Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry

Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry (born 1 January 1959) is a Pakistani ICT officer and electronics engineer. He is a professor emeritus at Mehran University of Engineering & Technology (MUET) in Jamshoro, Sindh. He was the Dean of the Electrical, Electronics & Computer Engineering school from 2011 to 2018.^[2]

Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry Maheshwari
Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry at Governor House after receiving Sitara-e-Imtiaz on 23 March 2023
Born	(1959-01-01) 1 January 1959 (age 66) Kantio, Sindh, Pakistan
Alma mater	Mehran University of Engineering and Technology University of Southampton
Awards	Sitara-i-Imtiaz (2022), Pride of Performance Award, Best Teacher Award, National IT Excellence Award, UNESCO/IAEA Guest Science Award, Presidential Izaz-e-Fazeelat Highest Academic Distinction Award, JCI Senator Award
Scientific career
Fields	Electronics engineering, ICT, engineering education[1]
Institutions	Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) University of Southampton
Website	bschowdhry.info

Early life and education

Chowdhry was born on 1 January 1959 in Kantio, Sindh, Pakistan. In 1983, he earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree with First Class Honours at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET). He then joinedMUET as a faculty member.^[3][4]

In 1984, Chowdhry received a merit scholarship from the Ministry of Science and Technology to study at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, where he completed his PhD in 1990.^[5]

Career

In 1990, Chowdry returned to MUET as a full-time professor. He also served as Chairman of the Department of Electronic Engineering at MUET from 1993 to 2011.^[4]

In 2003, Chowdry established the Department of Biomedical Engineering at MUET and consequently became Chairman.^[4]

In 2008, Chowdhry completed a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Southampton's School of Electronics and Computer Science, sponsored by the Higher Education Commission.^[5] His research interests included wireless sensor networks.^{[citation needed]} The same year, he was appointed as the director of the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (IICT), where he continued in that position until 2011.^[4]

Chowdhry is a guest associate editor of the International Journal of Wireless Personal Communication, published by Springer Germany.^[6]

Chowdhry was the MUET lead representative for the Erasmus Mundus project Mobility of Life at Aalborg University in Aalborg, Denmark. In 2013, he participated in the Erasmus Fellowship under the Strong Ties program at the University of Limerick in Ireland. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Hyderabad Information & Software Association (HiSHA).^{[citation needed]}

Honours and awards

In 2002, Chowdhry received the Millennium Gold Medal at the 12th (XII) Star Awards by South Asia Publication.^[7]

On 14 August 2022, the President of Pakistan, Arif Alvi, conferred Chowdhry with the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, the nation's third-highest civilian honour, for his services to the country's public and education sector.^[8][9]

Book publications

• C/C++ for Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers, Published by Mehran Infotech Consultants, Hyderabad, Pakistan, June 2002, 330 pages: ISBN 978-969-8680-01-5.
• The Art of Learning C & MS-Access, Published by Mehran Infotech Consultants, Hyderabad, Pakistan, September 2002, 340 pages.
• Programming with C & Building Database with Access, Published by Mehran Infotech Consultants, Hyderabad, Pakistan April 2003, 76 pages. ISBN 978-969-8680-07-7.
• Digital Electronics & Microprocessor Technology, Published by Mehran Infotech Consultants, Hyderabad, Pakistan June 2003, 244 pages. ^{[citation needed]}
• Telecommunication Technology, Published by Mehran Infotech Consultants, Hyderabad, Pakistan June 2003, 198 pages. ISBN 978-969-8680-08-4
• Microprocessors & Interfacing Techniques, Published by Mehran Infotech Consultants, Hyderabad, Pakistan Jan 2005, 140 pages. ISBN 978-969-8680-13-8.
• A Practical Book of Amplifiers & Oscillators, Published by Mehran Infotech Consultants, Hyderabad, Pakistan Dec. 2005. ^{[citation needed]}
• A Practical Book on Introduction to Computing, by Mehran Infotech Consultants, Hyderabad, Pakistan, January 2006.^{[citation needed]}
• Infotech Insider, by Mehran Infotech Consultants, Pakistan, May 2006, ISBN 978-969-8680-17-6.
• A Practical Book of Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating System, by Mehran Infotech Consultants, Hyderabad, Pakistan, March 2007.
• A Practical Book of Digital Electronics, Published by Mehran InfoTech Consultants, Hyderabad, Pakistan, Jan 2008.
• "Wireless Networks, Information Processing and Systems", CCIS 20, published by Springer Verlag, Germany.^{[citation needed]}
• Career Roadmap Guide for Engineers, published, ISBN 978-969-9526-00-8.^[10]
• "Emerging Trends and Applications in Information Communication Technologies", CCIS 281 published by Springer Verlag, Germany (Main Editor). ISBN 978-3-642-28961-3^[11]
• "Wireless Sensor Networks for Developing Countries", CCIS 366 published by Springer Verlag, Germany (Main Editor). ISBN 978-3-642-41053-6.^[12]
• "The First Book of Electronics Workshop: Can't Beat A Practical Approach! River Publishers, Denmark. ISBN 978-8-793-10247-7.^[13]
• "Communication Technologies, Information Security and Sustainable Development", CCIS 414 published by Springer Verlag, Germany (Main Editor).ISBN 978-3319109879, 978-3319109862^[14]

See also

• Mehran University of Engineering and Technology
• University of Southampton