City desk :
Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science and Technology University (BSFMSTU) Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Syed Samsuddin Ahmed on Thursday congratulated Chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Autism Saima Wazed Hossain as she has been chosen as a “Thematic Ambassador” by Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) under the thematic domain of ‘Vulnerability’.
Besides Saima, the CVF also made Speaker and former President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the Philippines Loren Legarda and Lead Climate Change Specialist of DR of Congo Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu as its “Thematic Ambassadors” under three other thematic domains respectively – Ambition, Parliament and Renewable Energy.
Saima, also daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is an expert on neurodevelopment disorders and mental health, and an accomplished speaker and author.
She is widely credited for bringing the mental health issues to the
mainstream and breaking social barriers to acceptance of persons with
disabilities and was instrumental for the adoption of UN resolution
titled ‘Addressing the Socioeconomic Needs of Individuals, Families
and Societies Affected by Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental
Disorders and Associated Disabilities’ in 2012.
Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science and Technology University (BSFMSTU) Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Syed Samsuddin Ahmed on Thursday congratulated Chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Autism Saima Wazed Hossain as she has been chosen as a “Thematic Ambassador” by Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) under the thematic domain of ‘Vulnerability’.
Besides Saima, the CVF also made Speaker and former President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the Philippines Loren Legarda and Lead Climate Change Specialist of DR of Congo Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu as its “Thematic Ambassadors” under three other thematic domains respectively – Ambition, Parliament and Renewable Energy.
Saima, also daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is an expert on neurodevelopment disorders and mental health, and an accomplished speaker and author.
She is widely credited for bringing the mental health issues to the
mainstream and breaking social barriers to acceptance of persons with
disabilities and was instrumental for the adoption of UN resolution
titled ‘Addressing the Socioeconomic Needs of Individuals, Families
and Societies Affected by Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental
Disorders and Associated Disabilities’ in 2012.
