Ten meritorious students of various departments under the Faculty of Biological Sciences and the Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences of Dhaka University (DU) have been awarded “Nagao Natural Environment Foundation (NEF) scholarship of Japan” for their outstanding academic results.
DU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman distributed scholarships among the students as chief guest at a function on Wednesday at the VC’s lounge of the university. Dean of the Faculty of Biological Sciences Professor Dr M Imdadul Hoque, DU Representative of NEF Scholarship Committee Professor Dr Mohammad Zabed Hossain and chairmen of various departments were present on this occasion.
Professor Akhtaruzzaman urged every student to contribute to socio-economic development in the country. He stressed the need for creating awareness about environment among the people and enhancement of the quality of education to achieve sustainable development goals. He also called upon the students to participate in co-curricular activities to make themselves as worthy citizen.
Recipients of NEF Scholarship are – Jafirul Islam, Subrota Datta, Shajnin Shashi (Botany), Md Imran Khan, Samina Akter (Fisheries), Bappy Rakhain (Microbiology), Munni Khanam (Zoology), Md Moajjam Hossain (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), Mahfuza Khandaker (Disaster Science and Management) and A Hamid Khan Vasani (Oceanography).