Farzana Reza Shifa
Sociology graduate from SUST working on applied field research — informal micro-economies, seasonal shocks, and how households absorb economic policy in real time. She has also founded and run a small business: pitching investors, negotiating vendors, and managing supply and cash flow to fund her own studies. Comfortable turning scattered field data into a report someone can act on, or a stakeholder interview into a case study.
Field work, close to the ground.
Applied sociological research on informal economies and economic shocks — from a single orchard to a national fuel-price hike.
Lichur Modhu: The Migratory Beekeepers of Panchagarh
Economic ethnography of migratory litchi-honey apiarists: the 20-day bloom cycle, pollination barter agreements with orchard owners, middleman price squeeze, and direct-to-consumer farmgate branding.
Explore field study & media → Research programme · mirroredr1_Fuel — Bangladesh’s 2026 Fuel Shock
The social life of a fuel-price hike: impact analysis, five costed study designs, an open discourse-analysis corpus, and a live audit log.
Explore the programme →Sylhet to Dhaka, on paper.
2026
BSS. Sociology · GPA 3.35/4.00
SUST | Sylhet · expected June 2026
HSC | GPA 5.0
Viqarunnisa Noon
SSC | GPA 4.89
Govt. Model Girls
Research-first, business-tested.
Sociology-trained understanding of economic decision-making and reporting discipline, paired with hands-on experience founding and running a small enterprise — the market-linkage instincts that turn capital into a working business.
People & Reporting
- Sociology: economic decision-making
- Stakeholder interviews & needs assessment
- Fluent Bangla & English reporting
- Notion power user (data tracking)
- Dashboard & report building
Entrepreneurship & Enterprise
- Founded & ran a small business
- Investor pitching & fundraising
- Vendor negotiation & supply chains
- Cash-flow & budget management
- Client acquisition
Content & Market Access
- Audience-building & promotion
- High-retention storytelling
- Logic Pro / Audacity / Final Cut Pro
- OBS broadcast suite
- Case-study & field documentation
What she's actually been doing.
2025
Economic Ethnographer · Panchagarh Honey Study
Applied Field Research · Informal Agro-Enterprise
Field study investigating migratory litchi honey (Lichur Modhu) entrepreneurs in Panchagarh. Documented the 20-day bloom cycle, pollination barter agreements with orchard owners, middleman price squeeze (৳300/kg farmgate vs ৳1,200/kg retail), consumer crystallization misconceptions, and direct-to-consumer farmgate branding.
Present
Digital Creator & Content Strategist
Self-employed
Built a genuine following with bike vlogs, productivity hacks, and AI experiments — top post reached 0.5M views, averaging 65K+ across the top 10. Records and mixes audio for indie singers.
2021
Freelance Tour Guide
International guests · Dhaka, Sylhet, Cox's Bazar
Guided tourists across the country, managing last-minute changes, cross-cultural questions, and on-ground logistics.
2020
Founder · Terracotta Tales
Self-funded venture · ৳2.5 Lakhs BDT Revenue
Founded and operated an artisanal terracotta pottery venture generating ৳2.5 Lakhs in 1 year to completely fund university tuition and living costs at SUST. Pitched angel investors, negotiated with master potters across three cities, engineered zero-breakage straw packaging, and maintained transparent Notion dashboards.
Off the clock.
The most interesting number is never the headline one — it's the one nobody measured because it happened inside a household, not a spreadsheet. That's the gap I keep going back into the field for.