We have been crowned with the champions trophy once again in the LET's B corporate football tournament 2025. Read more.

I recently had the opportunity to travel to Denmark for an analytical scientific research workshop and renowned tanneries in Florence, Italy. My 8-day visit to these two countries enhanced my research abilities and deepened my understanding of sustainability in both the academic and industrial contexts. Read more.

I recently had the opportunity to conduct training sessions on Health & Safety Practices in Leather Processing at Mitaly Trading Corporation Ltd. and Anjuman Trading Corporation Ltd. The sessions focused on raising awareness about workplace hazards, safe chemical handling, proper use of PPE, and creating a safer, more compliant working environment for all employees. Grateful for the active participation and engagement from both factories, and proud to contribute to building safer workplaces in the leather industry. Read more.

Publishing research articles in Q1 journals is not a piece of cake, rather it requires dedication and lots of hard work. See more..

A team of youngsters gangs up to learn about and address the problems faced by Indigenous people in the hill tracts of Bangladesh. Learn More..

We have decided and taken oaths to solve the problems faced by our Indigenous people in hill tracts. Learn more...

I had the privilege of attending an insightful training session on NVivo coding conducted by Mar Zar Ni Lin, a PhD student at Southern University of Denmark (SDU). This session provided an in-depth understanding of qualitative data analysis, offering practical approaches to structuring and interpreting research findings effectively. See more...

The Honorable Vice-Chancellor of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Prof. Dr. Md. Ashraful Hoqu with Treasurer (AUST), Prof. Dr. Sharmin Reza Chowdhury; Project Coordinator (University of Southern Denmark), Dr. Dewan Ahsan; the Head of the MPE Department, Prof. Dr. A N Mustafizul Karim; Project Leader (AUST), Dr M Sarwar Morshed; Deputy Leader, Abu Hamja, PhD; Head of Operations at iDEA TREE, Kauser Ali, Research Assistant Md. Mahfujul Haq; Research Assistant Mongsathowai Marma Babu; Research Assistant Md Asif Mustafa; and Admin Cum Accounts Officer, Mahabubur Rahman Tusher visited LWG-certified factories in Khulna on 18th and 19th January, 2025.

The visits provided valuable insights into the factors driving LWG certification and the future of sustainable practices in the leather industry.

Had an intensive 7-day research engagement. His visit was crucial in shaping our ongoing intervention study and refining our understanding of institutional logics in the Bangladeshi tanning industry. Learn more..

A linkedin post has been shared by the Danida Fellowship Centre highlighting our recent research update. To read more..

Had a fruitful discussion regarding the selection of new factories for the continuing intervention phase 2 at the iDEA TREE's main office.

Our paper titled "Implementation of Machine Learning in Product Development in the Leather Manufacturing Industry to Improve Productivity and Efficiency" has been accepted for oral presentation at the 51st International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE51), to be held from December 9th to 11th, 2024 at UNSW Sydney, Australia! Read more...

What a busy and effective week for the SusLeather team before Eid vacation! Learn more...

Since joining this research project, I have had the privilege to work with him. Now, all I have are memories spent together in solving and discussing different issues related to tanneries in Bangladesh. He is supposed to visit Bangladesh in July for the intervention, but I couldn't believe my ears of his departure from this world. May his departed soul rest in peace. Read more..

I am delighted to be able to participate at the International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development (ICSTSD-2024) at Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU) in Tangail. See more...

A long-day workshop on "Pre-intervention Stakeholder Consultation" took place at Hotel Canary Park in Gulshan-1, where many tannery stakeholders enthusiastically participated and made the workshop successful. Read more...

A day long workshop on "How can social compliance audits benefit the Garment industry?" at Hotel Lakeshore in Gulshan-2. Read more..

This paper, titled "Recovery and Reuse of Chromium from Tannery Waste Chrome-liquor using Solar Evaporation Process", is a result of my one year hard work and collaboration with my supervisor. Since this topic was my M.Sc thesis, I had the privilege to work under my supervisor, Dr. Abdullah Al-Mamun, Associate Professor at Institute of Leather Engineering and Technology, University of Dhaka. The unwavering supports and spirits I got working under him was beyond my imagination. This achievement wouldn't have been possible without the guidance of my supervisor.

I am elated to announce that our paper on "Occupational Exposure of Footwear Roughing Dust During Footwear Manufacturing Process" has been published in the journal of Leather and Footwear, after several rounds of reviews and editing. I want to pay a great tribute to MD. Rayhan Sarkar, Assistant Professor, for his immense support and guidance to make this manuscript possible to get published. It almost took 2 years to make this one successful and this wouldn't have been possible without Rayhan's sir help and dedication.

A Discussion session going about the baseline methodology, how to integrate new knowledge and intervention in the selected tanneries. Our discussion mainly focuses on understanding the instructional logics, basically dominant logics, generating ideas on how to incorporate lean tools and OHS( Occupational Health and Safety) improvement in the tannery industries. Thanks to our project 2 Head team members who flew off all the way from Denmark amid the ongoing national issues as well as Kauser Ali Sir, CEO of iDEATREE consultancy firm, was present to make the session successful. Hopefully in the end we would be able to see some of the best outcomes from their initiatives. More Photos..