Sajeeb Wazed Joy’s birthday today

The 51st birthday of Bangabandhu’s grandson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy is being celebrated today (July 27).

A graduate in computer engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington in the United States, Joy was born in 1971, coinciding with the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent nation.

His father Dr MA Wazed Miah was an internationally reputed nuclear scientist.

Joy attended the Kennedy School of Government at one of world's most famous Harvard University, which taught him the governance issues and earned him the Masters degree in Public Administration.

He played the pivotal role in setting the country's crucial course being the beacon of 'Digital Bangladesh'.

On February 25 in 2009, Sajeeb Wazed officially joined the Awami League as a primary member of the Rangpur district unit of the party within days, and as an IT policy analyst, unveiled the concept paper and action plan for the government's ambitious "Digital Bangladesh" campaign.

Despite being a leading political figure, Joy so far preferred a distinct course of action unlike any conventional politician, to materialize the electoral pledge of the party he belongs to and his mother Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leads to build a Digital Bangladesh.

Contemporary political history suggests that Joy, also Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ICT Affairs Adviser, was a key figure in formulating the Awami League's Vision 2021 manifesto, based-on what the party was reelected thrice to power since 2008.
Marking his birthday, Awami Jubo League will arrange a milad and doa mahfil at 11am at Bangabandhu Avenue.

Besides, milad and doa mahfil and tree plantation programme will be observed at district, city, upazila, thana, municipality and union levels with maintaining health guidelines.

In the afternoon, Awami Swechchhasebak League will cut a cake and arrange prayers seeking sound health and long life of Sajeeb Wazed Joy.