Samarjit Roy Choudhury

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Samarjit Roy Choudhury

Born
1937, Comilla, Bangladesh.
Death 2022
Position Held
  • Taught at the Government Institute of Fine Arts (Presently Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka), Bangladesh for 43 years and retired as professor and Head of Graphic Design in 2003.
  • Assistant Superintendent of students’ Hall (Presently Shahnewaj Students Hall) of Government Institute of Fine Arts (Presently Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka) for 4 years from 1964 to 1967.
  • Superintendent of students’ Hall (Presently Shahnewaj Students Hall) of Government Institute of Fine Arts (Presently Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka) for 10 years from 1968 to 1977.
  • Taught as a part-time teacher in the Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) on Basic Design from 1980 to 1982.
  • Founder Dean, Faculty of Fine & Performing Art, Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology, Uttara, Dhaka from July 2003 to July 2010.
  • Super Numerary Professor, Department of Graphic Design, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka from 2010-2015.
Education
Graduated in Graphic Design securing First Class First position from the then Govt. Institute of Art, now Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1960.

Samarjit Roy Choudhury

Born
1937, Comilla, Bangladesh.
Death 2022
Position Held
  • Taught at the Government Institute of Fine Arts (Presently Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka), Bangladesh for 43 years and retired as professor and Head of Graphic Design in 2003.
  • Assistant Superintendent of students’ Hall (Presently Shahnewaj Students Hall) of Government Institute of Fine Arts (Presently Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka) for 4 years from 1964 to 1967.
  • Superintendent of students’ Hall (Presently Shahnewaj Students Hall) of Government Institute of Fine Arts (Presently Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka) for 10 years from 1968 to 1977.
  • Taught as a part-time teacher in the Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) on Basic Design from 1980 to 1982.
  • Founder Dean, Faculty of Fine & Performing Art, Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology, Uttara, Dhaka from July 2003 to July 2010.
  • Super Numerary Professor, Department of Graphic Design, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka from 2010-2015.
Education
Graduated in Graphic Design securing First Class First position from the then Govt. Institute of Art, now Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1960.
Honor
  • Worked as a designer in the Book of Bangladesh National Constitution.
  • Attended as a commissioner representative in the 9th Triennial- India, an International Exhibition in New Delhi, 1997.
  • President, Dhaka Art Circle, a leading Art working group of 13 reputed painters of Bangladesh since 2007.
  • Attended artists camp and exhibition of paintings of the SAARC region at Colombo in 2011 organized by SAARC Cultural Centre, Colombo, Srilanka.
  • Attended inauguration ceremony of ‘Bangladesh Bhaban’ at Shantiniketan, West Bengal in 2018 as a Prime Minister’s tour companion.
Award & Honor
  • 1st Prize, Pakistan Textile Design Competition, 1960.
  • East Pakistan Railway Timetable Cover Design Prize, 1960.
  • Otish Dipankar Gold Medal, 2007.
  • Sultan Gold Medal, 2009.
  • Honored as Noble Teacher of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka by Scholars Bangladesh, Ethics Club, Bangladesh in 2011.
  • Honored by ZATRY, Shahitya and Shankshritik Shangathan, Comilla in 2012.
  • Life Time Achievement Award 2013 by Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited.
  • Shipakala Award, 2013 by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
  • ‘M. Nurul Kader’ Shishu Shahitya Puroshkar, 2013 for Cover Design & Illustration.
  • Ekushey Padak, 2014, Highest Civilian Award, Govt. of the Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh.
  • Honored on the occasion of Rabindra and Nazrul Jayanti by Santo-Mariam Foundation and Santo-Mariam University of Creative Technology, 22nd June, 2011.
  • Zainul Sammanana by Charukala Onushod, University of Dhaka, 2014.
  • Honored by ‘Canvas of Bangladesh’ on the birth centerary of Shilpachariya Zainul, 2014.
  • Honored by Santo-Mariam Foundation and Santo-Mariam University of Creative Technology for contribution as Dean in the faculty of Fine & Performing Art (SMUCT), 23rd April, 2014.
  • Honored by 1st Alumni Association of Graphic Design Dept., Charukala Onushod, University of Dhaka, 2015.
  • Geetanjali Sammanana Padak 2017.
  • Honored by International Water Color Society, Bangladesh, 2018.
  • Honored by Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka on the occasion of 70th Birth Anniversary of Fine Arts and Zainul Utsab 2018.
  • ‘Jatio Sammanana 1425’ by Dharitri Bangladesh in 2019.
  • ‘Shafiuddin Sammanana 2022’ by Shafiuddin Shilpalaya.
  • Art Bangla Foundation Sammanana 2022.
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