Award-Giving Ceremony of Bangladesh Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2022
On 30 July 2022, the award-giving ceremony of Bangladesh Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2022 took place at Ascott Palace, Dhaka. Awards were distributed among the winners in the presence of a limited number of contestants, student ambassadors, guardians, volunteers and invited guests.
Bangladesh Stockholm Junior Water Prize started in 2015. For the eighth time, House of Volunteers Bangladesh (HOV) together with WaterAid Bangladesh, organised this competition to engage young and promising individuals in water-related issues and research. This competition invites all high school and college students to create and present water-related projects that address local, regional, national, or global environmental, scientific, social, or technical issues. This year, 75 teams registered from all over the country and participated in consecutive mentoring sessions. After submitting their projects, 10 teams secured their spots to compete in the final competition which was held on 13 May 2022. Finally, Shegufta Mehjabeen from Adamjee Cantonment College won the title of National Champion after competing in face-to-face presentations at the final competition. Puspita Ghosh and Omar Karim were nominated for Best Ambassador Award.
Nestlé Bangladesh Limited sponsored this competition, and Environmental Sustainability in Textile Industries - ESTex was the technical partner for this year.
The chief guest of the event was Ainun Nishat, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Adviser, C3ER, BRAC; guest of honor was Hasin Jahan, Country Director Wateraid Bangladesh, and the special guest at the award distribution ceremony was Mohammad Monower Hossain, Joint Secretary, RDTI and Head Sustainability at Brand BGMEA.
Every year in August during World Water Week, Stockholm hosts the Stockholm Junior Water Prize, an international competition that is sponsored by the Sweden International Water Institute (SIWI) in Sweden. Young people between the ages of 15 and 30 compete in international finals. This year Shegufta will represent Bangladesh in the grand finale of this competition with her project “Performance of human hair as a natural bio sorbent for treating oily water”. Young people are encouraged to get involved in water and environmental issues by the competition.
The Stockholm Junior Water Prize Bangladesh 2023 activities are expected to start in December 2022. Keep an eye here to know about the contest details.
