Tapan Chowdhury ( bn, তপন চৌধুরী) is a Bangladeshi businessman. On January 14, 2007, he was appointed as one of the advisers for the

Caretaker government of Bangladesh The Caretaker Government of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকার) was a form of government in which Bangladesh used to be ruled by a selected government for an interim period du ...

under Chief Adviser

Fakhruddin Ahmed Fakhruddin Ahmed (born 1 May 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank. On 12 January 2007, he was appointed Chief Adviser (Head of the Government) of the non-p ...

.Four Bangladeshi advisers resign
BBC News, January 8, 2008. He resigned from caretaker government on January 8, 2008 along with other four advisers.

Early life

Tapan Chowdhury born in Aataikula,

Pabna Pabna ( bn, পাবনা) is a city of Pabna District, Bangladesh and the administrative capital of the eponymous Pabna District. It is on the north bank of the Padma River and has a population of about . Etymology * According to the histo ...

, the second son of

Samson H. Chowdhury Samson H. Chowdhury ( bn, স্যামসন এইচ চৌধুরী; 25 September 1925 – 5 January 2012) was a Bangladeshi business magnate. He was the chairman of Square Pharmaceuticals. Personal life Samson H. Chowdhury was born o ...

,, founder Chairman of the Compan
Detail of Hon'ble adviser
Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Govt of Bangladesh.

Business career

He is the Managing Director of Square Pharmaceuticals Limited, Square Textiles Limited and

Square Hospital Square Hospital is a private hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is one of three high-end private hospital in Bangladesh, the other being Apollo Hospital Dhaka and United Hospital, Dhaka. Tapan Chowdhury is the managing director of the hospital. ...

Both companies are among the largest enterprises in their respective sectors.Square Pharma attains 17.5 pc sales growth in 2005
The New Nation, Dec 29, 2005. Chowdhury was a President of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI). He was also associated with the Young Man Christian Association (

YMCA YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It was founded on 6 June 1844 by George Williams in London, originally ...

) as its president, and was the Vice-President of Bangladesh Baptist fellowship. He also was a member of the executive committee of th
Bangladesh Employers Association
and Bangladesh Textile Mills Association. Chowdhury's other positions includes the Directorship of Square Toiletries Ltd, Pioneer Insurance Ltd, Continental Hospital Ltd, and several other companies.

References

Living people Advisors of Caretaker Government of Bangladesh Year of birth missing (living people) Notre Dame College, Dhaka alumni {{Bangladesh-business-bio-stub