NOTABLE ALUMNI

Udita graduated with a B.Sc. degree in Environmental Management in 2020 and started working at ASIATIC MCL in Dhaka as an Executive Community Engagement. After working for about a year, she decided to pursue her higher studies in Business Management at Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia, Canada. As part of her studies, she did a Capstone Project and worked with a Canadian company named Polyaula based in Montreal where she was assigned as a Management Associate. Polyaula is a B2B manufacturing company specializing in making 3D Printing types of machinery and Eco-Plastic Product lines. Udita was specifically assigned the responsibility of content creation and development of moderation guidelines for using eco-plastic product lines. Udita has completed her MBA from Cape Breton University, Australia in 2023.

Mahdi Hasan graduated with a B.Sc. in Environmental Management in 2018 and moved to Australia where he completed a Master of Environment Degree from Griffith University with a specialisation in Climate Change Adaptation. After finishing his postgrad, he joined the public service industry and briefly worked at the Flood Management team of Brisbane City Council of Australia which is the largest Local Government Area (LGA) in the Southern Hemisphere. Currently, he is working at the Spatial Information team of Department of Resources in the Queensland Government of Australia.

Marzan completed his undergraduate degree and an MSc in Environmental Science from our Department. Currently he is Manager, Sustainability at Zaber and Zubair Fabrics Ltd. Marzan started his career in 2016 as an Environmental Executive in Fakir Apparels Ltd and then worked as an Assistant Manager - EMS for the Ananta Group and the Palmal Group. His main areas of focus includes Circular Economy, Chemical Management System, Wastewater Treatment, Natural Resource Conservation such as Energy & Water, Carbon Leadership Program, ESG, SDG and Ensuring the EHS in the Organization.

Among his many notable accomplishments is the fact that in 2022 Zaber and Zubair Fabrics Limited, under his direction, came in second place for environmental leadership in Bangladesh. Marzan has also obtained professional expert Lead Auditor Certifications in ISO 50001 Energy Management System, ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety, ISO 9001 Quality Management System, and ISO 14001 Environmental Management System as well as ZDHC TIG (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemical Technical Industry Guideline) certificate. Marzan strongly believes that leadership is the most important criteria to get the outcome of sustainability objectives and targets.

Umme Tasneem Hyder completed her B.Sc. in Environmental Science in Summer, 2021 from IUB. She did her internship in the ETP plant of Hossain Dying and Printing Mills Ltd. and after finishing her undergraduate studies, she was appointed as Environmental Health and Safety Officer in BLOTECH Architect Ltd. She has started her post graduate studies in Environmental Applied Science and Management at the Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), Canada, under the supervision of Dr. Elsayed Elbeshbishy. Her research topic is on Anaerobic Digestion to Aerobic Granola Sludge.

Zinat completed her undergraduate degree from our Department in 2014 and an MSc in Climate Change and Development (CCD) from IUB in 2017. While she was at IUB, she also received a scholarship to attend a short course on Gadjah Mada University in Indonesia in 2016 on “Ecosystem Based Disaster Risk Reduction”. Currently she is on a full scholarship for International Erasmus Mundus Joint Master of Science Programme on Urban Climate and Sustainability.

After graduation from IUB, Zinat began her career with the International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) where she worked on projects including Gibika and Gobeshona. She then joined Friendship (international NGO) where she worked with vulnerable communities living on chars. Zinat also attended the “Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction Conference” in Bali in 2022 and she has published research articles in international journals and articles in newspapers related with mental health and disasters impacts.

Zinat has been awarded a scholarship for International Erasmus Mundus Join Master of Science Programme on Urban Climate and Sustainability in 2022. It is a 2 year, 120 ECTS Master Programme, offered by Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) in the UK (coordinator), LAB University of Applied Sciences (LAB) in Finland, University of Huelva (UHU) in Spain, University of Applied Sciences Dresden (HTWD). The programme integrates three main streams, Planning, Management and Science in Sustainability.