Bangladeshi app contest champion going to Nasa

The first Bangladeshi world champion of NASA Space Apps Challenge is going on a visit to Kennedy Space Center and join the Falcon-9 Space Shuttle Launching Program.

“Team Olik” from the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in February became the champion team in Best Use of Data category beating 1,395 teams from around the world.

Overall six world champion teams from six categories alongside local organisers are going on the visit, BASIS said in a press release.

The Bangladesh team is expected to be led by ICT Division.

The world champion teams will participate in the launching event on July 21 and attend a felicitation programme and go on the tour on the next two days.