Amitabha Chowdhury

Amitabha Chowdhury

• Amitabha Chowdhury was an Indian Investigative Journalist.
• His career in journalism began with a Bengali daily, Jugantar in 1948. 
• He became Director of the International Press Institute, an umbrella organization for editors and publishers of the world (1965-68).
• He is credited with setting up Asian's first databank offering an on line distribution system catering to financial news and data called Dataline Asian Pacific Ltd.
• He founded and ran Asia’s pioneering association: Press Foundation of Asia meant for the same set of professionals working in the Asian region. 
• He acted as a consultant on media and economic affairs for UN Projects in Asia and the Middle East. 
• In 1975, he launched his own group of magazines, annual directories and a news service with a Hong Kong based publishing house named Asian Finance Publications Ltd. (1975-93), wrote columns and edit-page pieces and reported for a dozen Asian regional newspapers and magazines, including his own. 
• He was awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award in Journalism (1961) for his scrupulous and probing investigative reporting in protection of individual rights and community interests.