SUST, March 8 -- Jaheda Begum is the head of Food and Beverage Production (Cooking Training) at the National Hotel and Tourism Training Institute (NHTTI) in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

She has been a trainer for 21 years, creating skilled chefs. Many women she has trained up are now entrepreneurs, chefs, and home delivery caterers in Bangladesh and abroad.

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Some have opened their own cooking schools, and many regularly appear on TV, YouTube, and Facebook cooking shows.

Jaheda shared her story of life and career with UNB on international women's day.

She started her career in 1995 at Limo Electronics as a marketing executive. In 1998, she worked as a trainee office...