Extra-curricular Activity

Human Library Bangladesh

Executive Member

Description: Human Library as an organization that tries to eradicate stereotypes and prejudices prevailed in a society. The motto of the organization is ‘Unjudge someone’. Human Library is basically a Denmark-based foundation that later has been run in many other countries.

Personal Notable Contribution: During the lockdown imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, people from different professions, ethnicity, and socioeconomic class came forward risking their lives to protect their community. We Human Library Bangladesh run a project called ‘Know Your Heroes’, funded by UNDP, where we brought those unsung stories to light. I personally held the position of Research Executive who was in charge of finding out those uncapped heroes, conducting the communication, and taking interviews.

Dhaka University Science Society

Joint Secretary (July 2021-September 2022)

Description: Dhaka University Science Society is the science club that provides a platform to bring all the scientific minds of the university under a single umbrella which paves the way for knowledge sharing and promotes advancement through collaborative efforts from the brilliance of a diverse range.

Personal Notable Contribution: I conducted three webinars where I interactively hosted discussions with a Ph.D. student of Virology (Mir Mubasshir Khalid, Gladstone Institute), a Physician (Dr. Turna Mithila, Bangladesh geriatric Institute), two University Professors ( Prof. Dr. Hasina Khan, BMB-DU and Dr. Mustaq Aiyuub, GEB-DU) and two renowned scientists from Child Health Research Foundation (Dr. Samir Saha and Dr. Senjuti Saha). I also acted as the Joint Convener in its Career in Research Festival-2022.