NOTABLE ALUMNI

Shariful Islam completed his B.Sc. in Environmental Science in 2017 and started his career through an internship program with the USAID’s Tiger Conservation project which was implemented by the WildTeam under the leadership of Bangladesh Forest Department. After completing his internship program, he joined International Organization for Migration (IOM) as a Communications Assistant. He has also worked with the Program Development and Quality (PDQ) team of Save the Children in Bangladesh as a casual professional to provide consultation and support for the Country Strategic Plan (CSP) socialization. Shariful has recently joined with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Bangladesh as a Community Engagement and Accountability (CEA) Officer. IFRC is the world's largest humanitarian network working in more than 190 countries.

After completing his B.Sc on Environmental Management in 2013, Hamza joined the regional team in Dhaka of one of the largest European retail brands - Primark. He significantly contributed to rehabilitate the victims of Rana Plaza disaster. He also supported various social and environmental projects in Primark’s Bangladesh supply chain. Hamza’s job required him to proactively engage with various stakeholders such as ILO, DFID, IFC, BGMEA, BKMEA, Caritas, BNWLA and others. In 2016, he moved to the UK to pursue his M.Sc on Environmental Management where he studied the response of River Sherbourne’s macro-invertebrates to change in water quality. Shortly after his M.Sc he was offered a role as Environmental Sustainability Assistant in Primark’s UK central office and his job required him to liaise with all the regional teams to ensure that Primark’s supply chain partners are compliant to its sustainability requirements. He was promoted to Environmental Sustainability Coordinator in March 2019 and he is a key member of a growing team of sustainability experts in Primark. Hamza has recently received a scholarship to do a Post-Graduate Certificate from Cambridge University on Sustainable Business. 

Hamza can be contacted at hamza.habib.hasan@gmail.com

Rajdip graduated from SESM in 2009 and he is now a Health, Environment and Safety Specialist. Rajdip started his career after graduation at Tullow Gas Bangladesh and has also worked at Weatherford before joining the Chevron Corporation. He is now under the technical career ladder at Chevron Bangladesh and he has training on Occupation Hygiene which was held in Thailand under the sponsorship of Chevron Bangaldesh. He has worked at the Bibyana Gas Field for four years and is currently at the Jalalabad Gas Field as the Occupational Hygiene & Hazard Communication Advisor. 

Rajdip can be contacted at rajdip.roy.bd@gmail.com

Subid Wagley currently works as a Senior Strategist in a utility company in the US. Most recently, he worked at the US Department of Energy in Washington, DC managing R&D Projects, setting minimum federal standards for certain household appliances and implementing public-private partnerships to support the uptake of more cleaner and efficient technologies. In the last 18 years, he has also held positions with the investor-owned utilities in the US, managing their energy reform projects and power sector plans emphasizing rates, policy and regulations. Subid was one of the first graduates from SESM @ IUB specializing in demography and sustainable development.  His upbringing in the energy sector started from the internship at the Grameen Bank/Grameen Shakti in Dhaka after his graduation from IUB.

Wali did his B.Sc. in Environmental Science and a minor in Mathematics at IUB. Currently he is doing his M.Sc. in Europe under a program called EnvEuro, which is a two-year European Master Programme in Environmental Science. Wali is doing his M.Sc. with specialization in Environmental Management and Biodiversity with a Masters thesis in Environmental Science. As part of the progaram, Wali did his first year at the University of Hohenheim in Germany and his second year at SLU Uppsala  in Sweden.