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Professor Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim President Federation of NGOs Ms. Nurjahan Begum was one of the earliest associates of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus during the establishment of Grameen Bank. Currently she is an Advisor of Honorable Chairman at Yunus Centre and Chairman at Grameen Distribution. She holds the position of Chairperson or Direc- tor in the Boards of several Grameen organizations. She is currently serving as Direc- tor of Grameen ItalianFoundation, Italy and Center for Mass Education in Science (CMES), Bangladesh. Ms. Nurjahan won Susan M. Davis Lifetime Achievement Award 2008 by Grameen Foundation. She also achieved World Summit Millennium Development Goals Award 2009, and Vision Award 2009. She participated in Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit held in Los Angeles in 2007. Also, she was appointed as the President of Foundation for Justice prize giving ceremony held in Valencia,Spain in 2007. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim is the Head of the Department of General Education at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh and Professor of Physics at University of Dhaka. Apart from his academic career, he is also the founder, editor and publisher of Biggan Samoeeke, a monthly periodical in science. With a vision to empower the disadvantaged adolescents economically through skills devel- opment,he founded Centre for Mass educa- tion. He has a Ph.D in Physics from university of Southampton, UK. His subject of concern were Solid State Physics, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Development. He is also the Chair, Federation of NGOs in Bangladesh, President, Bangladesh Solar Energy Society, Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur, World Eco-nomic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland and author of 40 books. NURJAHAN BEGUM Chairman Grameen Distribution Bangladesh