Green Plant Club organises IUB Green Genius Season 4

The Green Plant Club of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised the Symposium Round and award-giving ceremony of the two-month long IUB Green Genius Season 04, a competition for environmental innovation and ideas of school, college, and university students, on July 22 at IUB. The theme for this year's competition was "Warming Cities, Sustainable Living". Nippon Paint was the title sponsor of the event.

In the school-college category, "Team Forel" from Holy Cross Girls High School became the champion for their idea of redesigning roads in Dhaka City to contribute less to the UHI effect. Viqarunnisa Noon School and College and Notre Dame College were first and second runners-up respectively. BACHA English Medium School, Dhaka, won the 'Honour Mention' and the Chittagong Grammar School team was given the 'Courage Award'.

In the university category, team 'GreenCap' from IUB emerged as victors for their idea to launch a mobile application to start implementing green roofs in Dhaka to mitigate the rising temperature. A team from Dhaka University and another team from IUB were first and second runners-up respectively in this category. 

Bushra Afreen, Chief Heat Office of Dhaka North City Corporation attended the symposium round as the Event Ambassador. "The IUB Green Genius Season 4 has been a remarkable platform for students to showcase their passion, skill, and creativity in driving positive environmental change. I am inspired by the exceptional talents and unwavering commitment of the participants and organisers to build a sustainable future" she said.

"We are incredibly impressed by the level of talent and dedication shown by the participants throughout this competition. We firmly believe that their innovative ideas and projects will have a lasting impact on our environment," said Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan, IUB Pro-VC, at the award giving ceremony. 

Dr K Ayaz Rabbani, Head of the Department of Environmental Science and Management, IUB, and Prof. Dr Md. Abdul Khaleque from the same department also attended the award function. The event ended with a closing remark from Md Ekhetkharul Islam, Coordinator of Green Planet Club, IUB, and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Environmental Science and Management, IUB.