed project-based assignments, demonstrating the ability to apply theoretical concepts to real-world design scenarios.

Grade: Cum LaudeGrade: Cum Laude Activities and societies: Member of the Student Parliament, Evangelische Studentengemeinde (ESG), Teaching Assistant. Award: 1. Deutschland Stipendium 2. DAAD Graduation Scholarship Thesis: “To vaccinate or not to vaccinate?”: Impact of social media on university students’ COVID-19 vaccine decision-making in Bangladesh.

Grade: Magna Cum Laude Activities and societies: Exchange Management Award: DAAD ISAP Fellowship. Courses on: Ecological Anthropology, Research Methods, Politics of Performance, Preparing for Fieldwork, Practices of Representation.

Grade: Cum Laude. Activities and societies: Teaching Assistant. Award: Merit Based 100% Scholarship. Courses on: Practical Training in Spreadsheet Analysis, Database Management, GIS, Graphics Design, etc. Fieldwork: Conducted 3 fieldworks in 3 different regions of Bangladesh to reconstruct the history. Report: Produced 3 reports consisting qualitative and quantitative datasets to present the outcomes of the fieldworks in front of the Principal Investigators and the funding organizations.