# 2022 Ashok C. Sani Distinguished Scholar-In-Residence Lecture Featuring Rubana Huq

**Date**: Tuesday, May 31, 2022
**Location**: Virtual
**By invitation only*

On Tuesday, May 31, NYU Stern’s [Business and Society Program](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/academic-departments/business-society-program/seminars-and-events) (BSP) hosted the 2022 Ashok C. Sani Distinguished Scholar-In-Residence Lecture, delivered by Rubana Huq, Vice Chancellor of Asian University for Women and Ex-President of BGMEA. This year's talk is entitled, "Empowering Women Garment Workers in Bangladesh: From Rana Plaza to an Entrepreneurial Future."

About the Ashok C. Sani Scholar-in-Residence Lecture
Ashok C. Sani (BS ’74), for whom this lecture is named, was a distinguished graduate, successful entrepreneur, president of C.G.S. Industries Inc., loyal supporter of NYU, and the founding member of the NYU Stern Alumni Council. The Ashok Sani Scholar program shares Mr. Sani’s interest in ethics, truth, peace, compassion and the moral and social responsibilities of members of society with the NYU Stern community.

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![headshot of Rubana Huq](/sites/default/files/styles/480w/public/assets/images/Rubana%20Huq%20230x260.png?itok=2Ba-ry0V)## Past Sani Lectures

- [Sallie Krawcheck](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/2021-ashok-c-sani-distinguished-scholar-residence-lecture-featuring-sallie-krawcheck)
- [M. Night Shyamalan](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/2019-ashok-c-sani-distinguished-scholar-residence-lecture-featuring-m-night-shyamalan)
- [Alan Murray](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/2018-sani-lecture-alan-murray)
- [Larry Silverstein](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/2017-sani-lecture-larry-silverstein)
- [Robert Frank](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/professor-robert-frank-delivers-2016-ashok-c-sani-distinguished-scholar-residence-lecture)
- [John Sexton](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/2015-sani-lecture-john-sexton)
- [Gordon Brown](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/sani-lecture-gordon-brown)
- [Maria Bartiromo](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/innovate-possible-2013)
- [Bill Drayton](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/uat_025208)