BUET student wins 1st place in the 2022 Global Media Competition

Taorem Sananu, a student from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), bags the 1st prize at the Global Media Competition (GMC).

It is a design competition organized by the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC), a partner of STOP (a global tobacco industry watchdog).

This year, Taorem won the first prize under the Social Media Graphics category for her work entitled “Tobacco Doesn’t Decompose Itself”.

GGTC has just announced the winners of the 2022 Global Media Competition, which sought visually compelling graphics and videos on the theme of “Disaster in Disguise: Tobacco Companies’ Environmental Harms” - in line with World No Tobacco Day 2022 theme of “Tobacco: Threat to our Environment”.

A panel of judges, comprised of communications experts from global public health and environment, selected winners from a shortlist out of over 800 entries from over 40 countries.