Established in 1994 as the Department of Environmental Studies, the department took the name - Department of Environmental Science and Management (ESM) - in 2004. Today it is popularly known as NSU ESM. Establishment of an environment department by NSU reflects huge opportunity that has opened up for environmental graduates in the national and international job markets. After consolidating the undergraduate study programs over the last 15 years, the department started a graduate study program in 2009, with the funding support of CIDA and academic collaboration with the Natural Resource Institute (NRI) of University of Manitoba, Canada.
Most ESM faculty members have a PhD degree from a renowned university or at least one degree from abroad. Their research interests include pollution control, sustainable resource management, land use, climate change, environmental economics and policy, urban environmental management, environmental health, environmental toxicology, economic valuation, environmental impact assessment, GIS, geology, hydrology, water resource management, waste management, renewable energy, etc.
Experience Nature like never before at NSU ESM
Our Vision is to excel in Environmental Education and be recognized nationally and internationally
Our Mission is to offer an internationally recognized degree with multidisciplinary expertise for enhancing capability to cope with current and future environmental challenges
BS in Environmental Science and Environmental Management students are required to successfully complete 130 credits, while MS in Environmental Science and Management students have to complete 36 credits. These credit courses consist of core, major elective as well as elective courses and aim to give students the required knowledge for the field of study chosen and later for their careers.
As part of NSU's dual degree program, ESM students can also earn a major or minor in another discipline (e.g., in economics or business) similar to economics or business students' scope of doing a major or minor in environmental science or environmental management. All ESM students are required to do internship which offers opportunity to work with national and international organizations working in the environmental field.
Due to its multidisciplinary curriculum with wide-ranging courses, ESM graduates are able to avail higher study opportunity abroad in fields of environmental science and engineering; environmental policy and sustainable development; urban planning and environmental management; natural resource management; ecology, toxicology and epidemiology; environmental and natural resource economics; environmental law or disaster management.
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ESM department officers are always there to lend you a helping hand!
Arifa Rahman
Sr. Officer, Environmental Science and Management
Department Office
SAC 7th floor, North South University
E-mail: arifa.rahman@northsouth.edu
Contact no. +880255668200 Ext. 2059
+8801747013854
Office Timing: Sunday – Thursday, 9am-5pm
Environmental Science and Management department of NSU provides one undergraduate degree:
- BS in Environmental Science and Environmental Management
Click on the link below to get more details about the degree:
Curriculum Under Revision
Overview
The Department of Environmental Science and Management (ESM) currently offers a BS degree in Environmental Science and Environmental Management. Students from any background, i.e. science, arts or commerce, can be admitted to the programs depending on their line of education at the college level.
The program is designed and aimed to build up students’ knowledge in all significant areas of environment, including students’ introduction to the recent global environmental issues. The state of programme that the department offers have similar program followed in reputed North American universities. Along with its similarity with universities, the program also focuses on local needs.
The program also offers practical training with state of the art laboratories on pollution control, environmental chemistry, microbiology and GIS. It also incorporates field trips to provide students on the ground knowledge on the field of environmental resources and issues in Bangladesh. The Department is equipped with modern Environmental Science Teaching and Research Laboratory, Geographical Information System (GIS) and Environmental Modeling Laboratories established under funding by UGC-World Bank's Higher Education Quality Enhancement Program (HEQEP) to offer in lab training.
An Environmental Resource Center, established under CIDA, funded North South University and University of Manitoba in a joint project to facilitate graduate students’ opportunity on research and development. The department has collaboration with universities, research organizations and professional bodies at home and abroad. Research and study opportunities with NSU's think tank, the Institute for Development, Environment, and Strategic Studies (IDESS) and opportunity to work with the Earth Club, which has acquired recognitions from Bangladesh Government and international organizations. A good number of ESM students have chance to participate in international seminars, conferences and workshops to enhance their understanding on different fields of environment.
Courses are often accompanied by field trips like the visit to a forest in the ENV 208: Disaster Risk Managemnet course trip below, from 2012
The graduate program – MS in Environmental Science and Management (MESM) originally started as MS in Resource and Environmental Management (MREM) – has been established in collaboration with the University of Manitoba, Canada. This program focuses on building environmental and natural resource governance and management capacity in Bangladesh. The course content was jointly developed by the University of Manitoba and North South University, as part of the CIDA funded project on Building Environmental Governance Capacity in Bangladesh (BEGCB).
The program is interdisciplinary – with overlapping social, ecological and economic issues. It admits students from different academic backgrounds, with emphasis on gender equity.
Major Features of Graduate Curriculum
This professional Masters program, conducted in the evenings & weekends, requires about 12 to 18 months to complete and consists of 36 credits with a provision of 9 credits waiver depends on the background of the students, which are structured as follows:
6 credits in 2 foundation courses
18 credits of core courses
12 credits of elective courses (thesis can substitute 6 credits)
Graduation Requirements:
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Minimum CGPA Requirement: |
CGPA of 3.0 |
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Credits Requirements:
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36 credit hours |
Foundation Courses (2 courses x 3 Cr = 6 Credits)
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Course |
Title |
Credits |
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ENV 501 |
Fundamentals of Environmental Science and Management |
3 |
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ENV 502 |
Economics for Environmental Management |
3 |
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Total |
6 |
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Core Courses (6 courses x 3 Cr = 18 Credits)
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Course |
Title |
Credits |
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ENV 602 |
Resource and Ecological Economics |
3 |
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ENV 606 |
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment |
3 |
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ENV 624 |
Ecological Systems and Biodiversity |
3 |
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ENV 627 |
Pollution Control |
3 |
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ENV 649 |
Climate Change |
3 |
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ENV 652 |
Geographic Information System |
3 |
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Total |
18 |
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Elective Courses (12 Credits) – Take any 4 courses; Thesis can substitute 2 courses
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Course |
Title |
Credits |
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ENV 605 |
Geography and Natural Disaster |
3 |
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ENV 609 |
Integrated Resource Management |
3 |
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ENV 615 |
Research Methology |
3 |
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ENV 626 |
Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management |
3 |
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ENV 629 |
Waste Management |
3 |
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ENV 630 |
Urban Environmental Management |
3 |
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ENV 635 |
Project Development, Monitoring and Evaluation |
3 |
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ENV 685 |
Water Supply and Sanitation |
3 |
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ENV 697 |
Thesis |
6 |
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Total |
12 |
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Requirement for Dual Major in
Environmental Science or Environmental Management
Total credit requirement: 45 (comprised of 27 credits of core courses, 9 credits of concentration courses, and 9 credits of electives).The details are shown below:
Core course for both majors (27 credits)
ENV 102: Environmental Biology
ENV 107: Introduction to Environmental Science
ENV 172/ECO 172/BUS 172: Introduction to Statistics
ENV 214: Environmental Management
ECO 103: Introduction to Economics
ENV 260: Introduction to Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
ENV 373: Environmental Impact Assessment
ENV 409: Environmental Policy, Planning and Politics
ENV 430: Environmental Law
Core for Science Track (9 credits)
ENV 205: Climate Change
ENV 375: Biostatistics
ENV 408: Environmental Pollution Control
Environmental Science Track (9 credits)
Three Elective courses from the following (1 from Level 2; 2 from level 3 and 3 from level 4)
ENV 204: Soil Science
ENV 207: Environment and Health
ENV 209: Environmental Chemistry
ENV 303: Environmental Hydrology
ENV 304: Environmental Microbiology
ENV 305: Water Supply and Treatment
ENV 309: Toxicology
ENV 311: Geology and Geomorphology
ENV 312: Biogeochemistry (pre-requisite: ENV 209)
ENV 313: Biodiversity and the Preservation of Species
ENV 315: Environmental Ethics
ENV 316: Geography Information System
ENV 401: Sustainable Agriculture
ENV 402: Environmental Modeling
ENV 404: Environmental Issues in Bangladesh
ENV 405: Population and Environmental
ENV 407: Quantitative Applications in Environmental Studies
ENV 410: Integrated Water Resource Planning and Management
ENV 412: Coastal Zone Management
ENV 413: Groundwater Assessment, Development and Management
ENV 414: Waste Management
ENV 415: Waste Treatment
ENV 418: Conservation and Sustainable Development
ENV 419: Forest Management
ENV 421/ECO 486: Energy Economics and Policy
ENV 425: Ecological Economics
ENV 450: System Analysis for Environmental Planning
Core for Management Track (9 credits)
ENV 307: Urban Environmental Management
ENV 432: Corporate Environmental Management
ENV 434: Environmental Accounting
Environmental Management Track (9 credits)
Three Elective courses from the following (1 from Level 2; 2 from level 3 and 3 from level 4)
ENV 206: Environmental Sociology
ENV 207: Environment and Health
ENV 306: Sustainable Rural Community Design
ENV 315: Environmental Ethics
ENV 316: Geography Information System
ENV 317: Environmental Psychology
ENV 318: Gender Issues and Sustainable Development
ENV 317: Poverty and the Environment
ENV 321: Environmental Organizations
ENV 354/ECO 354: Environmental and Natural Resources Economics
ENV 372: Techniques and Environmental Evaluation
ENV 380: Environment and Mass Communications
ENV 401: Sustainable Agriculture
ENV 403: Global Environmental Issues and Politics
ENV 404: Environmental Issues in Bangladesh
ENV 405: Population and Environment
ENV 406: Trade, Technology Transfer and Environment
ENV 410: Integrated Water Resource Planning and Management
ENV 412: Coastal Zone Management
ENV 414: Waste Management
ENV 416: Environmental Negotiations and Mediations
ENV 417: Environment, Conflict and Security
ENV 418: Conservation and Sustainable Development
ENV 419: Forest Management
ENV 421/ECO 486: Energy Economics and Policy
ENV 425: Ecological Economics
ENV 431: Culture, Religion and Environment
ENV 434: Environmental Accounting
Total credit hours: 45 (27+9+9)
Minor in Environmental Science or in Environmental Management
The Department of Environmental Science and Management (DESM) offers a Minor in Environmental Science as well as Minor in Environmental Management for students of other disciplines. Each minor program is designed to provide the students with an advanced exposure to the environmental issues. The students take a balanced load of science, economics, management and policy courses to develop a broad base in all the aspects of environmental science and management education. In addition, the students have opportunity to select elective courses from an extensive list of environmental courses in order to pursue their specific field of interest.
To achieve a Minor in Environmental Science or Environmental Management, a student has to take a total of 30 credits of Core and Elective courses from the DESM curriculum. Courses requirements are listed below.
Core Course Requirements of 21 Credits
ENV 107: Introduction to Environmental Science
ENV 207: Environment and Health
ENV 214: Environmental Management
ENV/ECO 260: Introduction to Environmental and Natural Resources Economics
ENV 316: Geographical Information System
ENV 373: Environmental Impact Assessment
ENV 403: Global Environmental Issues and Politics
Elective Course Requirements of 9 Credits
The student may choose any three courses from the list contained in the DESM curriculum.
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Types of Courses |
Credits |
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Core |
21 |
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Elective |
9 |
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Total |
30 |
Faculty Publication (2011/2012-2017)
Dr. Mizan R Khan
Dr. Md. Jakariya
Dr. Hassan Mahmud
Dr. Nazmul Ahsan Khan
Dr. Biswas Karabi Farhana
Dr. Kamrun Nahar
Dr. Saiful Momen
Dr. Mohammad Sujauddin
Dr. Mohammad Moshiur Rahman
Tahmid Huq Easher
Raisa Bashar
Nushrat Nazia
To download 2015/16 list click on the link below -
Labs
Environmental Science Lab for Students (SAC 725)
Environmental Science Lab for Research and Project Work (SAC 726)
GIS and Environmental Modeling Lab (SAC 724)
ESM department labs use several advanced and unique instruments and equipments to give its students the best lab experience and exposure. It also enables our faculty members to conduct world-class research. Some instruments of ESM labs include:
1. Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
2. Ion Chromatography
3. Gas Chromatography
4. UV- Visible Spectrophotometer
5. Biological safety cabinet (along with incubator, steam sterilizer and colony counter)
ESM students running lab experiments from samples collected from the field in a Pollution Control practical class
A glimpse of our GIS Lab class conducted by an expert faculty member.jpg)
Many of our students, who are regularly exposed to lab experiments and out-of-the-classroom learning ended up with scholarships to renowned universities abroad like Rafid (photogrphed left) who's now at AIT, Thailand
Soil Science expert and Associate Professor of ESM, Dr. Nahar tests out samples with students in on of the Science labs
Integrated Water Resource Management trip to Nilphamari in March 2016
NSU ESM offers degrees that are not only theoretically enricyhing, but practically oriented as well. To meet that end and to give its students a better out-of-the-classroom experience almost all the courses have a field trip component. Visits are usually conducted to local places of environmental importance like the National Botanical Gardens, Mirpur, Safari Park, Gazipur, Lawachara Forest, Sylhet, Sundarbans Reserved Forest, Cox’s Bazar (the longest sea-shore of the world), Rangamati, Bichnakandi, Kuakata, Tangaor Haor, Chittagong Hill Tracts and surrounding areas, etc.
International trips to countries like Nepal, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand's forests and rivers are also conducted occassionally to expose students to an international experience like never before.
Our talented and hardworking students partake Internships at and collaborate with world renowned local and international organizations like Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Systems (CEGIS), GIZ, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), USAID, BRAC, Asian Development Bank (ADB), World Bank, BRIT, Department of Environment (DoE), icddr,b, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers’ Association (BELA), Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)…and many more.
Students also need to complete a Thesis for satisfying their degree requirement and have the option of working as research assistants in Research Projects on a variety of subject areas ranging from environmental science and engineering, environmental policy and sustainable development, urban planning and environmental management, natural resource management, ecology, toxicology and epidemiology, environmental and natural resource economics, environmental law to disaster management
Earth Club is the resident student activity club of the department of Environmental Science and Management. This club is a great way for ESM students to enjoy and participate in extra-curricular activities. For more information on them visit the following Facebook link – https://www.facebook.com/nsuec/
Earth Club President presents a tree to the Treasurer of NSU at their 'A Tree for a Tree Campaign'
Earth Club members at the Annual Club Carnival, 2015
Prof. Md. Jakariya, PhD., Professoe of ESM speaks at the World Env. day event arranged by the dept. in 2017
The Treasurer of NSU plants a tree at the Plant for the Future event of Earth Club along withDr. Moshiur, Chair of ESM andthe then Student Affairs Head, Dr. Emdadul
World Environment Day 2016 held at NSU in the presence of the now VC, Pro-VC (designate) and Secretary of the Department of Environmnet, GoB-to-Neel-Komol-Resort-in-the-outskirts-of-Dhaka.jpg)
ESM Annual Picnic (2016) to Neel Komol Resort in the outskirts of Dhaka
Our students learn in a culturally diverse setting and interact with people from different countries making them better suited to international work
NSU ESM presents Open Day 2016 with the College-goers of Dhaka
ESM Night and Alumni reunion in 2013
Regular School campaigns are held by ESM to spread Environmental Education to the youngsters of schools and colleges
Our Outreach Programs to spread the news of our beloved ESM has always been a sucess.This program was held in lieu of that in 2014
Coastal Zone Management trip to Cox's Bazar, 2015
Earth Club of NSU wins the prestigious National Award for contribution towards environmental awareness, 2016
A shot of the Ratargul Swamp Forest taken on a stud tour from ESM by department student, Riasad Bin Mahbub
A glimpse of a skit prepared by our department students enacting their teachers at the ESM Evening in 2013-course-trip-to-Lawachara-National-Forest-in-Sylhet-led-by-Professor-and-Chair-of-ESM%2C-Dr.-Jakariya%2C-2014-.jpg)
ENV 208 (Environmental Hazards and Disaster Management) course trip to Lawachara National Forest in Sylhet led by Professor and Chair of ESM, Dr. Md. Jakariya, 2014
ESM Alumni Abdullah Diyan talks about his BAGH Project at the World Environment Day Conference
ESM students try familiarizing themeselves with the people of a place when they visit because the participation of the locals in any project is key to its success - photo by Fayed M. Khan
Seminar on Biodiversity Conservation and Management arranged by NSU ESM, 2015
There are several reputed alumni that we are proud of here at ESM:
Mr. Sajid Iqbal, a current Masters student of ESM and ex-Bachelors student is the founder of the famous organization CHANGE and has been awarded the Queen's Young Leaders' Award 2016
Mr. Tahmid Huq Easher, is a graduate of the Masters program from McGill University, Canada and is a Lecturer at his alma mater, North South University's Env. Science and Management department
Ms. Remeen Firoz is 961 batch graduate of ESM and has worked as an environmental consultant and researcher at several international and national organizations including IUCN, ADB, UNDP, IIED, C3ER, BRACU. CREL, GIZ Bangladesh, IFRC, etc.
Want to know about our most recent alumni. Then, click on the link below -
Most Recent Graduates
For jobs, internships, scholarships, etc. opportunities visit our dynamic FACEBOOK webpage at https://www.facebook.com/ESM.NorthSouthUniversity/
ESM alumni and Johns Hopkins graduate, Ahnaf Ahmed, joined as Lecturer at ESM last year (2015)
Sayam U. Chowdhury, alumni of ESM, is part of the team that recently had success in reviving the lost species of Spoon-billed Sand Piper birds and is a graduate of the University of Cambridge
Sirazum Munira, 2015/16 Commonwealth Scholar: ex-ESM Bachelors and Masters student
Jahin Shams, recent graduate of ESM's bachelors program won a Chevening Scholarship to the UK
Swarna Kazi, Masters graduate from the University of Oxford and ex-ESM student is now employed by the World Bank
Here's Sate Ahmed, an ESM alumni received Erasmus Mundus to study applied ecology at the Universite de Poitiers, last year
Here are some links to help you find a suitable scholarship/job:
- http://cscuk.dfid.gov.uk/apply/scholarships-developing-cw/
- www.chevening.org
- http://jobs.bdjobs.com/jobsearch.asp?fcatId=12&icatId=
- http://jobs.bdjobs.com/jobsearch.asp?fcatId=13&icatId=
- http://www.unep.org/vacancies/
- https://www.iucn.org/secretariat/about/careers
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTJOBSNEW/0,,pagePK:8454306~theSitePK:8453353,00.html
- http://www.careerjet.com.bd/environmental-jobs.html
Some Projects of the Department
Ongoing
- Mainstreaming climate change issue in the coastal zones of Bangladesh (Prof. Md. Jakariya, PhD)
- Understanding the difference between Climate Finance and Oversears Development Assistance: The case of Bangladesh (Prof. Dr. Mizan R Khan)
- Testing the health effects of formaline on poultry and related food ingredients (Prof. Dr. Nazmul A Khan)
- Analysing the use of advanced sensor technology to reduce fuel use and time in the aerospace field (Mr. Ahnaf Ahmed)
- Economic valuation of the water resources of Rangamati's Pablakhali Protected Area: A comprehensive approach (Ms. Raisa Bashar)
Completed
- Crop Insurance in Bangladesh
- Building Environmental Governance Capacity in Bangladesh
- Biodiversity Conservation through the protection and restoration of water sources of Pablakhali Protected Area under Rangamati District
- Improving Teaching Learning at Undergraduate and Graduate Program of Environmental Sciences
- Climatic Variability related Societal Changes and Dengue Disease in Bangladesh
Latest (2018)
Undergraduate Admission Exam: 24th November, 2018
Postgraduate Admission Exam: 9th December, 2018
Apply Online: http://admissions.northsouth.edu/apply
Outreaches to spread awareness about enviornmental education were held in Savar, Sylhet, Kishoreganj and Rajshahi colleges
Dr. Mizan R. Khan, Professor and an expert climate change negotiator has recently launched a book titled, “The Paris Framework for Climate Change Capacity Building.” He has also recently been to Myanmar as a resource person to contribute to the “Mainstreaming Climate Change Education into University Curriculum" hosted by the Government of Myanmar in Nay Pyi Taw last August.
Professor Dr. Hassan Mahmud served as a ‘waste to energy’ Expert Member of the Negotiation Committee of the Bangladesh Energy and Power Research Council (EPRC) under the Government of Bangladesh last June. He is an integral part of the Research Grants Proposal Evaluation committee and continues to assist in approving/disapproving projects.
Dr. Md. Jakariya, Professor of the department and his coauthors' work recently got published in the immensely impactful Chemical Engineering Journal under Elsevier. It is tilted, "Remediation of Water Pollution with Native Cyclodextrins and Modified Cyclodextrins: A Comparative Overview and Perspectives" and is also featured on the issue's cover page. Additionally, the project led by him at the Chittagong Hill Tracts was featured in the prestigious QS WOWNEWS with the title, “NSU collaborates with World Bank and Forest Department to improve water access and conserve biodiversity of Pablakhali.”
Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator, Dr. Biswas Karabi Farhana, is leading the North South University’s part of the research project under the framework of German-Bangladesh Higher Education Network for Sustainable Textiles (HEST) in collaboration with the University of Stuttgart and Hof University of Applied Sciences of Germany and Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX). The project was a grant received by North South University from German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for a collaborative research project. Two workshops, one in Germany (in May) and another in Bangladesh (in August), have been held recently.
Dr. Nazmul Ahsan Khan, Professor and NSU Proctor, recently acquired a grant of USD 100,000 from Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) for the project titled, "Anti-Radicalization Awareness building program through Positive Life Orientation and Evaluation by Android Apps." The project is being implemented by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF).
Assistant Professor and Chair, Dr. Mohammad Moshiur Rahman was invited as a Speaker to deliver expert lecture at the International Workshop on Advances in Energy and Environmental Sciences for Sustainable Development, held at the Rabindranath Tagore University in Bhopal, India in September, 2018. The workshop was a premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of theoretical, experimental, and applied water, environment, management, and society.
Previous News
A Masters Info. Exchange was held on the 19th of Nov. with the successful participation of over 75 potential candidates for ESM's Graduate program, industry people/employees and faculty members to better understand the supply and demand side of the offered degree.
The ENV 380 Seminar Series comes to an end with the 4th and Final Installment. Here's Sajid Iqbal, ESM Masters student (ex Bachelors student) and founder of CHANGE speaking about Climate Change Mitigation Through Local Innovations.
On the 14th of Nov., NSU ESM successfully held an Open Day with the participation of over 90 students fro Dhaka Colleges
Humboldt University, Germany and North South University, Bangladesh signed an
agreeement of academic collboration; present were Dr. Atiqul Islam, VC of NSU,
Dr. G. U. Ahsan, Dean of SHLS and Dr. Md. Jakariya, Chair and Professor of ESM among others
ESM student, Riasad Bin Mahbub, places as 1st runners-up in the 2016 Environmental Olympiad
This committee is responsible for ensuring quality of the department under the UGC approved project for Quality Assurance being run at different private and public universities.
Details will be updated later.
