World champions,
built in Bangladesh.
Since 2013, The Tech Academy has been Bangladesh's first robotics school for children. It is also the only organisation authorised to send Team Bangladesh, the nation's official team, not a school or local squad, to the FIRST Global Challenge: often called the Olympics of robotics, where 190+ nations compete. Team Bangladesh has represented the country on this stage every year since 2017, and won the world title in 2020. Help us send them back to Korea in 2026, and bring robotics to children from Banani to Bandarban.
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for Kids in Bangladesh
Reached
Biggest Robotics Event
The 2026 challenge
Igniting Innovation, in Incheon.
From 7–10 October 2026, students from 190+ countries gather in Incheon, Korea, the first time the FIRST Global Challenge has ever come to Korea. The theme: Igniting Innovation, built around wildfire prevention, mitigation, and recovery.
That theme is exactly what our students already train for. As you saw above, Team Bangladesh's young engineers build flood-response boats, earthquake early-warning devices, and fisherman-safety tech, real tools for a country on the front line of climate and disaster risk. In Incheon, that instinct goes onto the world stage.
Culture, on a global stage
We don't just send robots.
We send Bangladesh.
At every Challenge, our students walk out in traditional dress, carrying our flag before nearly 190 nations, then bring the world's ideas home. Robotics is the language; Bangladesh is the story. It's how we connect culture to the young minds shaping our country's future.
The world stage
Nine years on the world stage. One world title.
FIRST Global Challenge moves to a new country each year, drawing 190+ nations every time. Team Bangladesh has made the trip since 2017, tap a flag to see that year.
Tap any flag above to see that year's story.
The Tech Academy Beyond Bangladesh
Bangladeshi-built education, taught on three continents.
The Tech Academy started in Dhaka in 2013, and its gamified teaching model has since travelled. We now run programs in three countries, with more on the way.
Dhaka & Chattogram
Home base since 2013, our Banani headquarters, plus a dedicated Chattogram branch carrying the same hands-on model to Bangladesh's port city.
San Francisco, CA
TTA's first international branch, registered as Gamification Limited in the US, running after-school animation programs with partner schools.
Jakarta
Our model travelled here through a partner who first encountered TTA in Dhaka, now running after-school programs of its own.
Canada and Malaysia are next on the roadmap as TTA continues to expand internationally.
Why we do what we do
See The Tech Academy in action.
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Our reach across Bangladesh, and beyond
From a Banani lab to the Bandarban hills.
Robotics shouldn't be a luxury of a few Dhaka schools. We've taken it from our own labs to remote hill districts, informal settlements, and even classrooms abroad, and a sponsorship pushes that reach further.
Our home base
Labs in Banani plus in-school and after-school robotics programs run with partner schools across the capital.
A second branch
A dedicated Chittagong branch carrying the same hands-on robotics model to Bangladesh's port city.
Reaching remote districts
We've brought robotics to children in Bandarban and other remote, under-resourced areas, places technology rarely reaches.
Working in the Slum
An ongoing program with children in Korail, one of Dhaka's largest informal settlements, opportunity where it's needed most.
Taught abroad
Back then, TTA used to teach in the United States too.
Multiplying impact
We collaborate with NGOs and run workshops and winter camps to reach children far outside our own walls.
Video highlight
Watch the story behind Team Bangladesh.
International coverage of The Tech Academy, the Dhaka robotics school that trains Team Bangladesh and is putting hands-on tech education within reach of children across the country.
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The track record
Nine years on the world stage. One world title.
A different group of students earns the jersey every year, so each result below belongs to a brand-new set of Bangladeshi teenagers stepping up against nearly 190 countries.
Team Bangladesh, over the years
Every edition, in detail.
The full story behind the board, match by match, dignitary by dignitary, from a 2017 debut to a world title and back onto the podium.
Chief guest: Ivanka Trump
Chief guest: President of Mexico
Chief guest: Crown Prince of Dubai
Bangladesh's first FIRST Global world title.
Our achievements
Champions in 2020, and a decade of firsts around it.
The Tech Academy built Bangladesh's first robotics school for children and turned it into a world-champion national team. Here is the honours roll, the 2020 world title at its centre, and the milestones that surround it.
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The 2020 FIRST Global World Championship
Team Bangladesh, built and coached at The Tech Academy, won the FIRST Global Challenge in 2020, finishing 1st of 174 nations to claim Bangladesh's first FIRST Global world title.
Honoured among 196 nations at the Athens Challenge for outstanding courage and achievement.
Broke into the playoff rounds and finished 7th at the Ocean Opportunities Challenge.
Broke into the playoff rounds again at the Eco Equilibrium Challenge in Panama, with the team's youngest-ever squad.
Backed up the world title with another top-ten finish the very next year.
The Tech Academy opened as the first institute in the country to teach robotics to children.
Team Bangladesh has represented the country at every FIRST Global Challenge since 2017, now heading to Korea for its tenth.
Robotics taught to more than 3,000 young people, from Banani labs to the Bandarban hills.
Team members have earned fully funded places at the world's top universities, and founded ventures of their own.
The Tech Academy's model crossed borders to the United States, featured by BBC Bangla for taking Bangladeshi-built education global.
Panama, 2025
Our youngest team yet.
2025 brought our freshest roster ever, a near-entirely new line-up, with several members just 13 and 14 years old. The youngest in our nine-year history stepped onto the same stage as 191 other nations, and held their own.
Several members were just 13–14 years old, the youngest Team Bangladesh has ever fielded at FIRST Global.
A near-entirely new roster, most stepping into Team Bangladesh and the world stage for the very first time.
The youngest-ever squad broke into the playoff rounds again in Panama, holding their own among 191 nations.
Building out the 2026 delegation
Every Mind Matters. Every Role Counts.
Reaching the world stage from Bangladesh is a long way to travel, and it is never only an engineering problem. This year Team Bangladesh goes 13 to 14 people strong: four experienced mentors and a roster of students, each with one clearly defined job. By international standards that is not a big team, many of the strongest national delegations field 15 or more, but it is the full set of roles it takes to build a competitive robot, run a flawless week abroad, and represent an entire country in front of 190+ others. Here is what every seat on that team is for.
The technical core · on the floor
Mechanical build
The students who design and fabricate the robot's physical systems, the frame, drivetrain, and mechanisms that have to survive match after match.
Electronics & wiring
Power, motors, sensors, and the wiring behind them. At this level a single loose connection can decide a match, so it needs a specialist.
Control & programming
The code and control logic that turn a machine into a competitor, tuned and retuned right up to the final round.
Captain & game strategy
A captain who understands every subsystem, reads each match live, and makes the call on how the robot is played.
Design
The CAD and design work behind a machine that is reliable, repairable, and built exactly to the rules of the game.
The team around the robot · off the floor
Four mentors
Experienced coaches who have been to competition before, steering decisions in real time when the clock is running down.
Project management
A project manager holding 13 to 14 people to one shared schedule, so no deadline, form, or shipment is ever missed.
Budget & financial planning
A costed plan for every taka, so sponsor funds go to the robot and the trip and never to waste.
Operations & logistics
Travel, visas, equipment, and a packed week of schedules, all handled, so the builders can stay focused on the robot.
Documentation & brand
Capturing the journey in photo, video, and writing, and giving every sponsor the visibility and brand placement they signed up for.
Scouting & analysis
Studying every other team and alliance, so our game strategy is planned, not improvised, and sharper each round.
Outreach, research & publication
The papers, letters, and formal write-ups that judges reward and that carry our name well beyond the arena.
Presentation & representation
The people who speak for a nation, to judges, press, and peers, and do it clearly and well.
Trained backups
If someone falls ill or freezes on the day, another trained member steps straight in. At this level no critical role can rest on one person.
None of this is headcount for its own sake. Every role above is a reason the budget matters, and a reason a lean 13 to 14-person team still costs what it does. It is the smallest group that can build, compete, document, and represent at a world final, and do all four well.
The students themselves
Real students, real projects.
Our team in Bangladesh is turning ideas into real impact from supporting one of the country's youngest TEDx speakers to developing assistive technology that improves the lives of children with cerebral palsy at CRP. Every project is built with one goal: creating solutions that make a meaningful difference.
Suhaana
Building an assistive communication tool for paralysed and physically disabled individuals in Bangladesh. She connected directly with specialists at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) to find her real users, and wants to study neuroscience at university.
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TEDxDhaka
Students present their ideas on a real stage, learning to articulate their problem, their solution, and the impact they want to have on the world. Voice and confidence, built from the start.
Life after the academy
Where our alumni are now.
The best proof is what happens after a student leaves us. Our alumni are at top universities, building companies, and conducting research, because they started building at the right age.
Laleh Bergman Hossain
Now at the University of Cambridge, building on the foundation she started at TTA.
University of Cambridge
Labib Tazwar Rahman
Now at Stanford. Built the autonomous robot that delivers food in Korea (pictured), the foundation for his venture came through TTA's incubation track.
Stanford · Founder
Razeen Ali
Now at the University of Toronto, building on the work he started at TTA.
University of Toronto
Aymaan Rahman
Part of the FIRST Global winning team, placing 1st against 185 countries.
FIRST Global champion
Abrar Jawad
Now at Brown University. Held the record as the youngest TEDx speaker in the world from 2014 to 2021.
Brown · Youngest TEDx speakerAs featured in
Seen on the global & local stage.
Our students and work have been covered and featured, locally and internationally.
Global media & platforms
Local media (Bangladesh)
More coverage & links
In the press · seen by millions
A story the country has followed for over a decade.
From a 2015 newspaper feature to a 2020 world title to teaching in the United States, Team Bangladesh and TTA have been covered by the nation's biggest outlets, visibility your brand shares the moment you come on board.
Bangladesh’s Tech Academy is teaching in the United States
N-TV covers The Tech Academy
Gamifying education: the future of learning
Daekhopedia Stories: The Tech Academy
Team Bangladesh prepares for FIRST Global Challenge 2021
Introducing Team Bangladesh: World champions
Team Bangladesh shines at global robotics competition
Gamifying tech education for kids
Transformer: Shams Jaber, founder of TTA
N-TV’s report on Dhaka Game Studio
ATN News covers Team Bangladesh winning FGC 2020
Team Bangladesh heads to robotics Olympics in Dubai
Teaching robotics to children: ed-tech startups in Bangladesh
Team Bangladesh in global robotics competition
Bangladeshi high school students to take part in robotics competition
Science education for the future
Founder Shams Jaber’s TV interview
The Tech Academy Grows Up: Q&A with Shams Jaber
Inside The Tech Academy with Shams Jaber
Assignment Asia: Bangladesh’s digital missionaries
Tech school for kids
Tap any clipping to read or watch the original. Plus further coverage from Jamuna TV, Channel i, Prothom Alo, The Financial Express, Daily Asianage & two TEDx talks.
Where your sponsorship goes
More Than a Sponsorship.
A Movement for Innovation.
Sending the team to Korea is the visible part. The money does far more, it funds The Tech Academy's wider research, operations, and outreach, so more students get a real shot at robotics and Bangladesh's education system keeps changing.
We're already invested. TTA is contributing BDT 18,50,000 (18.5 Lakh) from our own budget. Sponsors cover the remaining BDT 26,50,000 (26.5 Lakh) to complete the 45 Lakh total.
Road to Incheon
Robots, the competition kit, registration, travel, and the team's week in Korea.
Beyond Dhaka
Taking robotics to more schools and colleges nationwide, building on our Chittagong branch and our work in Bandarban.
Access for the underserved
Continuing and expanding our program with children in Korail and other under-resourced communities.
R&D, research & global presence
Robotics kits, lab equipment, and curriculum, plus the budget for research papers, international conferences, and other international competitions beyond FGC.
People & operations
The mentors, coordinators, and program management that keep the ecosystem running.
Full itemized budget breakdown
BDT 45,00,000 total · TTA covers 18.5L · Sponsors cover 26.5L| FGC Registration & Training | |
| FGC registration (components, in-country training ground, materials & set) | 12,35,000 |
| Travel & Logistics, Incheon, Oct 2026 | |
| Flights | 12,00,000 |
| Lodging | 5,00,000 |
| Food | 4,50,000 |
| Local Transport | 3,00,000 |
| Visa Application | 1,50,000 |
| Subtotal | 26,00,000 |
| Outreach | |
| Nationwide Outreach (Dhaka, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Bandarban, Korail) | 2,50,000 |
| R&D | |
| Research & Development | 1,65,000 |
| Branding & Merchandise | |
| Souvenirs | 2,00,000 |
| T-shirts | 30,000 |
| Social Media Challenge | 20,000 |
| Subtotal | 2,50,000 |
Estimate based on a 12–15 member delegation (14 used for costing), 6-night stay for FIRST Global Challenge, Incheon, 7–10 October 2026. Travel figures reflect current market rates for the Dhaka–Seoul route; final costs may vary with booking timing and group size. A fully itemized, line-by-line budget is available on request.
Fund the team, and you fund the system that creates the next team, proper robotics knowledge and research, reaching more students, and changing Bangladesh's education system from the ground up.
What's next
The projects your support powers next.
The world stage is only part of the story. Beyond Team Bangladesh, your partnership helps us carry hands-on robotics to the children who need it most, in the city and far beyond it.
Sponsor a Young Changemaker, Korail
Our newest program brings hands-on robotics and changemaking to children in Korail, one of Dhaka's largest informal settlements, opportunity exactly where it's needed most.
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Growing the Chittagong branch
Carrying the same mission-based robotics model to more children through our second branch, bringing the program to the port city and the districts around it.
Robotics in the hill districts, Bandarban
Taking our Bandarban work deeper into remote, under-resourced communities that technology rarely reaches, so geography stops deciding who gets to build.
Our next plan: Sylhet
Sylhet is next on our outreach map too — bringing the same hands-on robotics and changemaking to schools and students across the region.
See the Sylhet plan →Our next plan: Cox's Bazar
After the FIRST Global Challenge, Cox's Bazar is our next outreach plan — visiting schools across the district and running campaigns to bring the same hands-on robotics and changemaking impact to students there.
In the classroom
Our partnered schools.
We bring hands-on robotics into classrooms across Bangladesh, working with partner schools to make STEM part of everyday learning.
Sunbeams
Aurora International School
Grace International School
Frobel Academy
Frobel Play School
French International School
Glenrich
Scholastica
Sir John Wilson School
Previous sponsors
The partners who backed Team Bangladesh.
Over the years, Team Bangladesh's journey to the world stage has been powered by organisations that believe in young Bangladeshi talent. Their support put our students in front of the world, and your name could stand alongside theirs in 2026.
Partnership tiers
Choose how visibly you want to stand with the team.
Title Sponsor
- Underwrites the full 2026 campaign, sole Title billing
- "Powered by [Your Brand]" lockup across the campaign
- Top logo on jerseys, banners & backdrops
- CEO video endorsement, appreciation content & podcast feature
- Priority mentions across all media & social channels
- Logo on merchandise, tees, stickers, mugs, key rings
Gold Sponsor
- Gold-tier logo on jerseys, banners & backdrops
- Brand endorsement & appreciation content from TTA
- Mentions across media & social channels
- Logo on selected merchandise
Silver Sponsor
- Silver-tier logo on banners & backdrops
- Brand mentions across social channels
- Recognition in campaign content
- Association with a champion team
Bronze Sponsor
- Bronze-tier logo on campaign materials
- Brand mention on social channels
- Recognition in campaign content
- Association with a champion team
The total 2026 budget is BDT 45,00,000. TTA is self-funding BDT 18,50,000 from our own budget, so we are raising BDT 26,50,000 from sponsors. The Title Sponsorship is our flagship partnership at BDT 20,00,000, with Gold, Silver, and Bronze partners contributing toward the balance at the levels above. Partial & in-kind support is welcome, a single school program, a batch of robotics kits, or part of the team's travel can each be sponsored on its own. All amounts exclude VAT and government taxation; specific benefits (number, placement, and format) are confirmed by written agreement and scale with the contribution.
What partners receive
Visibility that travels with the team.
International audience
Your brand on a stage shared with 190+ nations and a global broadcast.
High media coverage
Mentions across the national outlets that have followed Team Bangladesh for a decade.
CEO & social endorsement
Video endorsement, appreciation content, and podcast features on our channels.
On-the-ground branding
Logos on jerseys, roll-up banners, backdrops, and venue presence.
Branded merchandise
Tees, stickers, mugs, and key rings produced and shared with your brand.
Champion association
Goodwill and community pride from backing a team positioned to win.
Let's build it together
Send Bangladesh to the global stage of robotics.
Tell us a convenient time and we'll walk you through the partnership, the budget, and the impact. We'd be honoured to have you stand with Team Bangladesh.
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