The Green Planet Club of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) and the Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) jointly organized the Award Ceremony of the Climate Exhibition 2022 at the university campus on Saturday.
Rakib Shahriar Rimen from Bangladesh University of Professionals won the top prize money of Tk25,000 for his idea of a low-cost air filtration system for conventional vehicles, said a press release on Sunday.
IUB’s Rahdi Hossain Raahi won Tk20,000 for his idea of setting up a climate hotline number to promote impact-based and locally-appropriate warning and information dissemination.
Another IUB student, Rana Projjal Sarkar, won Tk20,000 for his idea of biofiltration.
The winning ideas will be showcased at CCDB’s Climate Technology Park in Gazipur near Dhaka.
Prof Dr Saleemul Huq OBE, director of IUB’s International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), attended the program as the guest of honour while Juliate Keya Malakar, executive director of CCDB, and Prof Niaz Ahmed Khan, pro-cice chancellor of IUB, also spoke at the event.
In his speech, Dr Huq highlighted the importance of the role that the youth needs to play in tackling climate change.
He also offered to support the winning ideas and cooperate with them to explore the possibilities of scaling them up to bring them to the doorsteps of the vulnerable communities.
Initially, more than 350 participants from a number of public and private universities submitted their ideas for this competition.
Among them, 80 were shortlisted and invited to demonstrate their ideas elaborately in front of a panel comprising experts from CCDB, ICCCAD, and IUB.
