Dr. Chowdhury obtained his Bachelor degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh. He did Masters from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand in the field of Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management. The title of his Master Degree thesis is “Special Purpose Vehicle for Infrastructure Project Financing through Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Project”. He achieved excellent grade for this research and was able to publish a book chapter in “Infrastructure Finance: Trends and Techniques” by EuroMoney Institutional Investors Plc, UK. After that he joined to Nanyang Technological University, Singapore for doctoral degree. He did researches on Independent Power Producer (IPP) Projects, PPP Water and Desalination Projects, Patterns of PPP project financing in Asia, Leaderships in PPP Development, Constraints and Barriers in PPP Project Development. He was a contributing analyst of Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU): The 2011 Infrascope on Evaluating the Environment for Public Private Partnerships in Asia-Pacific focusing mainly on Thailand, Philippines and India. Besides that, he was also a short time consultant at Commonwealth Secretariat on reviewing of comparative study on Public Private Partnerships in Toll Roads’. He achieved PhD in the year of 2012. The title was " A Study on Special Purpose Vehicle of Independent Power Producer Projects in Asia". During his doctoral study, he was able to publish another book chapter in " Water Governance : An Evaluation of Alternative Architectures, Edward Elger Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham, UK. 

After completion of his PhD, Dr. Chowdhury joined in NTU as Research Fellow under the Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management (ICRM) focusing research on Exposure and Vulnerability of Marine Cargo to Natural Hazards. The objective is to develop a process to quantify risk to marine portfolios, primarily marine cargo and port facilities, from natural and man-made catastrophes. Prior to that, Dr. Chowdhury was a Research Assistant in Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management, AIT. During that period, he did research on Decision Support Model Development of PPP framework on the Educational Sector for the Ministry of Education, Thailand. He was also responsible for research on Enhancing Financial Viability through Government Support Mechanism in PPP Contractual Framework. 

Dr. Chowdhury has developed his expertise in the field of PPP Structures, Systems & Mechanisms, stakeholder management, project and corporate financing; risk management, project management, legal and contractual requirements.  

Dr. Chowdhury has published several articles into many international journals such as International Journal of Project Management, Journal of Construction Management and Economics, Journal of Business Economies and Management, International Journal of Public Administration and so on. In addition to those, he has published two book chapters and presented his researches to many international conferences in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, China.

Besides academic achievements, Dr. Chowdhury has more than ten years in-field experience in high rise building construction, planning and management of multipurpose community hall, gymnasium, swimming pool and several six-storied residential and barrack buildings, four years experience in insurance industry particularly in engineering underwriting and information technology in Bangladesh and Thailand. Experience includes - Construction/Demolition of Projects, Infrastructure improvement Projects, Site Safety/Compliance, Quality Control/Field Engineering, Budgeting & Cost Controls, Bidding/Estimating/Proposals, Variations and Crew Supervisions.