About Us
The Network for Agri-Biotech and Nutrition (NABN) is a network of professionals that works to achieve the collective goal of eliminating hidden hunger from Bangladesh and raising awareness on various issues such as research, policy intervention, education, and communication, concerning the agriculture, biotechnology and nutrition sectors. With multiple stakeholders, including the government, research organizations, scientists, civil society, religious leaders, NGOs, media, academia, and the general public, NABN identifies the common interest and ways to share resources and knowledge to attain common goals, including the SDGs better.
Our Mission
Furthering Bangladesh’s national agenda of achieving sustainable food and nutritional security by bridging the Agri-biotech and nutrition communities for a more robust and concerted approach toward research and policy.
Our Team
We are a team of professionals dedicated to eradicating hidden hunger from Bangladesh.
Prof. Dr. Lutful Hassan
PRESIDENT
Vice-Chancellor, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU)
Prof. Dr. Rakhahari Sarkar
VICE-PRESIDENT
Chair, Department of Botany
Dhaka University
Dr. S. M. Mustafizur Rahman
VICE-PRESIDENT
Line Director, National Nutrition Service (NNS)
Institute of Public
Health Nutrition
Prof. Dr. Abdullah Mohammad Shohael
GENERAL SECRETARY
Professor, Department of Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering
Jahangirnagar
University
Dr. Debashish Chanda
JOINT SECRETARY
Country Coordinator, International Potato Centre (CIP)
Dr. Ibrahim Saiyed
TREASURER
Bangladesh Country Manager, Healthier Rice Program, IRRI
Anwar Faruque
EXECUTIVE MEMBER
Former Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture
Md. Hamidur Rahman
EXECUTIVE MEMBER
Former Director-General, DAE
Dr. Md. Shahjahan Kabir
EXECUTIVE MEMBER
Director General, BRRI
Dr. Tahmeed Ahmed
EXECUTIVE MEMBER
Executive Director, ICDDRB
Dr. Md. Salimullah
EXECUTIVE MEMBER
Director-General, National Institute of Biotechnology (NIB)
Dr. Aminuzzaman Talukder
EXECUTIVE MEMBER
Executive Director
Bangladesh Institute of Research and Training on Applied Nutrition
(BIRTAN)
Dr. Md Khalilur Rahman
EXECUTIVE MEMBER
DG, Bangladesh National Nutrition Council (BNCC)
Join Our Team
Extreme hunger and malnutrition remain a barrier to sustainable development and create a trap from which people cannot easily escape. Hunger and malnutrition mean less productive individuals, who are more prone to disease and thus often unable to earn more and improve their livelihoods. Do you want to support the cause?