Ahmed Tahmid, a student from the Microbiology program of the MNS department has been announced as the Champion of BSM Idea Contest 2021 on the occasion of World Microorganism Day on 17th September, 2021. Established in 1976, Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM) is the most prestigious microbiology society network throughout Bangladesh. The competition involved numerous undergraduate students from different disciplines across all Bangladeshi universities. The topic of the competition was "Innovative approaches for the control and management of Infectious Diseases".