Dr. Chowdhury is presently serving as the Vice Chancellor of  North South University (NSU) in Bangladesh. Previously, he served as the Vice-Chancellor of Primeasia University and as the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Eastern University. His prior roles include Dean of the School of Business and Economics (SBE) at NSU.  Being a former faculty of the SBE from May 2005 he served as the Executive Director of External Relations, Director of the BBA Program, Member of the Syndicate, Director of Admissions, and Director of the Career Services at NSU. Boasting 37 years of teaching and research experience, he has worked with esteemed institutions in Bangladesh, Canada, the USA, and China. His international faculty roles include positions at the University of Windsor, Canada, Northeastern University, Boston, USA, University of Calgary, Canada, and the Islamic University, a public university in Bangladesh. In 2014, he was appointed as a visiting Professor at the School of Economics and Management at Yunnan Normal University, China. He is also an Honorary Professor of Nanjing Audit University. 

Dr. Chowdhury obtained his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Northeastern University, Boston, USA, in 1999, and earned his M.S. in Operations Research from Northeastern University, USA, in 1996. His academic journey also includes a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) and a Master of Science in Statistics from Jahangirnagar University in the years 1986 and 1987, respectively. Teaching a range of courses such as Business Statistics, Operations Management, Quantitative Analysis, Statistical Quality Control, and Total Quality Management in the MBA and EMBA programs, Dr. Chowdhury is actively involved in research areas such as Quantitative Analysis, Application of Statistics in Business, Statistical Quality Control, Total Quality Management, Operations Management, and Social Business. He has published more than 70 papers in the reputed journals.