Full Name: Professor Dr. Arup Ratan Choudhury

Affiliation: BIRDEM

Current Position: Professor

Date of Birth: January 23, 1952

Place of Birth: Bangladesh

Home District: Sylhet

Nationality: Bangladeshi

Profile:

Dr. Arup Ratan Choudhury(born 23 January 1952) is a Bangladeshi dental specialist and media personality. He is currently the head and senior consultant at the Department of Dentistry of Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM).

Choudhury passed S.S.C. exam from Sylhet Government Pilot High School in 1968 and H.S.C. exam from Jagannath College University in 1970. He completed his Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 1975 from Dhaka Dental College and Hospital under University of Dhaka. He received Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from University of Dhaka in 2000. He received fellowship in Dental Public Health under World Health Organization Fellowship Program 1983–1984, London University, UK and postdoctoral research fellow, 1992–1993 at Department of Oral Biology & Pathology, School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, New York City. He became the Fellow of International College of Continuous Dental Education (FICCDE) in 2003 and Fellow of International congress on Oral Cancer (FICOOC) in 2005.He received Fellowship in Dental Surgery from Royal College of Surgeons of England (FDSRCS) in 2013.

Chowdhury is also a social and cultural activist and also a regular singer in BTV, Bangladesh Betar and other private channels in Banglladesh. He is the founder President & Organizer of Association for the Prevention of Drug Abuse (MANAS) andFounder President of Bangladesh Association of Dental Education and Research (BADER). Chowdhury is the visiting scholar of International Visitors Program (IVP) on Drug Abuse sponsored by United States Information Agency (USIS), USA. He also a Member of National Board of Drug Control, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Chowdhury is a programmer and presenter on Health Education Programs National in mass media (newspaper, radio, television). Speaker in public seminars and short film maker (main focus on drug abuse, anti-smoking) or TV serials.

Awards

·         "Tobacco or Health" from World Health Organization (WHO) (1998)

·         Atish Dipankar Gold Medal by Atish Dipankar Golshana Parishad (2000)

·         Ekushey Padak (2015)

 

 

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