Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry

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

Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry Maheshwari
Gen Javed Ashraf Qazi, Federal Minister of Education awarding South Asia Millennium Gold Medal.
Born (1959-01-01) 1 January 1959
Kantio, Sindh, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
CitizenshipPakistan
Alma materMehran University of Engineering and Technology
University of Southampton
AwardsPride 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]
InstitutionsMehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET)
University of Southampton
Websitebschowdhry.info

Education

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

Publications

In 2007–08 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 the area of Wireless Sensor Networks resulted in a number of publications and is one of the editors of the book "Wireless Networks, Information Processing and Systems", CCIS 20, published by Springer-Verlag, Germany.,[4][5]

Fellowships

He is guest Associate Editor of International Journal of Wireless Personal communication published by Springer Germany.[6] Upon return from UK in 2008, after completion of Postdoctoral Fellowship, he was appointed as Director, 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 Alborg University Denmark. He also attended Erasmus Fellowship under strongTies program at University of Limerick Ireland in 2013.

Honours and awards
  • Recipient of Millennium Gold Medal, XIIth Star Awards South Asia Publication, 17 May 2002.[7]

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.[8]
  • "Emerging Trends and Applications in Information Communication Technologies", CCIS 281 published by Springer Verlag, Germany (Main Editor). ISBN 978-3-642-28961-3[9]
  • "Wireless Sensor Networks for Developing Countries", CCIS 366 published by Springer Verlag, Germany (Main Editor). ISBN 978-3-642-41053-6.[10]
  • "The First Book of Electronics Workshop: Can’t Beat A Practical Approach! River Publishers, Denmark. ISBN 978-8-793-10247-7.[11]
  • "Communication Technologies, Information Security and Sustainable Development", CCIS 414 published by Springer Verlag, Germany (Main Editor). ISBN (Online) 978-3-319-10986-2 (Print) 978-3-319-10987-9[12]

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. "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. 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. "Archive | Your Source of News on the World Wide Web". Dawn.Com. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. "The First Book of Electronics Workshop: Can't Beat A Practical Approach!". River Publishers. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  12. Communication Technologies, Information Security and Sustainable Development - Springer. Communications in Computer and Information Science. 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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