NOTABLE ALUMNI

Jannatul Ferdous graduated with a B.Sc. in Environment Management in 2017 and went on to do an M.Sc. in Disaster Management from the University of Dhaka. Currently she is working with UN-World Food Program, Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh as Program Assistant- DRR unit, where she focused on knowledge and information management of both the Rohingya camp and the host community. Previously she worked with UNICEF, Bangladesh as a UNV-Knowledge Management Officer, Education. She was the focal point of Disaster Risk management working group (DRMWG) of the Education sector. She also was taking lead and monitoring Education sector COVID19 activities via collecting data from partners which was published by Inter Sector Co-ordination Group (ISCG). Jannat started her professional career as a Junior Project Executive at Global Capacity Building and Consultancy Limited. (GCBCL) where she was involved with different project such as Feasibility Study of Environment Friendly Ship Re-Cycling Industry at Taltali Upazila in Barguna District and also working as Training Facilitators of Five Days Training Program on ESIA- IPFF (II)Project Cell, Bangladesh Bank. Jannatul has also worked at the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources of Bangladesh Government as an intern and worked with Technische University Dresden , Germany as a research assistant where research focus was “Research into Roles of Managers at RMG factories in Bangladesh around Sustainability Implementation”.

Rumana Khan, Autumn 2002 batch, is currently working as Gender Based Violence (GBV) Cluster Coordinator with UNFPA in Bangladesh. Her main role is to address gender based violence through coordination among all NGOs and Government agencies working across the board in addressing gender equality, women’s empowerment and violence against women. She is also part of the humanitarian community addressing climate related disasters, where she advocates for addressing women and girls’ protection issues. Rumana completed B.Sc in Environmental Science from IUB in 2006 and in the same university completed Master in Public Health (MPH) in 2007. She started her UN career in 2007 at the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator and has worked briefly in with the UN Offices in Cambodia and Samoa.

Zihad completed his undergrad in Environmental Science from IUB in 2018 and then completed his Masters degree in Environment Management in 2020. He started his professional career as a Research Assistant at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) – Bangladesh, the global leader for research and development in maize and wheat systems, being involved in the research activities under CSISA III, Fighting Fall Armyworm, and CCAFS FP2 projects. He also did his Internship at CIMMYT in 2018, being involved in the Mitigation Research Studies and Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA). Currently, he is working as a Monitoring and Coordination Assistant to Managing Director at Libra Infusions Limited. Throughout his academic life, he was an active member of several clubs and participated in many extra-curricular activities & leadership programs and served as the General Secretary of Green Planet Club, IUB (GPC). He also worked as ‘SoD’ at the Department of Environmental Science, IUB for two years. Contact Information: Email: mdzihadulabedin@gmail.com skype: zihadul.abedin

Barna completed her BSc in Environmental Science in May of 2020 as a Summa Cum Laude. She received the fully funded stipendium Hungaricum scholarship through which she has started her MSc in Environmental Science in Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. During her undergrad in IUB. Borna was an active member of the Environment Club and was also a research assistant to Ms Karishma Sinha under the project titled “Temporal and Spatial variations in tourist generated waste: A Case study of Cox Bazar” funded by Independent University Bangladesh. Aside from my academic career, Borna has also professionally worked as an Environmental Management/Geography teacher at BACHA English Medium School.

Nabila completed her graduation in 2016 with a Bachelors’ degree in Environmental Science and Management from IUB. Subsequently, she completed her Masters’ in GIS for Environment and Development (MSGED) from the Jahangirnagar University. Nabila started her professional career on the Rohinga Response as a GIS Analyst with Christian Aid Bangladesh. There she prepared several camp site maps and created a proper WASH management system for the Rohinga camps After that, she worked with The Queen's University Belfast as a Research Assistant and with Pragya (INGO) as Consultant- Monitoring and Coordination respectively. Her main focus was WASH sector management, GIS & RS mapping, project monitoring, and development research. Currently, she is working as the Field Coordinator and Administrative Officer of an INGO named SEEDS ASIA. Nabila is working on a project called "School-based Capacity Building for Enhanced DRR" with Dhaka North City Corporation. She is supervising necessary arrangements and implements for the school-based DRR with North City Corporation. Furthermore, Nabila also working on different Researches, focusing on water resource management and WASH. One of her studies was the Baseline study of the tannery state of Bangladesh with the Department of Environment Bangladesh (DoE).