Amarjyoti Choudhury (born 1950) is an Indian educationist, scientist, actor, reciter, playwright, poet, novelist, orator and editor. He is a former

Vice-Chancellor A vice-chancellor (commonly called a VC) serves as the chief executive of a university in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Kenya, other Commonwealth of Nati ...

Gauhati University Gauhati University also known as GU, is a collegiate public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established on 26 January 1948 under the provisions of an Act enacted by the Assam Legislative Assembly and is the oldest un ...

and a former Pro-vice-chancellor of

Tezpur University Tezpur University is a Central University located in Tezpur in the North-Eastern state of Assam, India, established by an act of Parliament, in 1994. History The establishment of Tezpur University is considered to be one of the outcomes of ...

. After superannuation from Tezpur University, he occupied the CV Raman Chair of Applied Physics and later that of Vice-chancellor of University of Science and Technology,

Meghalaya Meghalaya (; "the abode of clouds") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeast India. Its capital is Shillong. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the Assam: the United Khasi Hills an ...

. He was also the Vice-Chancellor of

Assam down town University Assam Down Town University was established through the Assam Down Town University Act, 2010 in the state of Assam, India in 2010. The university is located in Panikhaiti, Guwahati, the capital of Assam. The campus is based out of a 42 acres ca ...

from 1 December 2017 to 31 August 2020. Now, he is the editor of renowned Assamese daily Dainik Asam.

Early life

Born in

Dibrugarh Dibrugarh () is a city in the Indian state of Assam, located 435 kms east of the state capital Dispur. It serves as the headquarters of the Dibrugarh district in Upper Assam. Dibrugarh also serves as the headquarters of the Sonowal Kach ...

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

to Lakshyadhar Choudhury, the renowned litterateur, playwright and actor with socialist leaning and Usha Choudhury, a committed Gandhian, Amarjyoti is the eldest of five siblings. He topped the High School Leaving examination of the entire state of Assam. A graduate with Honours in Physics from

, he did his masters in Physics from

Delhi University The Delhi University (DU, ISO 15919, ISO: ), also and officially known as the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate research university, research Central university (India), central university located in Delhi, India. It ...

. Next he obtained his doctorate degree from

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...

Career

Teaching career

Choudhury has taught at

Jorhat Engineering College Jorhat Engineering College founded in 1960 by the Government of Assam, is a government engineering college in Assam, northeast India. The college, affiliated with Assam Science and Technology University, is accredited by the All India Council ...

Cotton College Cotton College was a Roman Catholic boarding school in Cotton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. It was also known as ''Saint Wilfrid's College''. The school buildings were centred on Cotton Hall, a country house used by religious communities fr ...

BITS Pilani The Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani) is a private deemed university in Pilani, Rajasthan, India. It focuses primarily on higher education and research in engineering and sciences. BITS Pilani was one of the first ...

and

. He has acted as visiting professor to European Laboratory for Non linear Spectroscopy and Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi. He has collaborated with P.N Lebedev Institute Moscow,

University of Southampton The University of Southampton (abbreviated as ''Soton'' in post-nominal letters) is a public university, public research university in Southampton, England. Southampton is a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universit ...

and polytechnic

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest (UB) () is a public university, public research university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy of Bucharest, P ...

Research contribution

A researcher in Optics, Quantum Electronics, Condensed Matter Physics NanoPhotonics and

Nanotechnology Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers (nm). At this scale, commonly known as the nanoscale, surface area and quantum mechanical effects become important in describing propertie ...

, he is credited with 148 research papers in peer reviewed National and International Journals. So far, twenty scholars have received doctorate degree with his expert guidance. A theoretical paper jointly authored by Choudhury along with his supervisor CJR Sheppard dwelt extensively on confocal geometry of scanning laser microscopy. It is probably the first publication using the technical term '

confocal microscopy Confocal microscopy, most frequently confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) or laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM), is an optical imaging technique for increasing optical resolution and contrast (vision), contrast of a micrograph by me ...

As a scientific communicator

Choudhury has regularly contributed as a scientific communicator. He is a noted author on scientific themes in a number of Assamese dailies and magazines. He was commissioned by National Book Trust for translating three books on scientific themes from English to Assamese. These are Ramanujan, Satyendra Nath Basu and The Shrinking Universe. He has also authored a book on Nanotechnology which is published by the Assam Science Society.

Contribution in cultural field

Choudhury was a child actor in two Assamese films, namely ''Mak aru Morom'' and ''Amar Ghar''. He also created his own space in Assamese Theatre as actor, director and playwright. Choudhury's rendition of the self composed poem on the death of

Bhupen Hazarika Bhupen Hazarika (; 8 September 1926 – 5 November 2011), widely known as Sudha Kontho, was an Indian singer, songwriter, writer, filmmaker and politician from Assam. He has written songs mainly in the Assamese language, which are marked by h ...

is regarded as a milestone in the world of recitation.

Literary contribution

His trilogy of plays, titled ''Bhoyor Tongighorot Tora'' has been well received. His collection of poems, titled ''Etiya Tezot'' and ''Aan Ekura Meji'' has received good reviews. " Rupantorot Moi" his autobiographical piece on his childhood has been recognised as a hit. He has also authored two notable novels in Assamese language. The first one, titled ''Gosor nisina sankokhon'' had a strong presence of feminist and environmental perspective. The next one titled ''Rodkasholir manuh'' is marked by a postmodern absurdist sensibility.

Orator and a quizmaster

He was notable in the quizzing scenario of the eighties and nineties in Assam along with Professor Dilip Baruah.

Personal life

In 1978 Choudhury married Kaberi, the youngest daughter of cultural-personality Tilak Das and singer of her times, Chandra Prabha Das. They have a daughter, Amrita and a son, Arunav.

References

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