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Philip Gain

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Nationality
  
Bangladeshi

Name
  
Philip Gain

Alma mater
  
University of Dhaka

Occupation
  
Environmentalist

Role
  
Journalist

Residence
  
Bangladesh

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Education
  
Mass Communication and Journalism

Known for
  
Director of Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD)

Books
  
The Last Forests of Bangladesh

Philip Gain, is a Bangladeshi environmentalist and human rights advocate and director of Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD), an NGO based in Dhaka. He was previously the director of the Coordinating Council for Human Rights in Bangladesh (CCHRB), a national body to coordinate human rights activities. He is also a journalist, author and documentary filmmaker.

Awards and honors

  • Yale World Fellows Program (US)(2002)
  • Alfred Friendly Press Fellowship (US)(1993)
  • Ashoka Fellowship in (1989)
  • References

    Philip Gain Wikipedia