Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry Maheshwari
Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry at Governor House after receiving Sitara-e-Imtiaz on March 23, 2023
Born	(1959-01-01) 1 January 1959 (age 65) Kantio, Sindh, Pakistan
Alma mater	Mehran University of Engineering and Technology University of Southampton
Awards	Sitara-i-Imtiaz (2022), Pride 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
Fields	Electronics engineering, ICT, engineering education[1]
Institutions	Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET) University of Southampton
Website	bschowdhry.info

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

Education

Born in Pakistan, Chowdhry earned a B.E. in Electronic Engineering with First Class Honours from Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro (MUET) in 1983. He was simultaneously appointed as a lecturer in the electronics engineering programme at MUET. In 1984, he was awarded a Merit Scholarship by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Government of Pakistan to gain a PhD from the University of Southampton^[3] in the United Kingdom.

Publications

In 2007–2008, 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 Wireless Sensor Networks resulted in several publications, and he is a co-editor of the book "Wireless Networks, Information Processing and Systems", CCIS 20, published by Springer-Verlag, Germany.^[4][5]

Fellowships

He is a guest Associate Editor of the International Journal of Wireless Personal Communication, published by Springer Germany.^[6] Upon return from the UK in 2008, after completing his Postdoctoral Fellowship, he was appointed as Director of the 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 Aalborg University in Aalborg (alternatively spelled Ålborg), Denmark. He also attended the Erasmus Fellowship under the Strong Ties program at the University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, in 2013. He is also the member of Executive Committee member of HiSHA (Hyderabad Information & Software Association).

Honours and awards

• On 14 August 2022, the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan conferred Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry with the nation's civilian honour, Sitara-i-Imtiaz to recognise his monumental services to the country's public and education sector.^[7][8]
• Recipient of Millennium Gold Medal, XIIth Star Awards South Asia Publication, 17 May 2002.^[9]

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.^[10]
• "Emerging Trends and Applications in Information Communication Technologies", CCIS 281 published by Springer Verlag, Germany (Main Editor). ISBN 978-3-642-28961-3^[11]
• "Wireless Sensor Networks for Developing Countries", CCIS 366 published by Springer Verlag, Germany (Main Editor). ISBN 978-3-642-41053-6.^[12]
• "The First Book of Electronics Workshop: Can’t Beat A Practical Approach! River Publishers, Denmark. ISBN 978-8-793-10247-7.^[13]
• "Communication Technologies, Information Security and Sustainable Development", CCIS 414 published by Springer Verlag, Germany (Main Editor)ISBN 978-3319109879, 978-3319109862^[14]