Background

Chowdhury, Ashok Kumar was born on August 15, 1951 in West Bengal, India. Arrived in United States, 1980. Son of Haradhan and Jyotsna Chowdhury.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Animal Husbandry with honors, Great Britain Pant University Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India, 1973. Master of Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa University, 1980.

Career

Research associate Center Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, 1978—1980, visiting assistant professor, 1981. Assistant professor economics Minnesota State University, Mankato, 1980—1983, associate professor, 1983—1988, professor, since 1988. Scholar Great Britain Pant University Agriculture and Technology, 1972—1973.

Junior fellow Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1973—1975. Director Center Economic Education, since 1998.

Achievements

• Ashok Kumar Chowdhury has been listed as a noteworthy economics professor, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Minnesota Economics Association, National Association Economic Education, American Economics Association, Gamma Sigma Delta, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Shipra Sikdar, August 12, 1978. Children: Soumen, Sanjeet.

Father:

Haradhan Chowdhury

Mother:

Jyotsna Chowdhury

Spouse:

Shipra Sikdar

child:

Soumen Chowdhury

child:

Sanjeet Chowdhury