Background
Choudhury, Anwaruddin was born on October 25, 1958 in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. Son of Alauddin and Shaukatunnessa (Mazumder) Choudhury.
Choudhury, Anwaruddin was born on October 25, 1958 in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. Son of Alauddin and Shaukatunnessa (Mazumder) Choudhury.
Bachelor in Geography with honors, B. Borooah College, Guwahati, India, 1981. Master of Arts in Geography, Gauhati University, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy in Primatology, Gauhati University, 1989.
Executive magistrate Government Assam, Guwahati, 1983-1988, sub-divisional officer Dhakuakhana, 1989—1991. Additional district magistrate Diphu, 1991—1992. Project director District Rural Development Agency, Tinsukia & Lakhimpur, 1992—1995.
Deputy secretary Cooperation Department, Guwahati, 1996—1998, Environmental and Forest Department, 1998—2000, joint secretary Guwahati, 2002—2004. Director tea Assam, 2000—2003. Deputy commissioner Baksa, since 2004.
Chief Executive Officer The Rhino Foundation, Guwahati, since 1995. Adviser World Wildlife Fund-India Northeast Regional Office, Guwahati, since 1996. Member Board Wildlife, since 2003.
International Union for Conservation of Nature/SSC cat, Asian rhino, Asian elephant, Asian wild cattle, small carnivores, bear, threatened waterfowl, pheasants special groups.
Member Bombay Natural History Society, Oriental Bird Club, New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Bilkis Begum, April 1994. 1 child, Jevian Farhin.