BAT Bangladesh Chairman Golam Mainuddin receives lifetime achievement award

Bangladesh Lifetime Achievement Award by Balipara Foundation has recently been conferred on Golam Mainuddin, the Chairman of BAT Bangladesh.

The 10th Balipara Foundation Awards 2022 was held at the main auditorium of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), located in the capital, on 11 December 2022. Mr Saber Hossain Chowdhury MP, Chair of the parliamentary standing committee, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change; Mr. Shyam Saran, former foreign secretary of India and Prime Minister's special envoy for nuclear affairs and climate change and Mr Ram Madhav, member of the governing council of India Foundation, were present as the Guest of Honor at the event.

Mr Mainuddin has been serving BAT Bangladesh since August 2008 as the Chairman. He spearheaded an afforestation project in 1980 to increase the area of tree covered land across Bangladesh. He has been instrumental since the beginning of the afforestation journey in addressing the climate crisis issues through planting trees and the socio-economic needs of the local communities. This programme has so far distributed 120 million fruits, forestry and medicinal plant saplings across 22 districts free of charge to diverse beneficiaries. In recognition of his steps to deal with a global crisis through such an innovative project and his lifetime commitment to the cause, Mr Golam Mainuddin has been honoured with Bangladesh Lifetime Achievement Award.

In a statement, Mr Mainuddin expressed, "I am really delighted to have received this lifetime award. When we rolled out our afforestation project, we had to face a lot of challenges including a lack of awareness among people about climate change and tree plantation. We worked our way through those challenges to do something meaningful for saving the environment and empowering communities. This award will inspirit us to continue our unwavering effort to protect the environment for a better tomorrow."