Three individuals and two institutions have been selected for the National Environment Medal, 2022, for outstanding and consequential contributions to environmental conservation and pollution control, environmental education and publicity, and environmental research and technological innovation.
This decision was taken at a meeting of the national committee formed for the purpose of final nomination of the National Environment Medal-2022 held at the meeting room of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin on Thursday.
Jibananda Roy, Sub Assistant Agriculture Officer of Batiaghata Upazila, Khulna District, and Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Dhamrai, Dhaka, have been nominated in the Environmental Conservation and Pollution Control category at the individual level and institutional level respectively.
Professor Dr Abu Saleh Mohammad Wadudur Rahman (Dr Tuhin Wadud), Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Rangpur Begum Rokeya University, has been nominated for the Environmental Education and publicity category at the individual level and Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS), Khulna at the institutional level.
Dr SM Mofizul Islam, Senior Scientific Officer and Head of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Satkhira, has been nominated for the award at the individual level in the environmental research and technology innovation category.
Each person/institution awarded the National Environment Medal will be given a check, crest and certificate of 22 carat weight of two tola weight of gold and an additional check of Tk50,000 in a ceremony organized on the occasion of World Environment Day.
Among others, Deputy Minister of the Ministry Habibun Nahar, Secretary Dr Farhina Ahmed, Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture Wahida Akhter, Additional Secretary (Environment) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Sanjay Kumar Bhowmik, Director General of the Department of Environment Dr Abdul Hamid, Dean of the Faculty of Science of Dhaka University Prof Dr Md Abdus Samad and Dean of Faculty of Biology of Dhaka University Professor Dr AKM Mahbub Hasan along with representatives of various ministries and organizations were present as committee members.
