Tapan Chowdhury () is a Bangladeshi businessman. On January 14, 2007, he was appointed as one of the advisers for the Caretaker government of Bangladesh under Chief Adviser

Fakhruddin Ahmed Fakhruddin Ahmed (; born 1 May 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank. He also served as the 4th Chief Adviser of Caretaker government of Bangladesh. On 12 Janu ...

.Four Bangladeshi advisers resign
BBC News, January 8, 2008. He resigned from caretaker government on January 8, 2008, along with other four advisers.

Early life

Tapan Chowdhury born on 30 March, 1950, in Aataikula,

Pabna Pabna () is a city of Pabna District, Bangladesh and the administrative capital of the eponymous Pabna District. It is on the north bank of the Padma River and has a population of about . Etymology * According to the historian Radharaman Saha ...

, the second son of Samson H. Chowdhury,, founder Chairman of the Compan
Detail of Hon'ble adviser
Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Govt of Bangladesh.

Business career

He is the managing director of Square Pharmaceuticals Limited, Square Textiles Limited and

Square Hospital Square Hospital is a private hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is one of three high-end private hospital in Bangladesh, the other being Evercare Hospital Dhaka and United Hospital, Dhaka. Tapan Chowdhury is the managing director of the hospit ...

Both companies are among the largest enterprises in their respective sectors.Square Pharma attains 17.5 pc sales growth in 2005
The New Nation, Dec 29, 2005. Chowdhury was a President of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI). He was also associated with the Young Man Christian Association (

YMCA YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches w ...

) as its president, and was the vice-president of Bangladesh Baptist fellowship. He also was a member of the executive committee of th
Bangladesh Employers Association
and Bangladesh Textile Mills Association. Chowdhury's other positions includes the Directorship of Square Toiletries Ltd, Pioneer Insurance Ltd, Continental Hospitals Ltd, and several other companies.

References

Living people Advisers of caretaker governments of Bangladesh Year of birth missing (living people) Notre Dame College, Dhaka alumni {{Bangladesh-business-bio-stub