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BINA, scientist Dr Shamsun Nahar win IAEA awards

Nation 2021-08-02, 10:58pm

Dr Shamsun Nahar Begum, Chief Scientific officer of the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), has received IAEA award.



Dhaka, Aug 2 :  Dr Shamsun Nahar Begum, Chief Scientific officer of the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), has received the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) "Women in Plant Mutation Breeding Award."

Also, BINA, a research organisation under the agriculture ministry, has received the "Outstanding Achievement Award" of the IAEA.

The awards will be formally conferred at the 65th General Conference of the IAEA in September to recognise contributions to plant mutation breeding and related biotechnology, according to the Agriculture Ministry, reports UNB.