Professor Firdous Azim completed her MA in English from Dhaka University in 1976. She received her Ph.D. in 1989 from Sussex University in UK. She joined Dhaka University as a lecturer in 1978 and was a Professor in the Department of English, Dhaka University. She has written and edited a number of books including: The Colonial Rise of the Novel (Routledge:1993), Infinite Variety: Women in Society and Literature (UPL:1995). She joined BRAC University as a Professor and Chairperson of the Department of English on July 1, 2002.