8th Agrow Award finale in March

Standard Chartered and Channel i will host the finale of the eighth edition of "Standard Chartered - Channel i Agrow Award" in coming March. 

Launched in 2014, the award recognises and celebrates trailblazers shaping the nation's agricultural sector.

The latest edition was launched in August 2022 and has drawn 493 pitches which have been evaluated by a research agency for a shortlist, said a press release.

The shortlisted entries were then appraised by a jury board comprising local and international specialists, academics and industry leaders.

Naser Ezaz Bijoy, chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Bangladesh, and Bitopi Das Chowdhury, head of corporate affairs, brand and marketing, were also present. 

The board was chaired by Shykh Seraj, director and head of news of Channel i, while its members are Dr Atiur Rahman, former governor of Bangladesh Bank, Dr Lutful Hassan, vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Dr Md Shahjahan Kabir, director general of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, and Zakia Naznin, national gender and socio-economic analyst of the Food and Agriculture Organization Bangladesh.