Subir Chowdhury a native of Bangladesh, who acquired US citizenship, is a renowned author of management books like 'The Ice Cream Maker'
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Subir Chowdhury a native of Bangladesh, who acquired US citizenship, is a renowned author of management books like 'The Ice Cream Maker'
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Subir is married to Malini Chowdhury. Together they have one daughter, Anandi, and a son.
The books of this eminent thought leader have been translated into more than 20 languages. He said that the greatest moment of his professional life was when a prisoner wrote to him, saying the book 'The Ice Cream Maker' had transformed the prisoner's life.
In 2012, the management consultant established the ‘Subir Chowdhury Fellowship on Quality and Economics Fellowship’ at the ‘London School of Economics and Political Science’. The same year, the ‘Subir and Malini Chowdhury Foundation’ also provided a lifetime endowment for the ‘Frances Hesselbein Medal for Excellence in Leadership and Service’ award at the ‘United States Military Academy’ in West Point.
Subir Chowdhury was born on January 12, 1967 in Chittagong, East Pakistan. As a child, he wrote letters to influential and popular Bengali writers such as Sunil Gangopadyay, Shamsur Rahman and Samaresh Basu, with whom he began a correspondence.
In 1985, he briefly enrolled in ‘Chittagong Medical College’ before transferring to the ‘Indian Institute of Technology’, in Kanpur.
In 1989, Chowdhury graduated from IIT, Kanpur with a degree in aeronautical engineering. At this time he began working with the only official ‘Apple’ computer dealer in the country.
In 1991, the engineering graduate emigrated to the United States.
In 1993, he received a Master's degree in Industrial Management from ‘Central Michigan University’. He was immediately hired to work as a quality and systems engineer for ‘General Motors’.
The technocrat published 'QS-900 Pioneers', co-written with Ken Zimmer, in 1996. This book dealt with certain engineering practices related to manufacturing and standardization.
In 1998, he became the executive vice president of the American Supplier Institute. He would hold this position for five years.
The practicing consultant and technocrat is the best-selling author of 13 books on business management and better productivity. His most famous and well-known book is 'The Ice Cream Maker', about improving quality in business processes.