Today is the 49th birthday of Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s only son and the eldest grandson of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Joy was born during the Bangladesh Liberation War on 27 July 1971 to nuclear scientist Dr MA Wazed Miah and Sheikh Hasina.
The architect of Digital Bangladesh is now performing as the ICT affairs adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Joy’s major contribution lies on the developing of ICT sector of Bangladesh and has framed the idea of Digital Bangladesh.
The policies taken by him as the Prime Minister’s ICT Advisor opened a new horizon of ICT usage in Bangladesh as the country continues to improve rapidly in all indicators of technological advancement including mobile phone users, internet users, accessing public services digitally, mobile banking, and earnings from ICT exports.
Joy studied at St. Joseph’s College, India. He enrolled in Computer Science at the University of Bangalore, and then he transferred to The University of Texas at Arlington, America and received B.Sc. degree in computer engineering from this university. Joy completed Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University.
Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed got married with Kristine Wazed on October 26, 2002, and they have a daughter named Sophia Rehana Wazed.
