| Samarjit Roy Chowdhury | |
| Awards: | Ekushey Padak |
| Birth Date: | 10 February 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Comilla District, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Alma Mater: | University of Dhaka |
Samarjit Roy Chowdhury (10 February 1937 – 9 October 2022) was a Bangladeshi painter. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2014 by the Government of Bangladesh.[1]
Chowdhury was born on 10 February 1937 in Comilla District. In 1960 he graduated in Graphic Design from the Government Art Institute (later Faculty of Fine Art, Dhaka University). There he was guided by Zainul Abedin, Quamrul Hassan and others.[1]
Chowdhury joined the faculty of Dhaka University and worked for 43 years and retired as Professor in 2003.[2] Then he served as Dean of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts of the Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology until 2010. As of 2014, he was serving as supernumerary professor at the University of Dhaka.[1]
Chowdhury died in Dhaka on 9 October 2022, at the age of 85.[3]