From contestant to World Robot Olympiad judge

The pandemic wasn’t over yet when the Narayanganj boy Sazzad Islam got a chance to study at Vanderbilt University in the US. That was in 2021. Unfortunately he didn’t get a visa and was at a loss as to what to do. He was despondent. Half of his friends had joined the engineering university BUET and other universities and their classes had started. The other half has gone abroad.

In the meantime, his friend Shihab Sarar Ahmed was preparing to go overseas. Before leaving, he handed over his World Robot Olympiad (WRO) equipment to Sazzad. He said, this will give your something to spend your time with. A month later, it was Shihab again who informed him that the WRO had started. Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) was the organiser of the Bangladesh segment.