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	\| caption = Choudhury in 2018		\| caption = Choudhury in 2018
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	\| birth_place = [[Sylhet]], [[Assam Province]], [[British India]]		\| birth_place = [[Sylhet]], [[Assam Province]], [[British India]]
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	\| known_for = Academics, research, civil engineering, former adviser to Caretaker Government of Bangladesh		\| known_for = Academics, research, civil engineering, former adviser to Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age \|2020\|4\|28 \|~~1942~~\|11\|15 \|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age \|2020\|4\|28 \|1943\|11\|15 \|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh		\| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
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	==Early life and background==		==Early life and background==
	Choudhury was born in [[Sylhet]] (during British colonial rule) on 15 November 1943. His father, Abid Reza Choudhury (1905–1991), was a civil engineer who had migrated to Dhaka in 1952 (after the [[Partition of India]]) from Rangauty, a rural area of [[Hailakandi]] ([[Assam]], India). Abid was the first Muslim to graduate from [[Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur\|Bengal Engineering and Science University]], in 1929. His mother, Hayatun Nessa Choudhury (née Laskor) (1922–2010) was a homemaker, from the Nitainagar area of Hailakandi. Jamilur is the middle child of five siblings.{{citation needed\|date=April ~~2020~~}}		Choudhury was born in [[Sylhet]] (during British colonial rule) on 15 November 1943. His father, Abid Reza Choudhury (1905–1991), was a civil engineer who had migrated to Dhaka in 1952 (after the [[Partition of India]]) from Rangauty, a rural area of [[Hailakandi]] ([[Assam]], India). Abid was the first Muslim to graduate from [[Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur\|Bengal Engineering and Science University]], in 1929. His mother, Hayatun Nessa Choudhury (née Laskor) (1922–2010) was a homemaker, from the Nitainagar area of Hailakandi. Jamilur is the middle child of five siblings.{{citation needed\|date=April 2022}}

	==Education==		==Education==
	Choudhury began school in 1950 (age 6) at the [[Mymensingh Zilla School]]. After his family moved to Dhaka from Mymensingh in 1952, he transferred to Nawabpur Government High School, and transferred once more to a private Catholic school, [[St Gregory's School (Dhaka)\|St Gregory's High School]], in 1953. He passed entrance examination from [[Sylhet Government Pilot High School]]. He attended [[Dhaka College]] from 1957 to 1959 and earned his Bachelor of Science Degree (Civil Engineering) from [[Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology]] (BUET) in 1963. Upon graduation from BUET (First Class First with Honours), he became a lecturer in the Civil Engineering Department that same year. He earned a Masters of Science in Engineering Degree (advanced structural engineering) in 1965 and a Ph.D. in structural engineering in 1968, both at [[University of Southampton]].		Choudhury began school in 1950 (age 6) at the [[Mymensingh Zilla School]]. After his family moved to Dhaka from Mymensingh in 1952, he transferred to Nawabpur Government High School, and transferred once more to a private Catholic school, [[St Gregory's School (Dhaka)\|St Gregory's High School]], in 1953. He passed entrance examination from [[Sylhet Government Pilot High School]]. He attended [[Dhaka College]] from 1957 to 1959 and earned his Bachelor of Science Degree (Civil Engineering) from [[Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology]] (BUET) in 1963. Upon graduation from BUET (First Class First with Honours), he became a lecturer in the Civil Engineering Department that same year. He earned a Masters of Science in Engineering Degree (advanced structural engineering) in 1965 and a Ph.D. in structural engineering in 1968, both at [[University of Southampton]].

	Choudhury was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa) by Manchester University on 20 October 2010 – the first person of Bangladeshi origin to receive this honor from a British University.<ref name="uap">{{cite web \|title=Profile of Prof. Dr. Jamilur Reza Choudhury \|url=http://uap-bd.edu/Prof.Dr.JRCprofile.html \|website=University of Asia Pacific \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330005333/http://uap-bd.edu/Prof.Dr.JRCprofile.html \|archive-date=30 March 2013 \|access-date=18 December ~~2013~~}}</ref>		Choudhury was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa) by Manchester University on 20 October 2010 – the first person of Bangladeshi origin to receive this honor from a British University.<ref name="uap">{{cite web \|title=Profile of Prof. Dr. Jamilur Reza Choudhury \|url=http://uap-bd.edu/Prof.Dr.JRCprofile.html \|website=University of Asia Pacific \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330005333/http://uap-bd.edu/Prof.Dr.JRCprofile.html \|archive-date=30 March 2013 \|access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref>

	==Work==		==Work==
	Immediately after publication of results of BSC Engineering, he joined as a faculty member of the former East Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology (EPUET) pending formal appointment. In November 1963, he formally joined as a lecturer the Department of Civil Engineering and began his long teaching career. In September 1964 he was awarded a scholarship by Burmashell to pursue MS in structural engineering. His thesis was on "Cracks in Concrete Beam using Computer-Aided Design". In 1968, he was conferred a Ph.D. degree on the topic of "Shear Wall & Structural Analysis of High rise Building". After completing Ph.D. he returned to former East Pakistan in 1968 and joined the former East Pakistan University of Engineering & Technology as an assistant professor until the demise of East Pakistan and the birth of a new nation, Bangladesh. In 1973 he was promoted to associate professor of Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) and in 1976 a full professor. In 1975, he was offered a Nuffield scholarship to pursue a post-doctoral Fellowship at Surrey University in the UK. Until 2001 he was working as a Professor at BUET. He was also entrusted with developing a "Computer Center" at BUET and was appointed the director for about 10 years. He served as vice-chancellor of BRAC University between 2001 and 2010.<ref>[http://www.samakal.com.bd/print_news.php?news_id=44988&pub_no=242 BRAC University Move] {{Webarchive\|url=https://archive.today/20120910143257/http://www.samakal.com.bd/print_news.php?news_id=44988&pub_no=242 \|date=10 September 2012 }} The Daily Samakal</ref> Choudhury was appointed the chairman of the task force for developing Software Export & IT Infrastructure in Bangladesh from 1997 to 2000 under the Ministry of Commerce. He was a ranking member of the Prime Minister's Task Force on developing Digital Bangladesh. Besides he was involved with several local and international organizations.		Immediately after publication of results of BSC Engineering, he joined as a faculty member of the former East Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology (EPUET) pending formal appointment. In November 1963, he formally joined as a lecturer the Department of Civil Engineering and began his long teaching career. In September 1964 he was awarded a scholarship by Burmashell to pursue MS in structural engineering. His thesis was on "Cracks in Concrete Beam using Computer-Aided Design". In 1968, he was conferred a Ph.D. degree on the topic of "Shear Wall & Structural Analysis of High rise Building". After completing Ph.D. he returned to former East Pakistan in 1968 and joined the former East Pakistan University of Engineering & Technology as an assistant professor until the demise of East Pakistan and the birth of a new nation, Bangladesh. In 1973 he was promoted to associate professor of Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) and in 1976 a full professor. In 1975, he was offered a Nuffield scholarship to pursue a post-doctoral Fellowship at Surrey University in the UK. Until 2001 he was working as a Professor at BUET. He was also entrusted with developing a "Computer Center" at BUET and was appointed the director for about 10 years.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Directors of IICT, BUET\|url=https://iict.buet.ac.bd/?page_id=1984}}</ref> He served as vice-chancellor of BRAC University between 2001 and 2010.<ref>[http://www.samakal.com.bd/print_news.php?news_id=44988&pub_no=242 BRAC University Move] {{Webarchive\|url=https://archive.today/20120910143257/http://www.samakal.com.bd/print_news.php?news_id=44988&pub_no=242 \|date=10 September 2012 }} The Daily Samakal</ref> Choudhury was appointed the chairman of the task force for developing Software Export & IT Infrastructure in Bangladesh from 1997 to 2000 under the Ministry of Commerce. He was a ranking member of the Prime Minister's Task Force on developing Digital Bangladesh. Besides he was involved with several local and international organizations.
	He was working as the vice-chancellor of the [[University of Asia Pacific]] (UAP).<ref>{{Cite news \|script-title=bn:এশিয়া প্যাসিফিকের উপাচার্যের দায়িত্বে জামিলুর রেজা চৌধুরী\|url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-05-03/news/254613 \|work=Prothom Alo \|language=bn \|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> ~~Under his intellectual leadership, University of Asia Pacific is now regarded as one of the most respected universities in Bangladesh~~. He was the Technical Adviser of Padma ~~bridge~~.<ref name="uap" /> ~~He was the president of [[Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad]] Committee.~~		He was working as the vice-chancellor of the [[University of Asia Pacific]] (UAP).<ref>{{Cite news \|script-title=bn:এশিয়া প্যাসিফিকের উপাচার্যের দায়িত্বে জামিলুর রেজা চৌধুরী\|url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-05-03/news/254613 \|work=Prothom Alo \|language=bn \|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> . He was the Technical Adviser of [[Padma Bridge]].<ref name="uap" />

	==Awards==		==Awards==
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	* Lions International (District-315) Gold Medal		* Lions International (District-315) Gold Medal
	* Received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Manchester. He is the only Bangladeshi, who received a doctorate degree in Engineering from a British university.<ref>{{Cite news \|script-title=bn:জামিলুর রেজা চৌধুরী সম্মানসূচক ডক্টরেট ডিগ্রি পেলেন\|url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-10-15/news/101514 \|work=Prothom Alo \|language=bn \|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref>		* Received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Manchester. He is the only Bangladeshi, who received a doctorate degree in Engineering from a British university.<ref>{{Cite news \|script-title=bn:জামিলুর রেজা চৌধুরী সম্মানসূচক ডক্টরেট ডিগ্রি পেলেন\|url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-10-15/news/101514 \|work=Prothom Alo \|language=bn \|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref>
	* Jica Recognition Award <ref>{{cite news \|title=Prof Jamilur Reza gets Jica award \|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/prof-jamilur-reza-gets-jica-award/ \|newspaper=The Daily Star \|date=11 December ~~2013~~}}</ref>		* Jica Recognition Award <ref>{{cite news \|title=Prof Jamilur Reza gets Jica award \|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/prof-jamilur-reza-gets-jica-award/ \|newspaper=The Daily Star \|date=11 December 2022}}</ref>
	* Star Lifetime Award (2016)<ref name=star>{{cite news \|title=Prof. Jamilur Reza Choudhury \|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/star-lifetime-awardees-2016/prof-jamilur-reza-choudhury-212695		* Star Lifetime Award (2016)<ref name=star>{{cite news \|title=Prof. Jamilur Reza Choudhury \|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/star-lifetime-awardees-2016/prof-jamilur-reza-choudhury-212695
	\|newspaper=The Daily Star \|date=5 February 2016 \|access-date=5 November ~~2016~~}}</ref>		\|newspaper=The Daily Star \|date=5 February 2016 \|access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref>
	*[[File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 3Class BAR.svg\|45px\|ribbon bar]] [[Order of the Rising Sun\|Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon]] (2018)		*[[File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 3Class BAR.svg\|45px\|ribbon bar]] [[Order of the Rising Sun\|Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon]] (2018)

	== Death ==		== Death ==
	Choudhury died on 28 April ~~2021~~ following a heart attack in his home in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=National Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury no more\|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/obituary/2020/04/28/prof-jamilur-reza-choudhury-no-more\|date=2020-04-28\|work=Dhaka Tribune\|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref>		Choudhury died on 28 April 2020 following a heart attack in his home in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=National Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury no more\|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/obituary/2020/04/28/prof-jamilur-reza-choudhury-no-more\|date=2020-04-28\|work=Dhaka Tribune\|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref>

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{{short description|Bangladeshi civil engineer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jamilur Reza Choudhury
| native_name = জামিলুর রেজা চৌধুরী
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Jamilur Reza Choudhury by Nasir Khan Saikat (1-1).jpg
| caption = Choudhury in 2018
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1942|11|15}}
| birth_place = [[Sylhet]], [[Assam Province]], [[British India]]
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| office1 = [[Vice-Chancellor]] of [[BRAC University]]
| term_start1 = 2001
| term_end1 = 2010
| predecessor1 = ''Position established''
| successor1 = [[Ainun Nishat]]
| office = [[Vice-Chancellor]] of [[University of Asia Pacific]]
| term_start = 2 May 2012
| term_end = 28 April 2020
| predecessor = [[Abdul Matin Patwari]]
| alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Dhaka College]]|[[Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology]]|[[University of Southampton]]}}
| known_for = Academics, research, civil engineering, former adviser to Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
| death_date = {{Death date and age |2020|4|28 |1942|11|15 |df=y}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
}}

'''Dr. Jamilur Reza Choudhury''' (15 November 1942 – 28 April 2020) was a Bangladeshi [[civil engineer]], professor, researcher, and education advocate. He was an Adviser (Minister) to [[Caretaker government of Bangladesh|Caretaker Government of Bangladesh]] (April–June 1996).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Create professionals in disaster management|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-50570|date=2008-08-15|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> He was the first vice chancellor of [[BRAC University]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury, PhD was the first Vice Chancellor of BRAC University.|url=https://www.bracu.ac.bd/news/bracu-bids-farewell-professor-jamilur-reza-choudhury|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=BRAC University Website}}</ref> and former vice chancellor of [[University of Asia Pacific]].<ref name="uap" /> 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 inducted as 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>

==Early life and background==
Choudhury was born in [[Sylhet]] (during British colonial rule) on 15 November 1943. His father, Abid Reza Choudhury (1905–1991), was a civil engineer who had migrated to Dhaka in 1952 (after the [[Partition of India]]) from Rangauty, a rural area of [[Hailakandi]] ([[Assam]], India). Abid was the first Muslim to graduate from [[Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur|Bengal Engineering and Science University]], in 1929. His mother, Hayatun Nessa Choudhury (née Laskor) (1922–2010) was a homemaker, from the Nitainagar area of Hailakandi. Jamilur is the middle child of five siblings.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

==Education==
Choudhury began school in 1950 (age 6) at the [[Mymensingh Zilla School]]. After his family moved to Dhaka from Mymensingh in 1952, he transferred to Nawabpur Government High School, and transferred once more to a private Catholic school, [[St Gregory's School (Dhaka)|St Gregory's High School]], in 1953. He passed entrance examination from [[Sylhet Government Pilot High School]]. He attended [[Dhaka College]] from 1957 to 1959 and earned his Bachelor of Science Degree (Civil Engineering) from [[Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology]] (BUET) in 1963. Upon graduation from BUET (First Class First with Honours), he became a lecturer in the Civil Engineering Department that same year. He earned a Masters of Science in Engineering Degree (advanced structural engineering) in 1965 and a Ph.D. in structural engineering in 1968, both at [[University of Southampton]].

Choudhury was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Causa) by Manchester University on 20 October 2010 – the first person of Bangladeshi origin to receive this honor from a British University.<ref name="uap">{{cite web |title=Profile of Prof. Dr. Jamilur Reza Choudhury |url=http://uap-bd.edu/Prof.Dr.JRCprofile.html |website=University of Asia Pacific |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330005333/http://uap-bd.edu/Prof.Dr.JRCprofile.html |archive-date=30 March 2013 |access-date=18 December 2013}}</ref>

==Work==
Immediately after publication of results of BSC Engineering, he joined as a faculty member of the former East Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology (EPUET) pending formal appointment. In November 1963, he formally joined as a lecturer the Department of Civil Engineering and began his long teaching career. In September 1964 he was awarded a scholarship by Burmashell to pursue MS in structural engineering. His thesis was on "Cracks in Concrete Beam using Computer-Aided Design". In 1968, he was conferred a Ph.D. degree on the topic of "Shear Wall & Structural Analysis of High rise Building". After completing Ph.D. he returned to former East Pakistan in 1968 and joined the former East Pakistan University of Engineering & Technology as an assistant professor until the demise of East Pakistan and the birth of a new nation, Bangladesh. In 1973 he was promoted to associate professor of Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) and in 1976 a full professor. In 1975, he was offered a Nuffield scholarship to pursue a post-doctoral Fellowship at Surrey University in the UK. Until 2001 he was working as a Professor at BUET. He was also entrusted with developing a "Computer Center" at BUET and was appointed the director for about 10 years. He served as vice-chancellor of BRAC University between 2001 and 2010.<ref>[http://www.samakal.com.bd/print_news.php?news_id=44988&pub_no=242 BRAC University Move] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120910143257/http://www.samakal.com.bd/print_news.php?news_id=44988&pub_no=242 |date=10 September 2012 }} The Daily Samakal</ref> Choudhury was appointed the chairman of the task force for developing Software Export & IT Infrastructure in Bangladesh from 1997 to 2000 under the Ministry of Commerce. He was a ranking member of the Prime Minister's Task Force on developing Digital Bangladesh. Besides he was involved with several local and international organizations.
He was working as the vice-chancellor of the [[University of Asia Pacific]] (UAP).<ref>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:এশিয়া প্যাসিফিকের উপাচার্যের দায়িত্বে জামিলুর রেজা চৌধুরী|url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2012-05-03/news/254613 |work=Prothom Alo |language=bn |access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> Under his intellectual leadership, University of Asia Pacific is now regarded as one of the most respected universities in Bangladesh. He was the Technical Adviser of Padma bridge.<ref name="uap" /> He was the president of [[Bangladesh Mathematical Olympiad]] Committee.

==Awards==
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (2017)
* Sheltech Award (2010)<ref>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:শেলেটক্ পদক পেলেন জামিলুর রেজা চৌধুরী ও আতিউর রহমান|url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2011-06-22/news/164395 |work=Prothom Alo |language=bn |access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref>
* Bangladesh Engineering Institution Gold medal (1998)
* Dr. Rashid Gold medal, (1997)
* Rotary Seed Award, (2000)
* Lions International (District-315) Gold Medal
* Received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Manchester. He is the only Bangladeshi, who received a doctorate degree in Engineering from a British university.<ref>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:জামিলুর রেজা চৌধুরী সম্মানসূচক ডক্টরেট ডিগ্রি পেলেন|url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-10-15/news/101514 |work=Prothom Alo |language=bn |access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref>
* Jica Recognition Award <ref>{{cite news |title=Prof Jamilur Reza gets Jica award |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/prof-jamilur-reza-gets-jica-award/ |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=11 December 2013}}</ref>
* Star Lifetime Award (2016)<ref name=star>{{cite news |title=Prof. Jamilur Reza Choudhury |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/star-lifetime-awardees-2016/prof-jamilur-reza-choudhury-212695
|newspaper=The Daily Star |date=5 February 2016 |access-date=5 November 2016}}</ref>
*[[File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 3Class BAR.svg|45px|ribbon bar]] [[Order of the Rising Sun|Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon]] (2018)

== Death ==
Choudhury died on 28 April 2021 following a heart attack in his home in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite news |title=National Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury no more|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/obituary/2020/04/28/prof-jamilur-reza-choudhury-no-more|date=2020-04-28|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref>

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