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Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry Maheshwari
Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry at Governor House after receiving Sitara-e-Imtiaz on March 23, 2023
Born (1959-01-01) 1 January 1959 (age 65)
Kantio, Sindh, Pakistan
Alma mater
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
FieldsElectronics engineering, ICT, engineering education [1]
Institutions
Website bschowdhry.info

Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry (born 1 January 1959; Kantio, Sindh) is a Pakistani ICT Professional and an electronics engineer. He is a Distinguished National Professor, Meritorious Professor, Emeritus Professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Engineering at the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Jamashoro, [2] Sindh, Pakistan.

Education

Born in Pakistan, Chowdhry earned a B.E. in Electronic Engineering with First Class Honours from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro (MUET) in 1983. He was simultaneously appointed as a lecturer in the electronics engineering programme at MUET. In 1984, he was awarded a Merit Scholarship by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Government of Pakistan to gain a PhD from the University of Southampton [3] in the United Kingdom.

Publications

In 2007–2008, he completed a one-year Postdoctoral Fellowship sponsored by HEC from the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, [3] United Kingdom UK. His research work in Wireless Sensor Networks resulted in several publications, and he is a co-editor of the book "Wireless Networks, Information Processing and Systems", CCIS 20, published by Springer-Verlag, Germany. [4] [5]

Fellowships

He is a guest Associate Editor of the International Journal of Wireless Personal Communication, published by Springer Germany. [6] Upon return from the UK in 2008, after completing his Postdoctoral Fellowship, he was appointed as Director of the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (IICT). He was selected as MUET Lead person for Erasmus Mundus external cooperation Window Project: Mobility of Life at Aalborg University in Aalborg (alternatively spelled Ålborg), Denmark. He also attended the Erasmus Fellowship under the Strong Ties program at the University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, in 2013. He is also the member of Executive Committee member of HiSHA (Hyderabad Information & Software Association).

Honours and awards

Book publications

Following is a list of books authored/coauthored or edited by him. ISBN numbers mentioned for further information.

  • 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.
  • 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,
  • A Practical Book on Introduction to Computing, by Mehran Infotech Consultants, Hyderabad, Pakistan, January 2006.
  • 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.
  • Career Roadmap Guide for Engineers, recently 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

References

  1. ^ "Professor Dr B.S. Chowdhry | Mehran University". Muet.edu.pk. 23 September 2002. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Dean Faculty of EECE Message | Mehran University". muet.edu.pk. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton". Ecs.soton.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  4. ^ Wireless Networks Information Processing and Systems. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer.com. 2009. ISBN  9783540898528. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  5. ^ Chowdhry, Bhawani (2012). Emerging Trends and Applications in Information Communication Technologies. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Vol. 281. Germany: Springer. p. 650. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-28962-0. ISBN  978-3-642-28961-3. S2CID  36932573.
  6. ^ Chowdhry, B. S. (19 February 2013). "Successful Transformation of ICT Graduate Program: A Role Model for Developing Countries - Springer". Wireless Personal Communications. 69 (3): 1013–1023. doi: 10.1007/s11277-013-1061-8. S2CID  35841875.
  7. ^ Raza, Syed Irfan (15 August 2022). "President confers awards for meritorious services". DAWN.COM.
  8. ^ "Prof. Dr. Engr. Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry has been awarded Sitara i Imtiaz in recognition of his services for the country on the occasion of Independence Day – MUET Alumni". 15 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Archive | Your Source of News on the World Wide Web". Dawn.Com. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  10. ^ Wireless Networks Information Processing and Systems - First International Multi Topic Conference. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer.com. 2009. ISBN  9783540898528. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  11. ^ Emerging Trends and Applications in Information Communication Technologies - Second International. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer.com. 2012. ISBN  9783642289613. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  12. ^ Wireless Sensor Networks for Developing Countries - First International Conference, WSN4DC 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springeronline.com. 2013. ISBN  9783642410536. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  13. ^ "The First Book of Electronics Workshop: Can't Beat A Practical Approach!". River Publishers. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  14. ^ Communication Technologies, Information Security and Sustainable Development - Springer. Communications in Computer and Information Science. Vol. 414. Link.springer.com. 2014. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-10987-9. ISBN  978-3-319-10986-2. S2CID  2722268.
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