{"id":156,"date":"2025-10-24T23:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T23:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/?p=156"},"modified":"2025-12-19T23:51:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T23:51:23","slug":"gobinda-chowdhury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/projectonenessworld\/gobinda-chowdhury\/","title":{"rendered":"Gobinda Chowdhury"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Conversation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Episode 13 Gobinda Chowdhury<br>Professor, University of Strathclyde<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conversation with Gobinda Chowdhury, Professor of Information Science at the University of Strathclyde. He talked about growing up during the Bangladesh Independence war, meeting and working for then President of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and his process for writing 17 books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trailer (0:58)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trailer - In Conversation E13 Gobinda Chowdhury\" width=\"443\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hUTJgVKgMXg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview (1:45:51)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In Conversation E13 Gobinda Chowdhury\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XJHYvYArFRM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Timecodes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0:00 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trailer<\/a><br>0:54 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=54\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Intro<\/a><br>3:13 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=193\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Childhood and access to computers<\/a><br>8:48 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bangladesh Independence War<\/a><br>10:55 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Experience with change<\/a><br>15:40 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=940\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digital Work Environment<\/a><br>17:52 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=1062\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Family<\/a><br>22:38 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=1358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Major turning point in life<\/a><br>27:33 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=1653\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Serendipity<\/a><br>31:12 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=1872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Definition of Information Science<\/a><br>38:41 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=3221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Artificial Intelligence (AI)<\/a><br>57:20 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=3440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chowdhury\u2019s role in the field<\/a><br>1:00:17 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=3617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Productive Lifestyle<\/a><br>1:06:52 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=4012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Influences<\/a><br>1:12:05 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=4325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Books that shaped thinking<\/a><br>1:14:37 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=4477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meeting and working for President of India APJ Abdul Kalam<\/a><br>1:19:51 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=4791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Work with Organization of African Unity<\/a><br>1:24:12 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=5052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Key skills<\/a><br>1:29:45 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=5385\">Resilience<\/a><br>1:37:46 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=5866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Life principles<\/a><br>1:39:52 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=5992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Goals<\/a><br>1:41:46 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XJHYvYArFRM?t=6106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mentoring advice<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interview was supported by the iSchools Research Grant 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More about Gobinda Chowdhury <a href=\"http:\/\/Dr Gobinda Chowdhury  University of Strathclyde https:\/\/www.strath.ac.uk \u203a staff \u203a chowdhurygobindadr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Strathclyde<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=qmRMHx0AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google Scholar<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/gobinda-chowdhury-3364a849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Conversation Episode 13 Gobinda ChowdhuryProfessor, University of Strathclyde In conversation with Gobinda Chowdhury, Professor of Information Science at the University of Strathclyde. He talked about growing up during the Bangladesh Independence war, meeting and working for then President of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and his process for writing 17 books. 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