# Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry

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

## Early life and education

Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry was born on 1 January 1959 in Kantio, Sindh, Pakistan. In 1983, he completed bachelor of Enineering degree in Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) with First Class Honours. He gave lectures in the electric engineering department at MUET.
In 1984, he got a Merit Scholarship from the Ministry of Science and Technology of Pakistan to study at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom and received his PhD in 1990.

## Career

In 2008, he completed a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Southampton's School of Electronics and Computer Science, sponsored by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. His research includes work in wireless sensor networks.
Upon return from the United Kingdom in 2008, he was appointed as director of the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (IICT).
He is a guest associate editor of the International Journal of Wireless Personal Communication, published by Springer Germany.
He was selected as the MUET lead representative for the Erasmus Mundus external cooperation window project, Mobility of Life, at Aalborg University in Aalborg (also spelled Ålborg), Denmark. In 2013, he attended 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).

## Honours and awards

* On 14 August 2022, the President of Pakistan Arif Alvi conferred Chowdhry with the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, the nation's third-highest civilian honour, to recognize his services to the country's public and education sector.
* Recipient of Millennium Gold Medal, 12th (XII) Star Awards South Asia Publication, 17 May 2002.

## Book publications

Following is a list of books authored/coauthored or edited by Chowdhry. 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.
* "Emerging Trends and Applications in Information Communication Technologies", CCIS 281 published by Springer Verlag, Germany (Main Editor). ISBN 978-3-642-28961-3
* "Wireless Sensor Networks for Developing Countries", CCIS 366 published by Springer Verlag, Germany (Main Editor). ISBN 978-3-642-41053-6.
* "The First Book of Electronics Workshop: Can’t Beat A Practical Approach! River Publishers, Denmark. ISBN 978-8-793-10247-7.
* "Communication Technologies, Information Security and Sustainable Development", CCIS 414 published by Springer Verlag, Germany (Main Editor)ISBN 978-3319109879, 978-3319109862