Berger awards aspiring young architects

Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited organised the Berger Award Programme in collaboration with the Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), on Wednesday.

In the awards ceremony held on the BUET Campus, a total of 36 students from sessions 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 of the Department of Architecture, BUET, were awarded in four categories. The winners received prize money as scholarships along with crests and certificates.

For the 2019-20 session, the Berger Travel Grant was awarded to Nayem Ahasan Srijon, Sadman Alam, Pronoy Chowdhury, Tahmid Yaasin, Esrat Jahan and Sadia Hossain. The Berger Best Portfolio Award went to Dishan Rahman and MD Shohanur Rahman, while the Berger Promising Designer Award was given to Anik Kumar Chandra.

The Berger Best Design Award was won by Ahnaf Kabbya, Fardin Rahman, Fatin Kashf Nafi, Aqib Mohammad Nibir, Nayem Ahasan Srijon, Mohammad Faiyaz Alam, Hasibul Hossain, Md. Arafat Rahman Dewan, Pronoy Chowdhury, TahmidYaasin, and Shafaet Alam Abir.

For the 2020-2021 session, the Berger Travel Grant was rewarded to Sarowar Jahan Apu, Shifat Mahmud, Samiya Hoque Monisha, Samiha Tasnim, Sadia Sabrin Tarannum, Adiba Farheen, Samiha Nawshin, and Musarrat Salsabil Chowdhury. The Berger Best Portfolio Award went to Sakib Nasir Khan and the Berger Promising Designer Award was given to Fateh-Ul-Islam while the Berger Best Design Award recipients are Sakib Nasir Khan, Mashraba Islam, Sadia Azmee Parisa, Tashdeed Yasar Anondow, Mustaba Akib Khan, and Inan Anjum.

Prof Dr Satya Prasad Majumder, Vice-Chancellor, BUET, Rupali Chowdhury, Managing Director of Berger Paints Bangladesh Ltd., Tanzeen Ferdous Alam, Chief Marketing Officer of Berger Paints Bangladesh Ltd, and AKM Sadeque Nawaj, Chief Business Officer of Berger Paints Bangladesh, were present at the awards programme.