Sonia becomes board member of UNESCO MGIEP

Sonia Bashir Kabir, managing director for Microsoft Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan and Laos, has been nominated a governing board member of UNESCO’s Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) in New Delhi, India. 

In her new role, she will be acting for the next four years, reads a press statement. 

The governing board consists of twelve members chosen for their competence and serving in a personal capacity.

As the governing board member, Sonia will be responsible for determining the general policy and nature of the institute as well as adopting its programme of work and annual budget, ensuring that the institute’s activities respond to the needs of the member states of the region.

“It is an honour for me to be nominated as a governing board member of UNESCO MGIEP. We will work towards sustainable development of making Socio-Emotional Learning as part of the education system in the world,” Sonia quoted as saying in the press release. 

Established in 2012, The UNESCO MGIEP is UNESCO’s only one category-I research institute in the Pacific and Asia region, the release adds.

The institute is an integral part of UNESCO’s education sector and substantially contributes to efforts on Sustainable Development Goal with a target of 4.7 on education for peace and sustainable development.