StanChart announces five-member jury board for agricultural research

Standard Chartered Bangladesh has convened a panel of judges to boost innovation across its agricultural research, said a press release.
By forming a jury board, the bank is leveraging specialist opinions from across different fields of agriculture in an attempt to ensure that all research proposals undergo a detailed and rigorous scientific evaluation process.
The jury panel is led by Prof AKM Nowsad Alam, Dean, Faculty of Fisheries, Bangladesh Agriculture University.
Other members include Prof Mashura Shammi, Department of Environmental Science, Jahangir Nagar University, Prof Md Rostom Ali, Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agriculture University, Prof Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agriculture University and Prof KBM Saiful Islam, Dean, Faculty of Animal Science & Veterinary Medicine (FASVM), Sher-e-Bangla Agriculture University.
The call for research proposals will be circulated soon. All members of the jury board are expected to critically evaluate each submission, provide constructive feedback, and select the most impactful research proposals.
Enamul Huque, Managing Director and Head of Client Coverage, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking of Standard Chartered Bangladesh, said: "Part of our commitment to being here for good, involves acknowledging that specialist knowledge plays a major role in effectively mobilising resources and implementing agricultural research to help build a better, more resilient, and food sufficient Bangladesh. Our newly convened five-member Jury Panel will help us to assess and identify impactful proposals that can significantly increase agricultural productivity and community wellbeing.”