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Dr. A.M. Chowdhury
Dr. A.M. Chowdhury

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Dr. A.M. Chowdhury
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Flat No. D-5, House No. 74, Road No. 12/A Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka-1205
Bangladesh
812 2098
01911 320311

Biography

He obtained M. Sc. in Applied Mathema-tics, Dhaka University, 1963. Ph.D. in Space Physics, London University, 1969.
(i) Awarded a gold medal for securing highest marks in Mathematics in the Matriculation examination. (ii) Awarded the Raja Kali Narayan Scholarship of Dhaka University. (iii) Awarded US NASA group achievement award for successfully completing the ACEMP Project of SPARRSO. (iv) Awarded World Leader of Achievement by the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England. (v) Biography included in the Who is Who in the World by Marquis of USA. (vi) Awarded Bangladesh Independence Day Award 1998.
Remote Sensing and Atmospheric Research. Held responsible positions initially at Dhaka University, Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Committee (SUPARCO) and later in Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (SPARRSO) from where he retired as Chairman. He also worked as Executive Director, Bangladesh Computer Council on contract basis.
Nearly 400 publications in national and international journals and as seminar and workshop presentations.
Visited many countries including UK, USA, Italy, France, Germany, India, China, Japan, South Korea etc. Visited Goddard Space Flight Centre, Maryland; National Hurricane Research Laboratory, Florida, USA; NASA and NOAA Headquarters, Washington, DC; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea; Beijing University, China.
(i) President of Bangladesh Geophysical Society for the term 1981 - 1983. (ii) Elected a Member of the American Physical Society. (iii) Life Member, International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems. (iv) Associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics from 1980 - 1992.

Academy

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Elected Fellow
1997