Ishfaq Ilahi Choudhury
Allegiance	Pakistan (before 1973)  Bangladesh
Branch	Pakistan Air Force  Bangladesh Air Force
Service years	1964 - 2003
Rank	Air Commodore
Unit	No.5 Squadron, GD(N)
Commands	ACAS (Administration) atAir Headquarters AOC of BAF Base Paharkanchanpur FSR ofBAF Base Matiur Rahman Director (Administration) at Air Headquarters
Conflicts	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

Ishfaq Ilahi Choudhury is a retired air officer ofBangladesh Air Force and treasurer ofEast West University.^[1] He is the former treasurer of theUniversity of Asia Pacific.^[2] He is a former registrar ofBRAC University.^[3][4] He is a security analyst and columnist.^[5][6][7]

Chowdhury was commissioned in the Pakistan Air Force and served in a radar station during the1965 Indo-Pakistan war.^[8]

Choudhury retired from Bangladesh Air Force in 2003.^[9] He was an instructor of theNational Defence College.^[10] He wrote a chapter in the 2008 book Countering Terrorism in Bangladesh published byBangladesh Enterprise Institute.^[11]

from 2010 to 2013, Choudhury was the registrar ofBRAC University.^[12][13]

Choudhury was the acting vice chancellor of the University of Asia Pacific in 2020.^[14] He was the treasurer and the Directorate of Students' Welfare of the University of Asia Pacific in 2021.^[15]

Choudhury is the treasurer ofEast West University.^[16]

Choudhury has praised India and Indira Gandhi for their actions during the Bangladesh Liberation War.^[9] He had called for reforms in Madrassah education in Bangladesh describing it as a legacy of colonialism.^[17] He has written calling for action from moderate Muslims against extremism.^[18] He has written about the plight of religious minorities in Bangladesh.^[19]

• Living people
• Bangladesh Air Force personnel
• Bangladeshi academic administrators

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• Year of birth missing (living people)