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{{Infobox person
|name =Arup Ratan Choudhury
|native_name = অরুপ রতন চৌধুরী
|native_name_lang = bn
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|01|23}}
|birth_place =[[Sylhet Division|Sylhet]], [[East Bengal]] (now [[Bangladesh]])
|occupation =[[Dental Surgeon]]
|years_active =1975 – Present
|alma_mater = [[Sylhet Government Pilot High School]] [[Dhaka Medical College]] [[London University]] [[State University of New York]]
|notable_works =[[Dhaka Medical College]] [[BIRDEM]] Hospital [[Ibrahim Medical College]] [[World Health Organization]] [[Association For the Prevention of Drug Abuse (MANAS)]]
|website ={{official website|http://arupratanchoudhury.com/}}
}}

'''Arup Ratan Choudhury''' (born 23 January 1952) is a [[Bangladeshi]] [[Dental Surgeon|dental specialist]] and [[media personality]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/117128/arup-ratan-chowdhury-to-make-movie-again.html |title=Arup Ratan Chowdhury to make movie again |work=The New Nation |location=Dhaka |date=2016-12-13 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629123444/http://thedailynewnation.com/news/117128/arup-ratan-chowdhury-to-make-movie-again.html |archivedate=June 29, 2017 |accessdate=2017-06-29 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worlddentalconference.com/committee.php |title=Organizing Committee Members |publisher=World Dental Conference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629125753/http://www.worlddentalconference.com/committee.php |archive-date=2017-06-29 |access-date=2017-06-29 }}</ref> He is currently the head and senior consultant at the Department of Dentistry, [[Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders]] (BIRDEM).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dab-bd.org/major_focus.php |title=Major Focus |work=National Award (2015) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331052257/http://dab-bd.org/major_focus.php |archive-date=2017-03-31 |access-date=2017-06-29 }}</ref>

==Early life==
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Choudhury was born on January 23, 1952, in [[Sylhet Division|Sylhet]]. He passed S.S.C. exam from [[Sylhet Government Pilot High School]] in 1968 and H.S.C. exam from [[Jagannath University|Jagannath College University]] in 1970. He completed his Bachelor of Dental Surgery in 1975 from [[Dhaka Dental College and Hospital]] under [[University of Dhaka]]. He received Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from University of Dhaka in 2000. He received fellowship in Dental Public Health under [[World Health Organization]] Fellowship Program 1983–1984, [[London University]], UK and postdoctoral research fellow, 1992–1993 at Department of Oral Biology & Pathology, School of Dental Medicine, [[State University of New York]] (SUNY) at Stony Brook, New York City. He became the Fellow of International College of Continuous Dental Education (FICCDE) in 2003 and Fellow of International congress on Oral Cancer (FICOOC) in 2005.He received Fellowship in Dental Surgery from Royal College of Surgeons of England (FDSRCS) in 2013.

==Career==
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* 1986– 2001: Consultant, Department of Dentistry, Bangladesh Institute of Research & Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM) Dhaka, Diabetic Association of Bangladesh November 15, 1988, to September 30, 1992, and October 20, 1993, to February 28, 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://imc.ac.bd/web/index.php/departments/surgery/faculty |title=Surgery-Faculty |accessdate=2017-06-29 }}</ref>
* 2001–present: Professor, head & senior consultant, BIRDEM Hospital and Ibrahim Medical College and National Medical College.
* 1987–present: Founder president, Association For the Prevention of Drug Abuse (MANAS)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/round-tables/tobacco-control-law-smoke-free-environment-79791 |title=Tobacco Control Law & Smoke-free Environment |work=[[Daily Star (Bangladesh)|Daily Star]] |location=Dhaka |date=2015-04-30 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021003416/http://www.thedailystar.net/round-tables/tobacco-control-law-smoke-free-environment-79791 |archivedate=October 21, 2016 |accessdate=2017-06-29 |quote=Professor Dr. Arup Ratan Choudhury, President, Association for the Prevention of Drug Abuse (MANAS) }}</ref> Government approved & supported N.G.O. Recipient of WHO Medal and Certificate.
* 1987– Visiting scholar-International Visitors Program (IVP) on Drug Abuse sponsored by United States Information Agency (USIS), USA.
* 2008–present: Member, National Board of Drug Control, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnc.gov.bd/aboutnncb.html |title=Structure of National Narcotics Control Board |website=Department of Narcotics Control |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421012633/http://www.dnc.gov.bd/aboutnncb.html |archive-date=April 21, 2017 |access-date=2017-06-29}}</ref>
* 1984–1987: Assistant professor, Department of Dentistry, Institute of Post Graduate Medicine & Research (IPGM&R), Dhaka Bangladesh.
* 1976–present: Programmer and presenter on Health Education Programs National in mass media (newspaper, radio, television). Speaker in public seminars and short film maker (main focus on substance use, anti-smoking) or TV serial.

=== Film Director ===
* ''[[Swargo Theke Norok]]'' (2015)

==Awards==
* "Tobacco or Health" from World Health Organization (WHO) (1998)
* Atish Dipankar Gold Medal by Atish Dipankar Golshana Parishad (2000)
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (2015)<ref>{{cite news |title=PM hands over Ekushey Padak 2015 |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2015/02/19/pm-hands-over-ekushey-padak-2015 |work=Dhaka Tribune |agency=BSS |date=2015-02-19 |access-date=2017-06-29}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://arupratanchoudhury.com/}}

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