Professor Aparna Islam attended the 3rd GNOBB Square-ACI International Conference on Biotechnology in Health and Agriculture conference. The event was held on 29-30 December 2017 at Senate Bhabon, University of Dhaka. Around 400 scientists, academician, physician, and professional working in the fields of agriculture, health and environment attended the conference. Prof. Aparna Islam Co-chaired a technical session entitled “Bioenergy, environment and climate change”. She was also the judge of lightning presentation on agriculture. On the closing ceremony Prof. Aparna Islam delivered Dr. Abidur Rahman’s citation for the GNOBB Award 2017 for Outstanding Scientist working in Bangladesh.