Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the architect of Digital Bangladesh, set foot on the 51st spring of his life on the golden jubilee of our victory. On this day in 1971 (Tuesday, July 27) , he was born in the family of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and nuclear scientist MA Wazed Miah.
Computer scientist Sajeeb Wazed Joy is currently living in the United States, but he has been soaking his birthday wishes on social media since early morning. The well-wishers are sending digital greeting messages by tagging the Facebook verified page.
Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar and State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak posted the status of the adviser on their verified Facebook page at 12 midnight on Monday. And those statuses have spread through their followers in the virtual world. Digital posters and hashtags are sharing good wishes to him.
Although the Awami League did not hold any party program on Tuesday to mark the day, the BCL said it would distribute food, educational materials and coronavirus protection materials to disadvantaged children. Apart from this, Awami Juba League has organized Milad and Doa Mahfil on Bangabandhu Avenue at 11 am. Milad and Doa and tree planting programs are also to be observed in the district / metropolis / upazila / thana / municipality / union in compliance with the health rules.
Meanwhile, in the afternoon, Awami Swechchhasebak League cut a cake on the occasion of Sajib Wazed Joy’s happy birthday and organized prayers for his good health.
He was born on 27 July 1971 in besieged Dhaka during the liberation war. After the victory against the Pakistanis at the end of the war, grand father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman named him ‘Joy’.
Although he was interested in politics while studying, Joy entered active politics in 2010. On 25 February of that year, he was given the post of primary member of the Rangpur District Awami League, through which he officially entered politics. However, earlier in 2007, Joy was selected as the Global Leader of the World by the World Economic Forum.
In the manifesto of Awami League in the national election of December 29, 2008, he brought up the issue of building a digital Bangladesh. Behind the scenes, this IT expert revolutionized the whole country with the help of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Then in 2014, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appointed him Information and Communication Technology Adviser.
