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{{short description|Indian educationist}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox writer
| image = File:Amarjyoti Choudhury.jpg
| name = Amarjyoti Choudhury
| birth_place = Dibrugarh, Assam
| occupation = Educationist - Scientist - Actor - Reciter - Playwright - Poet - Novelist - Orator
| nationality = Indian
| education = PhD
| alma_mater = Oxford University <br/> Delhi University <br/> Gauhati University
}}

'''Amarjyoti Choudhury''' (born 1950) is an Indian educationist, scientist, actor, reciter, playwright, poet, novelist, orator and editor. He is a former [[Vice-Chancellor]] of [[Gauhati University]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080514/jsp/guwahati/story_9267348.jsp|title=VC resignation unfortunate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220185722/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080514/jsp/guwahati/story_9267348.jsp|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080523/jsp/northeast/story_9309001.jsp|title=VC resignation accepted}}</ref> and a former [[Pro-vice-chancellor]] of [[Tezpur University]]. After superannuation from Tezpur University, he occupied the CV Raman Chair of Applied Physics and later that of Vice-chancellor of [[University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya|University of Science and Technology]], [[Meghalaya]]. He was also the Vice-Chancellor of [[Assam down town University]] from 1 December 2017 to 31 August 2020. Now, he is the editor of renowned Assamese daily Dainik Asam.

==Early life==
Born in [[Dibrugarh]], [[Assam]] to [[Lakshyadhar Choudhury]], the renowned litterateur, playwright and actor with socialist leaning and Usha Choudhury, a committed Gandhian, Amarjyoti is the eldest of five siblings. He topped the High School Leaving examination of the entire state of Assam.{{cn|date=January 2020}} A graduate with Honours in Physics from [[Gauhati University]], he did his masters in Physics from [[University of Delhi|Delhi University]]. Next he obtained his doctorate degree from [[University of Oxford]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://xondhan.com/prof-amarjyoti-choudhury-2/|title=Doctorate from Oxford}}</ref>

==Career==
===Teaching career===
Choudhury has taught at Jorhat Engineering College, [[Cotton College, Guwahati|Cotton College]], [[Birla Institute of Technology and Science|BITS Pilani]], [[Gauhati University]] and [[Tezpur University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tezu.ernet.in/dphy/staff/CV_pdf/ajc.pdf|title=Dr Amarjyoti Choudhury Official Tezpur University CV}}</ref> He has acted as visiting professor to [[European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy|European Laboratory]] for Non linear Spectroscopy and Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi. He has collaborated with [[Lebedev Physical Institute|P.N Lebedev Institute Moscow]], [[University of Southampton]] and polytechnic [[University of Bucharest]].

===Research Contribution===
A researcher in Optics, Quantum Electronics, Condensed Matter Physics NanoPhotonics and [[Nanotechnology]], he is credited with 148<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2sMJKuMAAAAJ&hl=en|title=List of some of Choudhury's research papers}}</ref> research papers in peer reviewed National and International Journals. So far, twenty scholars have received doctorate degree with his expert guidance.

A theoretical paper jointly authored by Choudhury along with his supervisor [[Colin Sheppard|CJR Sheppard]] dwelt extensively on confocal geometry of scanning laser microscopy. It is probably the first publication using the technical term '[[confocal microscopy]]'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tezu.ernet.in/dphy/staff/CV_pdf/ajc.pdf|title=Tezpur University Official CV of Choudhury}}</ref>

===As a scientific communicator===
Choudhury has regularly contributed as a scientific communicator. He is a noted author on scientific themes in a number of Assamese dailies and magazines. He was commissioned by National Book Trust for translating three books on scientific themes from English to Assamese. These are Ramanujan, Satyendra Nath Basu and The Shrinking Universe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tezu.ernet.in/dphy/staff/CV_pdf/ajc.pdf|title=Tezpur University official CV of Dr Choudhury}}</ref>He has also authored a book on Nanotechnology which is published by the Assam Science Society.

===Contribution in cultural field===
Choudhury was a child actor in two Assamese films, namely ''Mak aru Morom'' and ''Amar Ghar''. He also created his own space in Assamese Theatre as actor, director and playwright. Choudhury's rendition of the self composed poem on the death of [[Bhupen Hazarika]] is regarded as a milestone in the world of recitation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=nov2111/city05|title=Choudhury dedicates CD of poems to Bhupenda}}</ref>

===Literary contribution===
His trilogy of plays, titled ''Bhoyor Tongighorot Tora'' has been well received. His collection of poems, titled ''Etiya Tezot'' and ''Aan Ekura Meji'' has received good reviews. " Rupantorot Moi" his autobiographical piece on his childhood has been recognised as a hit. He has also authored two notable novels in Assamese language. The first one, titled ''Gosor nisina sankokhon'' had a strong presence of feminist and environmental perspective. The next one titled ''Rodkasholir manuh'' is marked by a postmodern absurdist sensibility.

===Orator and a Quizmaster===
He was notable in the quizzing scenario of the eighties and nineties in Assam along with Professor Dilip Baruah.

== Personal life ==
In 1978 Choudhury married Kaberi, the youngest daughter of cultural-personality Tilak Das and singer of her times, Chandra Prabha Das. They have a daughter, Amrita and a son, Arunav.

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