বিখ্যাত মার্কিন ম্যাগাজিন ‘ফোর্বস’-এর এশিয়ার ৩০ বছরের কম বয়সী উদ্যোক্তা ও সমাজ পরিবর্তনকারী (চেঞ্জমেকার) তালিকায় এ বছর প্রথমবারের মতো জায়গা করে নিয়েছেন ৯ বাংলাদেশি। রয়েছেন অভিযাত্রিক ফাউন্ডেশনের প্রতিষ্ঠাতা আহমেদ ইমতিয়াজ জামি (২৭), হাইড্রোকো প্লাসের প্রতিষ্ঠাতা রিজভানা হৃদিতা (২৮) ও মো. জাহিন রোহান রাজীন (২২) ও পিকাবোর সহপ্রতিষ্ঠাতা মোরিন তালুকদার (২৭)।
AMSTERDAM – The Fashion for Good initiative has selected 10 new innovators to participate in the third batch of its South Asia Innovation Programme.
The new batch includes potential game-changers such as inks produced from greenhouse gas emissions, dyes from tea industry waste, and leather alternatives from mycelium.
It also features biopolymers from locally-sourced feedstocks like jute, dyeing and finishing innovations, inspection technologies and waste water treatment breakthroughs.
QUANTUM POLYCHEMICS (BANGLADESH)
Quantum Polychemics leverages jute (a bast fiber) bio-polymers with tunable properties and practical applications to meet the growing demand for plastic alternatives in textiles and packaging. Their current application has been used to make multiple products like their Sonali bio-bag, surgical aprons, and personal protective equipment.
Top row L-R: Aquaporin (Peter Holme), MYCL (Adi Reza), Demeta (Patrick Piot), GreenHope (Tommy Tjiptadjaja and Sugianto Tandio)
Middle Row L-R: WiseEye (Calvin Wong), t-hues (Shahid Sangani), Graviky Labs (Nikhil Kaushik, Anirudh Sharma)
Bottom row L-R: Deven Supercriticals (Swapneshu Baser), Quantum Polychemics (Zahin Razeen and Rizvana Hredita), Chlorohemp (Uday Shanker and Raghavendra Singh)
The Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent the diverse voices of youth from every region of the world, and are collectively responsible for activating millions of young people in support of the SDGs.
According to Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, amid unprecedented times, the 2020 Class are a “clear example” of how the youth are leading the way in shaping a more sustainable and inclusive future for all.
”Despite being disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, young people around the world continue to demonstrate immense resilience, resourcefulness and leadership in finding innovative solutions to recover better and achieve the SDGs”, she said.
Innovators in Sustainable Development Honored by ASME
The Fourth Annual Impact.Engineered Awards Recognize the World’s ‘Pragmatic Optimists’ Improving Life in Underserved Communities
NEW YORK (Dec. 9, 2020) – The fourth annual Impact.Engineered Awards has named this year’s “best of the best” winners in the following categories:
Women Leading in Technology and Impact
Connecting the Unconnected
Industry Driving Social Impact
Hardware Trailblazer
Rising Star
NEW YORK — The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)’s Engineering for Change (E4C) has announced keynote speakers and award nominees for its fourth-annual Impact.Engineered forum, a virtual event and networking experience, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST, Thursday and Friday, Dec. 3-4, 2020.
For Immediate Release
NEW YORK (Dec. 9, 2020) – The fourth annual Impact.Engineered Awards has named this year’s “best of the best” winners in the following categories:
Women Leading in Technology and Impact
Connecting the Unconnected
Industry Driving Social Impact
Hardware Trailblazer
Rising Star
Six promising young Bangladeshi entrepreneurs have been selected to present their innovative work at the ninth Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) to be held at the Hague next month.
They are Hydroquo, Lifespring, SOLshare, Lal Teer Seed Ltd, Intelligent Machine Ltd and Footsteps Bangladesh.
They highlighted their work during a meeting with the press on Wednesday organised by the embassies of the Netherlands and the USA in Dhaka.