BUET Prof Sultana Razia wins 2023 OPCW The Hague Award
Staff Correspondent
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Prof Syeda Sultana Razia has been awarded the prestigious 2023 The Hague Award at OPCW annual Conference of the State Parties.
She is the first Bangladeshi to receive this award.
Director General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Fernando Arias and Ambassador Henk van der Kwast, on behalf of the Dutch government, jointly handed over the award to her at the inauguration of the 28th Session of the Conference of States Parties (CSP 28) on Thursday.
The other co-recipients were Spiez Laboratory (Switzerland) and Hubert K Foy, director of the African Centre for Science and International Security, read a press release issued by the Bangladesh Embassy in the Hague.
Since receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013, the OPCW has been judging and awarding individuals/institutions from around the world in recognition of their distinctive works relating to the objectives of the convention.
The OPCW recognised Prof Razia for her contributions to promoting chemical safety and security in Bangladesh as well as her role as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) where she served as a member from 2018 to 2023 and "contributed to generating new knowledge for securing the world free from chemical weapons."
Syeda Sultana Razia currently serves as a professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering of BUET.
