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Afsana Mahbub (talk) 20:43, 19 June 2018 (UTC)Engr. A K Md. Amanul Islam Choudhury Born in 1938 in Bikrampur, Munshiganj District, he did his early education in Rajshahi, Kolkata and St. Gregory High School, Dhaka. Engr. A.K. Md. Amanul Islam Choudhury who secured the First Class First Position in Electrical Engineering in 1958, was one of the most brilliant students of Ahsanullah Engineering College ( Now BUET), reports BSS dated 20th July, 2001. An outstanding careerist in different capacities in the Govt.job, he was appointed as an Advisor of Care Taker Govt. in 2001 with portfolios of the Energy and Mineral Resources, Roads, Bridges and Railway ( Communication), Water Resources and Power Division. He started his career as a Lecturer of Ahsanullah Engineering College ( Now BUET) in 1958. Later in 1960 he as the first Engineer from the then East Pakistan joined the Final Testing Labrotary, Telephone Industries of Govt of Pakistan, in Hazara. He was selected for the Commonwealth Scholarship in Canada in 1960 but due to family duties, had to decline it. He stood First in Central Engineering Services of Pakistan in 1962, as a Probationary Engineer joined the erstwhile Pakistan Railway Services. In 1982, Engr. A.K. Md. Amanul Islam Choudhury was promoted as the Chief Signal and Telecommunications Engineer of Bangladesh Railway and later appointed as the Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Establishment and the Ministry of Agriculture. In 1987, he was promoted as General Manager of Bangladesh Railway and served there up to 1992 when he was promoted as an Additional Secretary and posted as the Chairman of the Chittagong Port Authority ( CPA) and later Dhaka Electric Supply Authority ( DESA). Engr A K Md. Amanul Islam Choudhury was retired in 1995 but served the Government for another one year on contract service. After retirement he served in the Unique Group as an Advisor and handled different projects of Power Plants, Gas, 5 star business hotel ( Westin Dhaka) and Unique Trade Center. He also served in Advanced Development and Technologies as an Advisor. He is the life fellow of Institute of Engineer of Bangladesh. In 2008 he was homered by IEB with Credence, ‘50 years of services as a Graduate Enginneer’. He is a widely traveled professional who has visited United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia and Switzerland. His wife Mrs. M. Ara Choudhury is an MA from Dhaka University. He has one son Mohibul Amanul Choudhury is a Banker and daughter Dr. Samina Choudhury, MBBS, MPH.

References.- Life Sketch of Eng Amanul Islam Chy, Advisor. Press Release, BSS, dated 19th July 2001, Information Department, Bangladesh Secretariat, Bhaban No 9, 3rd & 4th FL, Dhaka The Daily Observer dated 20th July 2001 The Daily Inquilab, 19th July, 2001