NOTABLE ALUMNI

Miftahul Rizwan Chisty completed his Bachelor’s of Science in Environmental Science in 2019 from Independent University Bangladesh. He was involved in many volunteer and charitable activities in and out of campus. He worked with the River Conservation Club of IUB and was also involved in the Green Planet Club. Currently, he is enrolled in the MS program on Great Lakes Environmental Science at Buffalo State, State University of New York(SUNY) . In the future, Miftahul wants to study and work on climate change and also in ecology and biodiversity of Sundarbans.

Mohima graduated from the School of Environmental Science and Management of IUB in 2013 with a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Management. Soon after graduation she briefly worked at Grameen Shakti on renewable energy. In 2015 she started working in the development sector, on an urban health program at CARE Bangladesh. Later she joined UNDP where she worked in the Climate Change, Environment and Resilience Cluster (CCER) and on several programs including the Ministry of Finance’s Inclusive Budgeting and Financing for Climate Resilience (IBFCR) project. She contributed to the preparation, analysis, writing and editing of the Climate Budget report for the National Parliament in 2017-18 and 2018-19, and budget documents, which were extremely valuable in achieving the goals of the climate financing project. Mohima later worked in various roles related to the Rohingya Crisis in UNFPA and UNDP in gender, health and disaster management sectors. She is currently a Consultant of the Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects (GGHSP) at the Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh.

Jamil completed his B.Sc. Environmental Science and M.Sc. in Environmental Management from Independent University, Bangladesh. After graduation, he joined a consortium name HDFC Sinpower Limited (Singapore, Malaysia & Bangladesh) as a Senior Officer (Environmental, Health, Safety & Social) and had the chance to work for countries first mega project in the renewable segment, 50MW Solar Power Park at Mymensingh. Over the time he has worked for the Power Sector of Bangladesh as an Environmental Consultant jointly with the IDCOL, Mott MacDonald, ERM, and DNV-GL. He is experienced in Environmental & Social Auditing for an international-funded (IFC, WB, ADB, KFW-DEG, etc.) infrastructural development project. His expertise includes; ESIA, ESMMP, OHS, ESDD, RAP, LRP, GRM, ESCP & CSR. Jamil is a highly experienced EHS professional with documented contributions to providing superior results advancing organizations’ business cases, reducing occupational safety exposure, and elevating and mitigating risk. Currently, he is serving as an Assistant Manager cum Team Lead, Compliance of Shanta Holdings Limited, countries one of the reputed real estate organizations for both corporate and construction. He can be reached at jamilurrahman.iub@gmail.com.

Afsana Jahan Luna completed her Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and Management in 2020 from Independent University Bangladesh. She worked as an SoD (Student-on-Duty) at the Department for two years and was involved in many volunteer and charitable activities in and out of campus. She worked with River Conservation Club of IUB as Joint Secretary and worked at the International Center for Climate Change and Development. Currently, she is doing her Masters in the Department of Fisheries and Seafood Processing Technology at Istanbul University. In the future, Luna wants to work on water quality and biodiversity management.

Tanvir achieved his B.Sc. in Environmental Science from Independent University, Bangladesh (cum laude,2016) and a professional master’s degree in GIS for Environment and Development from Jahangirnagar University in 2017. He has been working as an Environmental Analyst in various assignments under the Government of Bangladesh and PPP projects. He started as a Junior Environmental Analyst and acted as a consultant for various clients in the development, supervision, or implementation of projects. For the last 4 years, he has been working as Forest and Environment Specialist (D&S consultant) in ‘Emergency Multi-Sector Rohingya Crisis Response Project (EMCRP)’ project of the World Bank which is being implemented by Local Government Engineering Department under Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, Government of Bangladesh. His work involves safeguarding stakeholder participation along with ecological service analysis to evaluate the value for offsetting impacts using Environmental and Social Framework.