Champions in Singapore! Still can't believe it! Energy Innovation Challenge 2018

I still remember the sunny morning in April when I called my dear friend Aroni to give her the good news that our team Tesseract was shortlisted among the top 20 teams for Energy Innovation Challenge 2018 Final Round in Singapore. I also conveyed the news to my teammates Mahmud Hasan Saikat and Shaumik Rahman Ayon. But we couldn't be overjoyed because our Braille display still needed some improvement. Also Saikat and Ayon hadn't applied for their passports yet. The competition didn't offer any accommodation or traveling allowance, so there was that too.

But all's well that ends well. At the very last moment, Saikat and Ayon got their passports and visas. The alumni of BUET stepped up and helped us with the expenses so that we could fly to Singapore to participate. And then on July 29, this happened -

From left - Mr. Heng Swee Keat (Honorable Minister of Finance, Singapore), Shaumik Rahman Ayon (Team Tesseract), Mahmud Hasan Saikat (Team Tesseract), Kazi Ragib Ishraq Sanim (Team Tesseract), Ms. Jasmine Foo (NED Organizing Committee Chair). Photo Credit - Muhaimin Mareum Khan