What is Jamilur Reza Choudhury?
[[File:Jamilur Reza Choudhury (18) (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Jamilur Reza Choudhury''' (15 November 1943 &ndash; 28 April 2020) was a Bangladeshi [[civil engineer]], professor, researcher, and educator. He was an Adviser (Minister) to [[Caretaker government of Bangladesh|Caretaker Government of Bangladesh]] (April–June 1996).<ref>{{cite news |title=Create professionals in disaster management |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=50570 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=15 August 2008 |access-date=18 December 2013 |archive-date=19 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219011348/http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=50570 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was the vice chancellor of [[BRAC University]] from 2001 to 2012 and of [[University of Asia Pacific]] from 2012 until his death. He was also the president of [[Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad]] Committee from 2003. He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] in the category of science and technology in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/17-named-ekushey-padak-2017-1360108|title=17 named for Ekushey Padak 2017|date=12 February 2017|access-date=12 February 2017|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> He was made a [[National Professor]] by the [[Government of Bangladesh]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/3-educationists-become-national-professors-1592581|title=3 educationists become national professors|date=2018-06-20|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-06-20|language=en}}</ref> Choudhury died on 28 April 2020 of [[heart attack]] in [[Dhaka]], aged 76.<ref>[https://newsnextbd.com/?p=8976 Jamilur Reza Chowdhury passes away]{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Choudhury, Jamilur Reza}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Bangladeshi academics]] [[Category:Civil engineers]] [[Category:Bangladeshi scien