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2nd Orientation Workshop on Fecal Sludge Management in Cities: An Element of City-Wide Inclusive Sanitation Venue: Room#317, A-Building, SUST

Date : 19 Oct 2022

With the support of the International Training Network (ITN) under Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), for the second time, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet has organized a 2-day (19-20 October 2022) Orientation Workshop for the university students on Fecal Sludge Management in Cities: An Element of City-Wide Inclusive Sanitation.
From SUST, 4 students from the Department of Geography and Environment (GEE), and 12 students of the Department of CEE attended the workshop along with 16 students of the Department of Civil Engineering, Sylhet Engineering College. For these 32 trainees, 4 Master Trainers from the Department of CEE, SUST conducted the workshop where two case studies were presented by other professionals. Prof. Dr. Md. Imran Kabir who is the Focal Person for the CEE-SUST and ITN-BUET Collaboration Program has done the program coordination. He has explained that to meet the SDG, the demand for a safely managed sanitation system is increasing. Social inclusion is highly required here for a sustainable solution. Therefore, a requirement of a capacity building program is highly expected. For this, this workshop has been introduced to the university students who will lead the whole country.
In the inauguration ceremony, Mr. Rony Basak, Head of the Department of GEE was the Chief Guest whereas Prof. Dr. Bijit Kumar Banik, Department of CEE was the Special Guest. After setting 4 different groups blending with different students of various institutes, Prof. Dr. Md. Imran Kabir, Prof. Dr. Bijit Kumar Banik, and Prof. Dr. Muhammad Azizul Hoque conducted the workshop with plenty of interactive sessions and group works. On Day 2, Engr. Muhammed Atiqul Hasan, Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, SEC shared his one of the research outputs related to Ward-9, Sylhet City Corporation regarding Shit Flow Diagram (SFD). Engr. Md. Azizur Rahman explained the current working status of ITN-BUET and their engagement nationally and globally focusing the fecal sludge management. After the lively presentations on the Field works of the groups, the certificates for the trainees have been disbursed by the Guests of Honor who were present in the closing ceremony.