Privatian: admission prep platform
The platform I founded in 2022 to help students get into private universities in Bangladesh. It sells admission-prep courses and content, and I built and run the whole web app myself.
~10,000Courses sold
Shipping products in production since 2022
Kawser Sikder, Software Engineer. I build products that survive contact with users.
I build full products for education and e-commerce, from the database schema up to the payment screen. Founder and lead engineer at Privatian, finishing my B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering at North South University.
Kawser Sikder
Software Engineer
B.Sc. CSE · North South University
- Currently
- Founder & lead engineer, Privatian
- Graduating
- December 2026
- Focus
- EdTech, e-commerce, school systems and IoT
- Core stack
- Next.js
- Node.js
- Express
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Kotlin
Brands and partners
Privatian
Grameenphone
BOOYAH!
Dopamine Drops BD
At a glance
3
Products in production
~10,000
Courses sold on Privatian
500+
Orders in 4 months (Dopamine Drops BD)
100+
Students on the RFID check-in system
Experience
Where I've worked
Current role, 2022 – Present
Engineering
Founder & Lead EngineerPrivatian (opens in a new tab)
Privatian helps students get into private universities in Bangladesh with live online courses, exam batches and printed prep books. I built the whole platform alone, from the database up, and run everything.
- Around 10,000 courses and content sold
- Rebuilt the platform from WordPress on Next.js, Express, PostgreSQL and Redis
- Automated enrolment: buying a course adds the student to every class in its routine on the Google Meet calendar, so only enrolled students can join
- Built Google Classroom-style teacher tools for materials, quizzes, routines and assignments
- Device fingerprinting and device-ID limits per student to stop piracy
- Live classes that play on phones, tablets and computers, with bKash checkout
- Next.js
- Express
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- bKash
Current role, 2026 – Present
Engineering
Full-stack & IoT DeveloperChild Guide Pre-Cadet School (opens in a new tab)
A school management system with RFID attendance for the kindergarten I grew up in, started in June 2026 and now in daily use, with portals for the principal, teachers and parents.
- Built the RFID gate box: a card swipe marks attendance, shows the student's photo on a TV at the gate and texts guardians
- A cron job marks absences when the attendance window closes and texts guardians, with optional late marking
- Grades by term with drafts, admit cards, exam routines, notices, fees, wallets and scholarships in one portal
- Web app on Next.js, Express and PostgreSQL, plus an Android app in Kotlin
- Next.js
- Express
- PostgreSQL
- Kotlin
- IoT / RFID
2026
Engineering
Full-stack Developer (client project)Dopamine Drops BD (opens in a new tab)
I built this e-commerce site and its admin for a client. It sells physical products and resells digital subscriptions such as Spotify Premium, with bKash and cash on delivery.
- 500+ orders in about 4 months; 550+ orders, 250+ customers and 150+ active subscriptions so far
- Admin for orders, products with variations, users, subscription expiry tracking and a full coupon engine
- A cron job texts customers when they buy and before a subscription expires, and a Telegram bot copies every alert to the admins' group
- Next.js
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Telegram bot
2024 – 2025
Leadership
Sub-executiveNorth South University Sanskritik Shongaton
One of the largest cultural clubs in Bangladesh.
- 2023Joined the club as a member
- 2024Became a sub-executive
- 2025Completed my tenure as sub-executive
2017 – 2021
Content creation
Content CreatorTechnomoni (YouTube)
A gaming channel I started in 2017 that grew to about 95K subscribers, and the brand partnerships that came with it.
- 2017Started Technomoni, a gaming YouTube channel
- 2018Content partner with Codashop
- 2019Content creator partnership with Tencent
- 2019Started a second channel, Moni Sikder, for vlogs
- 2020 – 2021Partner programme content creator for Garena and Booyah
- Brand collaborations with realme and Grameenphone
Selected work
Three products in production
Each has its own page: what it does, what I built, and the numbers so far.
School management + RFID attendance
A school management system with IoT RFID attendance, in daily use at the kindergarten school I grew up in. Students tap a card and their photo appears on a screen.
100+Students
Dopamine Drops BD
An e-commerce site I built for a client in 2026. It sells physical products and resells digital subscriptions like Spotify Premium, with bKash and cash on delivery.
500+Orders in 4 months
GitHub
A year on GitHub
My contribution calendar for the past twelve months, pulled from GitHub each time this site is built.
Contribution activity
1,094 contributions · Oct 2025 – Oct 2026
Nov 2025DecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Activity from github.com/kawsersikder (opens in a new tab)
Education
Computer Science at North South University
B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering
North South University · Graduating December 2026
Ranked 801–1000 · THE World University Rankings 2026 (opens in a new tab)- 92.0% average
- 7 of 9 courses at A / A-
Key coursework: Data Structures and Algorithms, Pattern Recognition and Neural Network, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Operating Systems Design, Software Engineering
All courses and gradesAbout
From gaming videos to production software
I started online in 2017 as a gaming YouTuber. My channel, Technomoni, grew to about 95K subscribers and brought partnerships with Codashop, Tencent, Garena and Booyah, plus brand work with realme and Grameenphone. Building an audience taught me what people actually use, long before I wrote production code.
In 2022 I started Computer Science & Engineering at North South University and, the same year, founded Privatian, an admission-prep platform I built on my own that has sold around 10,000 courses. Since then I've built Dopamine Drops BD for a client, an e-commerce store with 550+ orders and automated SMS and Telegram alerts, and a school management system with an RFID gate box I built, now in daily use at the kindergarten I grew up in.
- Building
- Privatian as founder & lead engineer, and the Child Guide school portal
- Studying
- B.Sc. in CSE at North South University · coursework
- Ask me about
- RFID attendance hardware, cron jobs with SMS and Telegram alerts, device limits against piracy, bKash payments, migrating off WordPress
- Comfortable in
- Next.js, Node.js with Express, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Kotlin for Android
How I work
The same loop, every time.
Sit with the actual operation
Before writing anything, I watch how the work really runs: who takes the order, who marks attendance, who collects the fees, and what happens when the internet drops.
Ship the smallest useful slice
A working checkout beats a beautiful dashboard nobody can trust. Get it in front of real users early.
Harden what people depend on
Payments, permissions, device limits and the alerts that tell someone when it matters. The boring work is what keeps the product alive.
Count it, then write it down
Every number on this site is real. Claims without receipts don't belong in a portfolio.
Beyond the code
Travel and languages
I love travelling, and my dream is to see the world on a full world tour.
I took my first solo international flight in 2019, when I was just 16. So far I've been to India, Malaysia and Thailand, travelling to Malaysia and Thailand on my own, and I shared the trips as vlogs on YouTube.
Travelling is how I learn other cultures and languages. I'm comfortable in Bangla, English, Hindi and Urdu, and I'm learning German to make it my fifth language.
Countries so far
3- India
- MalaysiaSolo trip
- ThailandSolo trip
- The rest of the worldNext
Languages
5- BanglaComfortable
- EnglishComfortable
- GermanLearning now
- HindiComfortable
- UrduComfortable
Contact
Let's talk
Questions about one of my projects, an idea to build together, or just want to say hello? Email me, or find me on LinkedIn and GitHub.