He served as the vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University and president of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
[2] Chowdhury served as a research officer at the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Pakistan during June 1964 – April 1965.
[2] He was a faculty member of Jahangirnagar University at the Department of Economics from January 1971 until October 2004.
[2] He served as the vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University during July 1994 until 1998 and also of Gano Bishwabidyalaya for a year.
[2] He is currently serving as the vice chairman of Centre for Urban Studies, Dhaka.