Dr Chowdary pioneered the phenomenon of public STD telephone
booths in villages. He has been very instrumental in the shaping up of the
indian telecom sector. He was the founding chairman and MD of India's Overseas
Communications Corporation (VSNL); governor, INTELSAT and ED, INMARSAT, senior
expert of the ITU.
Dr Chowdary was the IT advisor to the Government of Andhra
Pradesh (AP), mentoring the State's extensive programs for e-Governance,
Government to Citizen
Center for Telecom Management & Studies (CTMS) in 1988.
A fellow of TCS and Satyam Computer Services since 1992, he is
the chairman of Pragna Bharathi (Intellect India, AP).