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Shaestagir Chowdhury:
A materials Engineering BUET grad (known as Batch 87, BUET passing
year 1994, HSC'87 from Dhaka College) got his Masters from Cambridge and Dublin City University in Electronic Engineering,
UK in 1995. Received his Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from the School of Electronic Engineering, Dublin City University,
Ireland in 1998. A NSF (National Science Foundation) post doctoral fellow of the Ohio State University in the year 1998/99.
Joined Intel Corporation in 1999 (Hillsboro, Oregon). Founding President of Ankur International and Bangladesh based IT company
Prolog.
Munsur Rahman:
A Civil Engineering BUET grad (Batch89. HSC '83 from
Rajshahi College) got his Masters and PhD in Civil Engineering (River Engineering) from Kyoto University, Japan in 1996
and 1999, respectively. Joined BUET in 1999 at Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM) as an Assistant Professor. A
JSPS (Japan Society for Promotion of Science) post doctoral fellow of the Kyoto University in the year 2002-2004, is working
as Professor at IWFM from 2008. Vision is to create capable dedicated graduates for poverty reduction through integration
of local/indigenous knowledge and scientific understanding in the field of water resources. In family life, he is living at
BUET campus with his wife Mimi, 14 year old son Ken and 11 year old daughter Naomi.
Shoukat Choudhury:
M. A. A. Shoukat Choudhury received his Bachelor and
Master degree in Chemical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh in
1996 and 1998, respectively. He obtained his PhD in process control from the University of Alberta, Canada in 2005. He is
working as a faculty in the Department of Chemical Engineering, BUET since 1996. In family life, he is a father of two sons
-Mahdi and Muttaqi. He struggles to deliver his best for the betterment of the society as a whole.
Farhana Mannan Kabir:
Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh
(HSC ‘86), I moved to the US in 1990. Currently I live in Washington with my husband and two children. The highlight
of the past decade of my life has been being a full time mother, which got me involved in the local school PTAs and volunteering
regularly in various school based projects. Before embracing motherhood in its full glory, I was a software engineer
by profession and worked for Oracle Corp. My education never seems to follow a straightforward path as family always
comes first. I started out in the dept. of CSE in BUET, but received my undergraduate degree from Purdue University (1993).
In the same token, I started grad school in Stanford University (1998), and after a long hiatus, I’m currently in the
process of finishing it up here in WSU. I am privileged to be a part of Ankur International as it gives me the opportunity
to make a difference in people’s lives in a way, which just by myself as an individual wouldn’t even be a remote
possibility.
Tayfun Mithu:
After passing HSC in 1982, received BSS and MSS in
International Relations from Dhaka University. Worked in International Food Policy Research Institute (IFRI) before migrating
to Canada in 1992 with her husband. Moved to USA in 2000. Currently living in Vancouver, Washington. Spare times are utilized
for volunteering Ankur’s projects.
Motahar Ahmed:
Graduated from the Department of EEE, BUET, in 1991
[HSC ‘84] and obtained his Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Orleans, USA in 1994.
He then joined Intel Corporation in December1995 and moved to Portland, Oregon. Now he is deep rooted with both Intel and
Portland and completely unable to relocate to anywhere else. He has an 8-year-old son, Sheehan, who recently discovered 5th
dimension which he calls “space”. His rationale is that you can NOT measure “Space” using the other
four dimensions, and thus this 5th dimension is absolutely necessary. Sheehan and his mom, Urmee Hossain, a graduate of Dhaka
Medical College, are equally tired of Motahar’s devotion to Rabindra Sangeet and Lalon Geeti.
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Tania Morshed (Lopa):
Tania
Morshed was born and brought up in Rajshahi University Campus, Bangladesh. She went to Rajshahi University School (S.S.C 1983,
H.S.C. 1985) and completed B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering in 1991 from Bangladesh Institute of Technology, Rajshahi (now
known as R.U.E.T.). Living in U.S.A. since 1994,
she finished M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1999 from Santa Clara University, California. Now lives in Portland,
OR with husband and a son. While raising her 9 years old son, she tries to change some lives through Ankur International.
Shamsul Abedin:
A BUET
graduate from EC department (known as 86 Batch, passing year 1993), ex-cadet from Faujdarhat Cadet College,
Ctg, (27th batch, passed in 1986). Received his MS in Engineering form ASU ’99, working for Intel Corporation
since ’99 and living in Portland, OR
since then.
Atiqur Chowdhury:
A founding Vice President of Ankur International, born
in Manikganj, Dhaka, Bangladesh. A Physics graduate from Jahangirnagar University in 1983-84 moved to USA in September 1986.
He received a second Masters degree in Solid State Physics from Wichita State University in Wichita, KS in 1991. Later he
completed additional post graduate coursework’s in UC Berkeley on Semiconductor Processing technology. He joined Intel
Corporation in 1993 at Albuquerque, NM and in 1994 moved to Portland, OR. In family life, he is married with his wife Dola
and has a 12 year old boy Adeeb. He enjoys music and art.
Sabita Roy:
Sabita Roy was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She completed
her undergrad from BUET in 1993 and was appointed as a faculty member in the department of Chemical Engineering at BUET.
Later,
she moved to USA in 1995 and completed her doctorate degree in the year of 2001. She worked with ASML from 2001-2004 in the
area of Optical modeling. She joined Intel in 2004 and continuing working there till present.
She is passionate to be useful
in helping others if opportunity arrives, specially, in the area of education of the unprivileged kids. Sabita is one of the
members of the BODs of Ankur International at Portland, OR.
Anusha Elias:
Born in Dublin, Ireland to Bangladeshi parents. Graduated
from the University of Tennessee (2001) (Bsc Electrical Engineering) and then from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2002
with a Masters in Electrical Engineering. Presently employed by ClearEdge Power –an alternate energy company in Hillsboro,
Oregon focusing on fuel cell systems. At home I enjoy taking care of my little boys (ages 2 and 4).
Mahmood Alam:
An Electrical Engineering BUET grad (Batch89.. HSC
'83 from Rajshahi College) got his Masters in Electrical Engineering from University of New Orleans, USA in 1994. Joined Intel
Corporation in 1996 at Folsom (Sacramento, California) and moved to Intel Oregon in 2004. At home he is in UN peace keeping
mission in fights between his 12 year old son Areeb and 8 year old daughter Nazaha. During their truce, he tries
to work on Ankur related stuff.
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