Farhin Ahmed, an undergraduate student of the Department of English and Humanities, has been named in the “President George H.W. Bush Inspiration Points of Light Roll of Honor 2022”.
The Points of Light Inspiration Honor Roll was created to celebrate acts of service, kindness and civic engagement by individuals who create change in communities around the world. It recognizes the people who take action, in both large and small ways, to improve the lives of others.
Farhin Ahmed is a social entrepreneur renovating the mental healthcare system. His immersive tech platform, Oleek, provides mixed reality marketing tools to local small and medium enterprises. Being diagnosed with ADHD at an early age, Farhin did not find enough mental health treatments in his country. He used his experience with immersive tech to become the co-founder of Inside Global, a health platform that offers VR therapy to its patients and has voluntary teams working across multiple countries.
Farhin, along with his team, has also organized mental wellness camps in local slums and brothels, assisting hundreds of victims from marginalized transgender communities and sex worker communities. His platform also organizes live sessions and workshops to reach out to thousands of candidates, aiming to serve millions in the long run. For his contributions, the Bangladesh government awarded him the 2019 BASIS National ICT Award. He is also an alumnus of the UN Millennium Fellowship Class of 2021.
“We can find meaning and reward by serving some higher purpose than ourselves, a shining purpose, the illumination of a Thousand Points of Light… We all have something to give,” said President George H.W. Bush, Founder of Points of Light.