We had the CCDS / AGenCy lab’s big meetup on the fine morning of March 8th. The new faculty members Dr. M M Mahbubul Sayeed, Dr. Asm Shihavuddin and Dr. Saadia Binte Alam who joined IUB this year, the current faculty members – Prof Arshad Momen, Prof Ashraful Amin, Dr. Amin Ahsan Ali and Dr. AKM Mahbubur Rahman, the outgoing RAs, the new RAs, and the undergrads who are doing their senior project with us were present. We had a special session conducted by our outgoing RAs who received PhD admission with RAships/fellowships sharing their research experience and journey towards PhD admission. Special thanks to Amit Roy, Kashob Roy , Saif Mahmud Dhrubo and Tanjid Hasan Tonmoy, Fahim Faisal Niloy for sharing their PhD admission experience.