Hamidah Ashrafi Fateha, an alumnus of the Department of Architecture, BRAC University won the Gold Award in the Architecture Category in the Asia Young Designer Award (AYDA) competition launched by Nippon paint. The competition was open to all Architecture and Interior Design departments in the country.
Hamidah Ashrafi Fateha will represent Bangladesh in the final round of competition among the Gold winners of fifteen countries to be held in Singapore in March 2019. The final winner of Asia Young Designer of the Year 2018-19 in the region will obtain a 6-week placement in the Design Discovery Program at Harvard University Graduate School of Design under Gennosuke Obata Fellowship sponsored by Nippon Paint.