On March 16, 2017, Ms. Shahana Sharmin, Senior Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy, BRAC University received the NST fellowship award for 2016-2017 year from the Ministry of Science and Technology-Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh as a Ph.D. student. She was awarded with this scholarship by the honorable Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Ms. Shahana Sharmin is currently doing her Ph.D. in the Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka.