ActionAid Young Fellowship 2018
Awarded for a high-impact investigative TV report exposing how Bangladesh’s multimillion-dollar training programs are failing to create sustainable entrepreneurship due to a lack of capital access, practical training, and post-training support.
ActionAid-NDBUS Media Fellowship 2022
I was selected as the top recipient of the ActionAid-NDBUS Media Fellowship 2022, awarded to only five national-level journalists in Bangladesh. This fellowship recognized my exemplary
reporting on critical social issues, with my awarded report focusing on the state of technical education and the high dropout rates among marginalized youth in slum communities. My work highlighted structural barriers to education, bringing national attention to policy gaps affecting disadvantaged populations.
Thompson Reuters Foundation Mentorship 2023
In 2023, I was selected from Bangladesh for the highly competitive Journalist Mentorship Scheme organized by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, focusing on “Just Transition: The Intersection between Climate Action, Inequality, and Labor.” The program brought together journalists from countries including India, Brazil, and Bangladesh to report on the impact of
ActionAid-ERF Media Fellowship 2018
I was honored with the ActionAid-ERF Media Fellowship Award 2018, a nationally recognized and merit-based journalism fellowship jointly awarded by ActionAid Bangladesh and the Economic Reporters Forum (ERF). Selected through a competitive process by an expert jury panel, I was one of a few journalists chosen for outstanding proposals addressing issues of public interest. My fellowship-winning proposal focused on tax justice and fiscal equity in Bangladesh.
