Since high school, I've been participating in different science contests, and the Astronomy Olympiad had a major impact on me. I've participated in two different international olympiads as a student (i.e. IOAA 2016 and IESO 2017, where I earned a Bronze medal as a participant). Since 2018, I've been working at the Bangladesh Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (BDOAA) as an academic coordinator and coach. I was the youngest team leader of the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) on behalf of Bangladesh in 2018 among experienced Astronomers and educators from more than 43 countries when I participated first. ✨
Here I'll eventually add all the blogs, notes, and details about the Astronomy Olympiad and outreach I've created over the years.
My notes, open observational-astronomy book, and Bengali textbook are collected here so students can move directly from preparation to practice.
Olympiad-focused notes written mainly for Bangladesh team preparation for IOAA, including new 2026 material, problem solving, analemma, radiation, and problem-of-the-day resources.
Browse all Olympiad notes ↓A Bengali astronomy book for Olympiad preparation and broader mathematical and physical astronomy learning.
View the book on Rokomari ↗Learn from the book, then explore the links through the Book Reading Guide and interactive Knowledge Graph.
Open Star Charts 101 ↗Olympiad teaching across astronomy, observation, astrophysics, and Earth science.
A detailed Bengali guide on how to prepare, what to read, and how to perform better in Astronomy Olympiad problems.
Most of the notes are Olympiad-focused that I've written for Bangladesh team preparation for IOAA. I am also writing my own Astronomy textbook named জ্যোতির্বিজ্ঞানের যতকিছু — অলিম্পিয়াড ও অন্যান্য (All about Astronomy, Olympiad and Extra). You can find the book on Rokomari, and more information about the project on my research page.
I also publish my Astronomy lecture classes that I've taken during the training session for the Astronomy Olympiads. The videos can be found on BDOAA's official channel.
BDOAA ChannelNational Olympiad work, team preparation, training, and international representation.
Bangladesh Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (BDOAA) is a non-profit organization that organizes the regional and national olympiads on astronomy and astrophysics (A&A), hosts the national A&A camp in Bangladesh, and sends students to the International Olympiad on A&A (IOAA) co-founded by me back in 2018. BDOAA is the most prestigious competition on A&A in Bangladesh for school and college students and IOAA is the most prestigious international competition on A&A for students up to the age of eighteen.
I've since been the lead academic member and trainer of the Olympiad and also acting as the team leader of Bangladesh since 2018 participating in China, Hungary, Estonia, Colombia, Georgia, and Poland in different editions of IOAA.
Bangladesh Team: 1 Honorable Mention under my leadership.
Bangladesh Team: 2 Silver medals, 3 Bronze medals, 1 Honorable Mention, and 1 Best Group Award under my leadership. Hosted by Estonia and conducted online due to COVID-19; GeCAA was held in place of the postponed 14th IOAA.
Bangladesh Team: 1 Bronze medal and 4 Honorable Mentions under my leadership. The 14th IOAA was held in hybrid mode, hosted from Bogotá, Colombia.
Bangladesh Team: 2 Silver medals and 1 Bronze medal under my leadership.
Bangladesh Team: 1 Bronze medal and 1 Honorable Mention under my leadership.
Bangladesh Team: 1 Silver, 2 Bronze medals, and 1 Honorable Mention under my leadership.
Bangladesh Team: 1 Silver medal, 2 Honorable Mentions, and 1 Best Group Award under my leadership.
Bangladesh Team: medals TBD · Bangladesh Team Leader.
Observational campaigns, astrophotography, and public astronomy outreach across Bangladesh.
Durbin is the first observational group that is traveling around Bangladesh to do astrophotography of planets, nebula, stars, galaxies, and other exciting astronomical objects. We will share our images and their stories with everyone to raise awareness about the Universe in which we live.
This is a fairly amateur Astronomer group that mainly specializes in Astronomy outreach through observational campaigns. I am one of the key National Volunteer of the group. The project is funded by the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics and Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB).
Related work and pages from across the portfolio.
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