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DHAKA: Professor Dr Nahrin Islam Khan of the Department of Geography and Environment at Jahangirnagar University has been appointed the new Chief Information Commissioner of Bangladesh.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued a notification on Saturday (October 17), signed by Deputy Secretary Khadija Tahera Bobby, confirming the appointment.
According to the notification, the President appointed her under Section 15(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2009. The appointment takes effect immediately. Her rank, remuneration, allowances and other benefits as Chief Information Commissioner will be determined by the government, the notification said.
Professor Nahrin has more than two decades of experience in research, teaching and policymaking. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Geography and Environment from Jahangirnagar University.
She later obtained a PhD from the University of Marburg in Germany and a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and Environmental Conflict Management from the University of Freiburg. She also earned a diploma in Gender Studies from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), in Austria.
She is currently involved in developing and editing “Learning with Happiness”, a secondary-level education curriculum initiative. She also serves as a member of the syndicate of Dhaka Central University and the national expert committee for the Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation (HEAT) project under the Ministry of Education.
In addition, she chairs the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) committee on preventing sexual harassment and digital violence.
Professor Nahrin is also involved in international research and policy initiatives. She serves as director of the Canada-based Conflict and Resilience Research Institute (CRRIC) and as an adviser to “Rules of Law on Earth”, a global project focused on environmental justice.
She has also been involved in television and newspaper programmes, including programme production, presentation and writing.