Assignment On

“Bangladeshi Senior, Female and Young Entrepreneurs”

Course Title: Entrepreneurship Development

Course Code: MKT-305

Submitted By:

Meraz Hassan ID- 1538

Tanjid Hasan Fahim ID- 1540
ABM Ragib Hasan ID- 1542
Abu Talha ID- 1549

Batch: 9th
Department of Marketing, Jahangirnagar University

Submitted To:
Mamtaj Akter
Assistant Professor
Department of Marketing, Jahangirnagar University

Date of Submission: 25-01-2021

Bangladeshi Senior
Entrepreneur
 INTRODUCTION
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of BRAC(1972), can be called as the epitome of success and
inspiration for all of us. He is one of the most successful entrepreneurs our country has ever
produced. His entrepreneurial skills focused on bringing radical change to the society, especially
to the underprivileged people. His works teach us how to be a successful entrepreneur and at the
same time, contribute to the society.
He was born in 27 April, 1936 at Habigonj District. He studied accountancy in
London and qualified there as a Cost Management Accountant in 1962. He also worked as a
senior corporate executive at Pakistan Shell. But the 1970 cyclone and 1971 liberation war of
Bangladesh dramatically changed his direction of life. During that period, he went to London
and initiated programs like Action Bangladesh and Help Bangladesh to gather support for the
war. He returned to Bangladesh in 1972. At that time our country was facing difficulty in
managing the post-war situations like managing war refugees, along with the devastating
condition of the country. In that situation, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed first came up with Brac(1972)
to address the needs of the refugees in the remote area of northeast Bangladesh, guided by a
desire to help the poor and develop their own capacity to better manage their lives. Within nine
months, BRAC rebuilt 14 thousand homes and several hundred fishing boats and opened up
medical centers as a part of relief effort. This was just the beginning. Since then, BRAC has
been continuously involved in social rebuilding by focusing on poverty alleviation. It has
become the largest non-government organization of the world with a vast manpower of 90
thousand, 70% of which are women.
 MISSION

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, through his organization, focused on developing the underprivileged
and poorer segment of the society.

Initially, BRAC started its journey as Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee. Later on, it
was changed to Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee and finally it took the shape
as Building Resources Across Communities.

All of his efforts were focused on empowering poor people of the society. Efforts were also
taken to empower women. In doing this, they worked with economic development, education,
public health, disaster relief and so on.

They introduced microfinance in 1974 to provide collateral-free loans to mostly poor, landless,
rural women, enabling them to generate income and improve their standards of living. BRAC
also founded its retail outlet, Aarong in 1978 to market and distribute products made by
indigenous peoples. They also introduced education programme that provides non-formal
primary education to those left out of the formal education system, especially poor, rural, or
disadvantaged children, and drop-outs. They initiated integrated health care services in 1972.
Besides, they focused on curative care through paramedics and a self-financing health
insurance scheme. They also provide relief and rehabilitation assistance to disaster victims.

All these activities reflect their purpose. That is to serve, assist, develop and empower the
deprived group of people in the society.
 CORE STRATEGY

In this segment, we will see the core strategy of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed with his BRAC
organization based on mission statement, basis of differentiation, target market and
product/market scope:

Mission statement

Their mission statement goes like this-

"Our mission is to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, disease
and social injustice. Our interventions aim to achieve large scale, positive changes through
economic and social programmes that enable women and men to realise their potential"

From this statement, it's pretty evident that they work with overall development and
empowerment of people, especially the deprived section of the society. They run programmes
for removing illiteracy, safeguard people’s health, remove social norms, superstitions and other
forms of injustice, and bring a positive impact in the society. With these initiatives, BRAC has
established itself as the world's largest NGO in terms of number of employees.

Basis of differentiation

BRAC approaches poverty differently than other NGOs. Using a businesslike approach, BRAC
understands that there are factors beyond economics that account for why people are
impoverished. BRAC tackles social issues and inequality as well as using its funds to ensure
its impacts are more sustainable.
Besides, BRAC uses its money wisely. It was awarded an AAA rating by the Credit Rating
Agency of Bangladesh Ltd (CRAB). This is the highest rating that it could have received from
CRAB. By doing so, it manages to keep itself ahead of its competitors.
Target Market
As BRAC is a large organization with a lot of branches and subsidiaries, so it's target market is
also vast. Besides it operates both as an NGO and a corporation, so its target market will vary
from two different angles. So, for the ease of describing its target market, we will focus on its 4
different branches:

 Social Development

 Social enterprise

 Investment

 University.

Social Development:
This branch deals with Education, urban development, skill development, microfinance etc.
Main target market are:

 Urban poor - they are provided with basic health & educational services, skill
development workshops, affordable housing etc. under urban development program.
 Deprived children - they are served with providing low cost schooling solutions,
childhood development centers etc.
 Young generation - both male and female are provided with internships, apprenticeships,
market driven training and business incubation support.
 Poor rural people, especially women - they are allowed to take collateral free loans,
agricultural loans, micro insurance and others to get financial solvency.

Social Enterprise:
This branch deals with providing solutions to social challenges and surplus for greater impact.
They have a total of 12 ventures working for these purposes among which Aarong, BRAC dairy,
BRAC nursery, BRAC sericulture, BRAC fisheries BRAC recycled handmade paper, BRAC sanitary
napkin and delivery kit are noteworthy. They mainly target:

 Artisans, especially rural women - Aarong gives them the scope to utilize their skills,
especially in handicrafts by featuring their products through retails outlets, and also
providing production facilities.
 Farmers, fishermen - through BRAC dairy, BRAC fisheries, BRAC nursery and others,
BRAC ensures high quality seeds, seedlings, and fair prices for them.
 Women, pregnant women - through BRAC sanitary napkin venture, they provide
women with safe, hygienic sanitary napkins, and delivery and medical kits for safe birth.
  Consumers across the country - through various ventures, BRAC provides high quality
dairy products, Garments, silk and other products to regular consumers and users of
these products.

Investment:

Through this branch BRAC invests in socially responsible companies that assist them in their
mission to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, disease and
social injustice. Their noteworthy investments include BRAC bank, Delta BRAC Housing
Finance Corporation limited, BRAC net, BRAC IT services, IPDC finance e.t.c.
Their target groups are:

 SME sector- Through BRAC bank, they provide loans to SME sector and other
entrepreneurial efforts. They are the country's largest SME financier at present.
 Home owners- through DBH, they provide financial security to home-owners through
highly flexible loan schemes.
 Mass people- through BRAC IT, BRAC net etc. they serve mass people throughout the
country by providing affordable wireless networking facilities.

University:

BRAC established a university, namely BRAC University, in the year 2001. They mainly
target:

 Students- they facilitate students with high quality education programmes and other
opportunities.

Product/Market scope:

 Provides best quality clothing, jewelry and accessories that are unique in design.

 Provides good quality products.

 Has a varied market for dairy, fish, seedling, clothing, education and other.
 SOURCES OF FUNDING

Sources of funding for BRAC are given below:

 Sir Fazle Hasan Abed originally funded BRAC from selling his London flat as he
transferred from working as an executive for Shell to founding BRAC soon after
Bangladesh’s war-torn independence in 1973. Around 1980, funding was nearly 100%
donors, and BRAC was pioneering the best (arguably at that time the only sustainable)
social business privatization model. By the mid-1990s, BRAC had already reduced
external funding to about 50%.

 During the initial days, as an NGO, BRAC had its funding from donations. Gradually, it
started financing itself through starting various business projects like Aarong, BRAC
bank, BRAC dairy, BRAC University etc.

 In 2006 BRAC received donations from Directorate-General for International

Cooperation (DGIS) and Government of the Netherlands / Embassy of the Kingdom of
the Netherlands (EKN).

 In 2011 the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) joined the list of BRAC donors.

 In 2012 the Department for International Development (DFID), Government of the UK

and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and Australian Government (SPA)
(under the strategic partnership arrangement) became BRAC donors as well.

 BRAC is also funded by the Omidyar Network, which invests in impactful NGOs to bring
about social change. This allows BRAC’s programs to be very effective and far-reaching.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE SOCIETY
All of BRAC's activities are based on social development. They started their journey as a social
enterprise and still maintain their mission. Below is a list of all the social contributions it made
throughout its journey:

 Their microfinance programme allowed collateral-free loans to rural poor people that
gave them enough scope to work, gain financial stability and get empowered.
 Aarong, one of their biggest social enterprise, has been providing employment, income
generation and social development opportunities for underprivileged women through the
revival and promotion of Bangladeshi handicrafts since its inception in 1978.
 Profits from Aarong are used to extend such opportunities to more low income
producers and cross subsidizes BRAC programmes for the poor.
 In May 2003, BRAC, along with the Bangladesh government and some other NGOs
joined forces to prepare a national TB(Tuberculosis) programme, supported by the
Geneva-based Global Fund. The Fund has been launched by a number of international
development partners to address health issues globally, including control of tuberculosis
in Bangladesh.
 To advance human capabilities, BRAC established a number of primary schools, based
on a 5-year curriculum that takes account of the needs of the rural poor people.
 In 1996, BRAC established the Delta BRAC Housing Finance Corporation (DBH) to
enhance the country’s housing stock, to promote affordable home ownership and to
pioneer the concept of a viable private sector housing finance system in Bangladesh.
It offers loans for house Construction, flat purchase, purchase of housing plot and
extension and improvement of existing house.
 In collaboration with the Hortex foundation, BRAC gives small farmers access to
international markets and ensures a fair price for the farmers’ production by providing
training and assistance to help them meet quality criteria that allow products to be
exported to England, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, UAE, Bahrain,
Singapore, Hong Kong and Maldives.
 In 1972, BRAC’s health-related development work began in the Sulla area of
Bangladesh, where BRAC had established health centers to serve resettled families
displaced in Bangladesh’s liberation war.
 In 2016, BRAC bank financed BDT 700 million in the green sector with investments in
LEED-certified green industry, plastic recycling plants, biogas plants and energy
efficient capital machinery.
 AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed got a lot of awards and recognitions due to his relentless service and
contribution to the society. Some of the mentionable recognitions are noted below:

 The Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership, 1980.

 The Alan Shawn Feinstein World Hunger Award, 1990.
 The Maurice Pate Award by UNICEF, 1992.
 The Social Entrepreneurship Award by the Schwab Foundation, 2002.
 The International Activist Award by the Gleitsman Foundation, 2003.
 The Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership, 2007.
 The Inaugural Clinton Global Citizen Award, 2007.
 The David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award, 2008.
 The WISE Prize for Education, 2011.
 Open Society prize, 2013.
Bangladeshi Female
Entrepreneur
 INTRODUCTION
Maliha M Quadir a Bangladeshi -American, is a technology entrepreneur. Her start up
Shohoz.com has done breakthrough work in digitizing the disorganized and male-dominated
transportation industry in Bangladesh.

She was born and raised in Dhaka. She attended South Breeze School and then Scholastica for
her O levels and A levels. Then she went to Smith College in the US where she studied Economics
and Computer Science and graduated in 2000.

In addition to her Bachelors, she has also obtained a Masters of Business Administration from
Harvard Business School. The expertise of both Computer Science and Economics has clearly
allowed her to make sound decisions in successfully operating Shohoz Limited.

Before Shohoz.com, she was based in Singapore as Director of Vistaprint’s digital business in
global emerging markets. Prior to this, she worked for Nokia in strategy and business
development for an emerging market focused digital content service called Nokia Life Tools,
covering India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, China, and Nigeria. Maliha also founded an online portal
in Bangladesh while working for an ISP called bracNet. In the early part of her career, Maliha
worked in Investment Banking, in Utilities Mergers and Acquisition department of Morgan
Stanley in New York and San Fran and also in Debt Capital Markets of Standard Chartered Bank
in Singapore. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Computer Science and
Economics from Smith College. Mother of two, she lives in Bangladesh.

QUALITIES
 Extremely passionate about her work
 Has got a sound Emotional Intelligence (EI) and leadership skill.

 Has proactive attitudes towards new task

 A very inquisitive learner and strategic thinker.
 MISSION
Shohoz.com started their journey in 2014 with one goal in mind- to make lives easier. As a
technology first company, they develop tech-driven solutions for the everyday challenges of
Bangladeshi people. The Shohoz Super App serves as a single portal connecting local people to
local businesses providing a wide range of products and services like food, tickets, rides, truck
rentals and healthcare. Their on-demand service platform provides all the customer care must
haves- a digital marketplace, speedy logistical support and a customer support call center.

For the first three years, it focused solely on tickets and has built a widely recognizable brand for
online ticketing in Bangladesh. Initially, their job was developing the software and building their
technology stack – understanding the requirements of bus owners by talking with them and getting
requirements from them.
Shohoz are working rigorously to excel themselves in the service industry and to expand their
operations. Shohoz is moving smoothly to become the ultimate Super App - the largest online
destination for all daily needs.
Shohoz is more than just a service platform, Shohoz is a lifestyle. Shohoz empower people by
solving and simplifying their daily needs problem and let them enjoy life, the Shohoz way.

SERVICES OFFERED BY SHOHOZ LIMITED

Shohoz Limited is a company with various electronic products on their platform. Each service has
more than one platform where you can view them. Shohoz Limited has a website which is the
main platform and from there they started out their services.

However, it can be said that the website is much less used compared to google play applications
and/or apple stores. This was recognized by Shohoz Limited and they have also introduced apps
for the different services they provide and will be provided. Currently Shohoz Limited provides
the following electronic services:
E-Ticketing System:

When it comes to e-ticketing, it really is a broad term because e-ticketing involves trading
various types of tickets online. Shohoz Limited owns and operates Shohoz.com which is the
main platform to execute the exchange.

 Buses
 Launches / Steamer Cabins
 Various Events
 Movie Tickets

Shohoz.com, the website caters to all the requirements of the consumers as it is providing
access to all the forms of tickets being booked from the website from buses to movie tickets
to various events. Unfortunately, there is no application built yet for the booking of movie
tickets and other various events. You may only book those tickets from the website.

The best part about the services of Shohoz Limited is that in the slim chances you are not
capable of using the internet or rather technologically challenged, you can pick up the phone
and call them on 16374 to book tickets instead. Leave it to the kind customer call center to
tend to your precious requirements.

Shohoz Rides:

Shohoz Rides allows an individual to travel with ease from one place to their respective
destination without the hassle of public transport which includes unsafe nature of jumping onto
the moving public busses. It negates the annoyance of having to bargain with the driver of a
rickshaw or CNG.
Shohoz Food:

“Meet your cravings with shohoz food!” Currently there is extensive exertion to launch the food
delivery services by Shohoz Limited. The strategic plan is to launch in the busy areas of
Dhanmondi and Mohammadpur. But now it is extended with all over Dhaka city.
 CORE STRATEGY
A core strategy describes how a firm or company is competitive relative to its competitors. The
primary elements of core strategy of Shohoz are given below:

Business mission:

Their mission statement goes like-

“Making life easy by offering all kinds of online services.”

Shohoz.com, owned and operated by Shohoz Limited, is a premium online and on-demand
service provider committed to make peoples life convenient, easier and smarter.

As a potential startup, having digitized the transportation sector with a massive success, Shohoz
expanded its operations to ride-sharing, food delivery, and online ticket selling for events,
movies, and sports. This startup grew exponentially as a favorite online destination for
Bangladeshi people. And now Shohoz is more than just a service platform, Shohoz is a lifestyle.

Basis of differentiation:

 Introduced all their services through a ‘Super App’. So, one can easily get all the services
provided by Shohoz in just a single app.
 Introduced people to live with tech-based service which make an individual’s life easy
and convenient.
 Efficient Supply Chain and Operation
 Customer Satisfaction
 Giving services according to customers demand.
Target market of Shohoz:

Shohoz targets the peoples of Bangladesh who want tech-driven solutions for the everyday
challenges.

 Shohoz Ride targets the Office going people, Students, females who are searching for a
transport for going anywhere anytime with best fare.
 Shohoz Food targets the young generations by giving tasty deals, various menus and
customize orders (by portion sizes, add ons, dressings, toppings according to their test
buds) sitting on the home.
 Shohoz Truck mainly targets the Businessman who want hassle free booking of trucks
with best rate in the market.
 Shohoz Bus & Shohoz Launch targets the all ages of peoples who want to buy bus or
launch tickets anytime from anywhere, pay by credit card, mobile banking or cash &
want to get tickets delivered to their doorstep.
 Shohoz Event targets the Higher Class, Young citizens, Male Citizens.
 Shohoz Movie targets the Students, Young, Middle Class peoples, both males & females.

Product/Market scope:

 Bangladesh’s number 1 supper app.

 Increases empowerment opportunities.
 A one-stop shop for everyday needs at one fingertip.
 A single portal connecting local people to local businesses providing a wide range of
products and services.
 VALUES
 THEY LOVE TO INNOVATE: Shohoz is the pioneer in digitizing transportation in
Bangladesh. They want to solve our daily problems leveraging technology so you can
enjoy your life!
 THEY CARE ABOUT SAFETY: Shohoz goes the extra mile to address the road safety
challenges in a holistic manner. They are working very hard with riders, passengers,
and key stakeholders to make the roads safer.
 THEY BELIEVE IN EMPOWERMENT: Shohoz gives its service providers the economic
empowerment to pursue a better life and offers freedom to choose from its multiple
services to make life easier.
 THEY VALUE PEOPLE: Shohoz is a people-centric organization. They recognize that
their employees and service provider are the key reason for the success and growth
of Shohoz.
 THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE: Shohoz wants to deliver services that are value-for-money
and do not harm the environment. They care about the community and are proactive
about social responsibility.

CONTRIBUTION TO THE SOCIETY

The service of shohoz.com stems from the need to solve the problem of customers to receive the
tickets easily at their doorsteps instead of standing in line in front of transportation counters.
Catching a fantastic idea, it has created a niche in the marketplace and successfully built its
success.

Owned and operated by Shohoz Limited, is a premium online travel service provider which aims
to make long distance travel in Bangladesh easy and convenient. Driven by the passion to serve
you better, “Shohoz.com” offering bus tickets and launch tickets via online. In entertainment
sector, movie tickets, event tickets as well as cricket match tickets are also available on
Shohoz.com. “Their team of energetic and young professionals with deep expertise in e-
Commerce and travel domains, leave no stone unturned to provide people the best of services
at minimal costs through their user-friendly website, Android App, Partner network all over
Bangladesh and a multi-lingual call center.”

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Maliha M Quadir has been known to make quite a statement in the public with her impeccable
skills and talent, she has been awarded in various cases.

 In 2017, she has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic
Forum for her impactful contribution to cleverly introduce evolution in technology and
society in a developing country ever so successfully while being an individual only under
the age of 40.
 She received the Best Women Entrepreneur Award by the ICT Ministry from Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina at the 3rd Digital Bangladesh Day 2019 ceremony.
 She has been awarded The Daily Star Best ICT Startup of the Year.
 As a woman entrepreneur, Ananya Magazine hosting the Ananya Shirshodosh 2016
ceremony awarded her with best entrepreneur as well.

Besides these, Maliha M Quadir has also won renowned national awards for her influence on the
Bangladeshi Society. Bonik Barta, a Bangla newspaper and public research association called
Bangladesh Institute of Developing Studies have conjoined to award Mrs. Maliha M Quadir the
Talented Entrepreneurs Award in 2017.
Bangladeshi Young
Entrepreneur
 INTRODUCTION
Farzeen Ferdous Alam, the Chairman of OGGRO Ventures, initially commenced the organization
as an Ngo, then converted it into an organization for social enterprises that are obsessive about
solving development challenges using the power of the market. The current net worth of the
company is over 6 million USD. OGGRO Ventures is consisting of three subsidiaries- Ferdous
Biotech pvt ltd, OGGRO dairy pvt ltd and OGGRO crops.

In 2007, after his O-level examination, he started the organization by the name of CGIY (Center
for Global Issues for Youth) with the help of bunch of his friends. The organization began their
journey through the launching of a three day road cleaning event called “Stand up, Clean up”,
covering the area between Dhanmondi's road 27 and road 6/A.

With the progress of time, CGIY started operating in rural areas and changed the organization
name to OGGRO. It conducted many awareness building programs in numerous rural areas of
Bangladesh, taking the assistance of dedicated international aids. Within the process, Farzeen
Ferdous Alam came to a close proximity with the agricultural people of Bangladesh and their daily
lifestyle. Observing their lifestyle he came up with the concept of social enterprise to develop the
farmers’ lifestyle and the journey of OGGRO Ventures began.

Farzeen was appointed as Managing Director of Joikko Agro Ltd in 2018 which is the first social
franchise based agri trading company in Bangladesh that creates value addition for small hold
farmers of Bangladesh by aggregating their produce and providing high quality inputs in credit
terms and access to seasonal finance at a lower interest rate compared to microfinance. In addition,
he collaborated with Bank Asia to expand Agent Banking in agricultural communities.
Furthermore, with support from Metal Pvt Ltd, he attempts to provide agri machinery services
through a lease system to small hold farmers.

His portfolio includes Ferdous Biotech (Pvt) Ltd, a leading private sector based Biotechnology
Company that uses Tissue Culture technology to produce high quality virus-free potato and banana
seeds, as well Orchids and Gerbera flowers for farmers.
 QUALITIES
Farzeen Ferdous Alam is an optimistic person who has the passion and determination of solving
problems in creative ways, by using his leadership and strong communication skills.

MISSION
Farzeen Ferdous Alam, through his organization, wants to increase the income of our farmers
(focused on women and youth). Currently OGGRO ventures have over 20000 registered farmers
and among them 65% are women.

Ferdous Biotech Pvt. Ltd. is a subsidiary of OGGRO ventures that works for technological
innovation in seeds, chemicals and manufacturing. Using the tissue culture, Ferdous Biotech is
producing high quality virus free potato seeds in its own laboratory. This new innovation helps the
farmers to eliminate the damage of vegetable propagation and degeneration as well as facilitating
farmers with a better yield.

The company purchases final products from farmers through OGGRO Crops at a higher price
margin than the local market price and exports to countries like Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore,
Oman and Italy.

OGGRO Dairy is the first dairy company that introduced home delivery service of fresh,
pasteurized bottled milk in Dhaka from its own farm. Moreover, It received FDI from a Dutch
impact investment firm.
 CORE STRATEGY

In this segment, the core strategy of Farzeen Ferdous Alam with his organization has been
discussed based on business mission, basis of differentiation, target market and product/market
scope.

Business Mission
OGGRO ventures mission statement- “Our aim is to create positive social impact for our farmers
(particularly focused on women and youth), customers and our community through fair pricing,
high quality products and conservation of the environment.”

From this statement, it is pretty evident that the organization is working for both the development
of the farmers and the country’s economy as well as focusing on the environment.

Basis of differentiation
OGGRO venture have taken a businesslike approach. They are assisting farmers by providing
healthy seeds and buying their products at a price higher than the market price. In the interim
OGGRO is earning profits by selling them in the national and international markets at a fair price.

Besides OGGRO is helping the people in the rural areas to get seasonal loans at a low interest rate
than the microfinance through the collaboration with Bank Asia and Joikko Agro Ltd. Moreover,
with the help of Metal Pvt Ltd, they are providing agri machinery on lease to support farmers.

In addition, OGGRO introduced technological innovation (Tissue culture) and revolution in the
agricultural sector as well as delivering pasteurized milk to the consumers’ door in Dhaka city
from their own farm.
Target Market
For describing OGGRO’s target markets the following branches are taken into consideration-
1. Rural areas development:
 Farmers.
 Women and Youth.
2. Selling produce of farmers to Consumers:
 National
 International

Product/Market Scope
 Seeds are virus resistant thus give a higher yield.
 The seeds of the produced vegetables will also be virus free since the parent seed is resistant
to virus.
 Globally demand of the tissue cultured seeds.
 Demand is higher than the supply for milk in Bangladesh.

CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY

Farzeen Ferdous Alam, through his company, have established a massive network of farmers in
Bangladesh who work as a community to contribute in the country’s GDP growth. Moreover the
introduced innovation by Ferdous Biotech Pvt Ltd in the agricultural sector not only have helped
in higher yield growth but also increasing the income of a farmer in the rural areas. Thus improving
the living standard of rural families.

OGGRO ventures conducts various youth and social development programs in all over Bangladesh
which increases people’s responsibilities in a society. They also provide best quality agro products
to consumers, showing their concern to consumers’ health.
 AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Farzeen holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Dhaka University. He has been awarded the
Youth Solidarity Award by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and recognized by MTV
Sting Alive Foundation UK in HIV awareness. He received the "Fearless Bangladeshi" award from
ACI in 2018 for his leadership in agriculture in Bangladesh. He was invited by the UK Government
as part of the International Leaders Program of their Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Picture: Farzeen Ferdous Alam, Chairman of OGGRO ventures.