List of University of Calcutta people

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This is a list of notable people connected to the University of Calcutta.

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Ajoy Mukherjee, former Chief Minister, West Bengal
Amlan Dutta, eminent economist and social critic, a former adviser to the IMF, former vice-chancellor of Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, a prolific writer
Ashok Mitra,Renowned economist,emeritus professor of Harvard University
Amalesh Tripathi,renowned historian
Amartya Sen, eminent welfare economist, philosopher and social critic, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in economics, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge and Lamont Professor of Economics at Harvard University
Anjan Chattopadhyay, Notable Sitarist
Anjan Dutta, and son Neel Dutt, exponents of the Jeebonmukhi school of music
Ashesh Prosad Mitra, astronomer, former director of CSIR
Ashoke Sen, string theorist

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, famous Bengali novelist, composer of India's national anthem Bande Mataram
Barun Sengupta, Editor, Bartaman newspaper
Benjamin Walker, author
Bhabatosh Dutt,eminent economist. In fact, Mr. Sen partially copied his research.
Bharati Mukherjee, author
B. C. Roy, eminent physician, former Chief Minister, West Bengal
Bimal Kar, novelist
Bimal Mitra, novelist
Binay Ranjan Sen, former ambassador of India to the USA, Italy and Yugoslavia, Japan, and Mexico and former Director General, Food and Agriculture Organization
Binoy Kumar Sarkar, economist
Binoy Majumdar, poet
Brajendra Nath Seal, philosopher
Brinda Karat, Marxist leader and feminist

Chandramukhi Basu, one of the first two female graduates of the British Empire and first female head of an undergraduate academic institution in South Asia
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, author
Clarence Barlow, composer
C. R. Rao Famous Indian Statistician

Derek O'Brien, nationally famous Quiz Master and television host
Dhan Gopal Mukerji, socio-cultural critic and first successful man of letters in early 20th century United States of America
K. David, Theologian, New Testament Scholar
Dibyendu Palit, ad-man turned novelist
Dinesh Chandra Sen, scholar of early Bengali literature

Ganesh Prasad , mathematician
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak philosopher,literary theorist
Girindra Sekhar Bose, physician, applied psychologist and founder, Indian Psychoanalytical Society
Gnanchandra Ghosh, chemist

Hamoodur Rahman , former Chief Justice of Pakistan
Hemchandra Ray Chowdhury, historian
Hiren Mukherjee, Communist Parliamentarian and renowned commentator on culture
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, ex - Prime Minister of Pakistan

Indrani Sen, Rabindra Sangeet exponent

Sir Jadunath Sircar, historian
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Jehangir Coyajee, economics
Jyoti Basu, former Chief Minister, West Bengal

Kadambini Ganguly, one of the first two female graduates of the British Empire and first female physician of South Asia to be trained in the European system of medicine
Kamini Roy, first female honours graduate in the British Empire, first feminist author in India
K. S. Krishnan, philosopher
Kuruvilla Zachariah, historian

Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, billionaire steel tycoon and entrepreneur
Leander Paes, former Wimbledon and French Open doubles Champion and former No.1 doubles pair

Mahasweta Devi, social worker, activist, novelist and feminist turned Marxist
Mamata Banerjee^{[citation needed]}, Founder and Chief Executive, All India Nationalist Trinamool Congress Party
Dr.Mahadev Dutt,famous Mathematician and head of the mathematics dept. of Calcutta University
Dr.Manilal Bhowmik,renowned physicist
Dr.Manik Chaki,famous Mathematician and head of the mathematics dept. of Calcutta University
Megh Nad Saha, physicist
Michael Madhusudan Dutt, first poet laureate in Bengali and dramatist
Mircea Eliade, Romanian-American religious scholar and philosopher
Mrinal Sen, film director
Muhammad Ali Bogra, ex - Prime Minister of Pakistan

Nikhilranjan Sen, mathematician
Nirad C. Chaudhuri, polymath , historian and encyclopedic commentator on culture, acclaimed Victorian scholar and honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Nirmal Kumar Bose, anthropologist. social scientist and freedom fighter [1]
Nirmal Kumar Ganguly
Norman Pritchard, Olympic medalist, Hollywood and Broadway star

P. C. Sorcar, Jr., internationally acclaimed magician
Pannalal Bose, eminent jurist
Paramahansa Yogananda
Prafulla Chandra Sen, former Chief Minister West Bengal
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
Prafulla Chandra Roy, chemist
Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, English literature scholar
Pranab Mukherjee, formerly Union Finance Minister and current Defence Minister
Premendra Mitra, writer
Purnendu Pattrea, writer

Radha Binod Pal, eminent jurist
Radhanath Sikdar
Rajshekhar Basu, writer
Ramananda Chatterjee, pioneering journalist
Rituparna Sengupta, actress
Romesh Chunder Majumder, historian
Rudraprasad Sengupta, thespian

Samaresh Majumdar, writer
Dr.Sambit Nag,famous mathematician
Sanjeev Chattopadhyay, novelist
Sankar Ghosh well known scientist at Yale University.
Sankarlal Bhattacharjee, journalist, author and biographer
Sasthi Brata, writer
Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri, eminent political scientist, fellow of the University of London
Satyajit Ray
Satyendra Nath Bose, physicist, co-discoverer of Bose-Einstein statistics
Saurav Ganguly, former cricket captain of India
Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, one of the first two women to be elected to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, Pakistani Ambassador to Morocco , author
Shankha Ghosh, poet and critic
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, poet and writer
Shrikumar Banerji, scholar in English and Bengali literature
Syama Prasad Mookerjee
Siddhartha Shankar Ray, former Chief Minister, West Bengal, ex-Governor of the Punjab and former Ambassador of India to the United States of America
Somnath Chatterjee, Speaker, Lok Sabha
Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty of the Calcutta Medical College was the first Indian to achieve the MD degree as University College London in 1849
Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyay
Subodh Chandra Sengupta, internationally acclaimed authority on Victorianism and Shakespeare
Suchitra Mitra, Rabindra Sangeet exponent
Sukhamay Chakravarty, economist
Sunanda Sanyal, social critic and socio-cultural commentator
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Suniti Kumar Chatterjee, linguist
Surajit Chandra Sinha, noted Anthropologist, former director of Anthropological Survey of India, former vice-chancellor of Visva-Bharati University
Surendranath Dasgupta, philosopher
Syed Mustafa Siraj, novelist
Dr.Surajit Ghosh, scientist

Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, novelist

Upendranath Brahmachari, physician, nominee for the Nobel prize in 1929 in the category of physiology and medicine
Utpal Dutt, thespian and actor

v • d • e

University of Calcutta

Chancellor: Gopal Krishna Gandhi, Governor of West Bengal

Vice Chancellor: Suranjan Das

Affiliated or Associated Institutes for postgraduate studies and research
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta · Department of Applied Physics, University of Calcutta · Department of Law, University of Calcutta · Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science · Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management · Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Calcutta · Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

Faculties of the university
Faculty of Agriculture · Faculty of Arts · Faculty of Commerce, Social Welfare & Business Management · Faculty of Education, Journalism and Library Science · Faculty of Engineering & Technology · Faculty of Fine Arts, Music and Home Science · Faculty of Law · Faculty of Science

Autonomous Undergraduate Colleges
Ramakrishna Mission Residential College · Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira · St. Xavier's College, Calcutta

Colleges classified as Centers with Potential for Excellence by University Grants Commission
Loreto College, Kolkata · Presidency College, Kolkata · Scottish Church College, Calcutta · St. Xavier's College, Calcutta

Colleges that earned grade A and above by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council
Bethune College · Loreto College, Kolkata · Presidency College, Kolkata · Ramakrishna Mission Residential College · Ramakrishna Mission Siksha Mandira · Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira · Scottish Church College, Calcutta · Serampore College · St. Xavier's College, Calcutta

B.B.A. Degree Granting Colleges
Acharya Prafulla Chandra College · Ashutosh College · Deshbandhu College for Girls · Scottish Church College, Calcutta · St. Xavier's College, Calcutta · The Bhowanipore Education Society College

B.Ed Degree Granting Colleges
Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College · Ali Yafar Jung National Institute of Hearing Handicapped · Bijoykrishna Girls’ College · Calcutta Girls’ B.T. College · David Hare Training College · Department of Education, University of Calcutta · Fakir Chand College · Gobardanga Hindu College · Gandhi Centenary B. T. College · Gopal Chandra Memorial College of Education · Government College of Education · Institute of Education for Women · Loreto College, Kolkata · Nandalal Ghosh B.T. College · National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped · Post Graduate Training College for Physical Education · Ramakrishna Mission Brahmananda College of Education · Ramakrishna Mission Siksha Mandira · Ramakrishna Mission Training Institute for the teachers of the Visually Handicapped · Sarisa B.Ed College · Satyapriya Roy College of Education · Scottish Church College, Calcutta · Sri Sikshayatan College · St. Xavier's College, Calcutta · State Institute of Physical Education for Women · Uluberia College

Self-Financed B.Ed Degree Granting Colleges
Gangadharpur Sikshan Mandir · Jagadish Chandra Bose Sikshak Sikshan · Kolkata Teachers Training College · Raidighi B.Ed College · Sammilani Teachers’ Training College · Swami Vivekananda College of Education · Surendralal Das Teachers’ Training College

Law Colleges
Jogesh Chandra Law College · South Calcutta Law College · Surendranath Law College · University Law College, Calcutta

Self-Financed Law Colleges
Bikash Bharati Law College · Kingston Law College

State Government Administered Undergraduate Colleges
Bethune College · Lady Brabourne College · Maulana Azad College · Presidency College, Kolkata

Self-Financed Undergraduate Colleges
Kingston College of Science · Sree Agrasain College · Sarada Ma Girls College · Taradevi Harakhchand Kankaria Jain College

List of Undergraduate Colleges
Acharya Girish Chandra Bose College · Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose College · Anandamohan College · Ashutosh College · Azad Hind Fouz Smriti Mahavidyalaya · Bagnan College · Bangabasi College · Bangabasi Morning College · Bangabasi Evening College · Banipur Mahila Mahavidyalaya · Baruipur College · Basanti Devi College · Behala College · Bethune College · Bhairab Ganguly College · Bhangar Mahavidyalaya · Bidhan Chandra College · Bijoykrishna Girls’ College · Brahmananda Keshab Chandra College · Budge Budge College · Calcutta Girls College · Chandraketugarh Sahidullah Smriti Mahavidyalaya · Charuchandra College · Chittaranjan College · City College, Calcutta · City College of Commerce and Business Administration · Derozio Memorial College · Deshbandhu College for Girls · Dhrubachand Haldar College · Dinabandhu Andrews College, Garia · Dinabandhu Institution, Shibpur · Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Satabarshiki Mahavidyalaya · Dr.Kanailal Bhattacharya College · Fakir Chand College · Gangadharpur Mahavidyamandir · Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration · Gokhale Memorial Girls' College · Gourmohan Sachin Mondal Mahavidyalaya · Gurudas College · Harimohan Ghosh College · Heramba Chandra College · Hiralal Majumdar Memorial College for Women · Institute of Science and Advanced Research · Jaypur Panchanan Roy College · Jogamaya Devi College · Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College · Kalinagar Mahavidyalaya · Khudiram Bose Central College · Kidderpore College · Kingston College of Science · Kishore Bharati Bhagini Nivedita (Co-ed) College · K. K. Das College · Kultali Dr. B .R. Ambedkar College · Lady Brabourne College · Lalbaba College · Loreto College, Kolkata · Magrahat College · Maharaja Manindra Chandra College · Maharaja Sris Chandra College · Maharani Kasiswari College · Maheshtala College · Maulana Azad College · Milli Al-Ameen College for Girls · Morning Star College · Mrinalini Dutta Mahavidyapith · Muralidhar Girls' College · Naba Ballygunge Mahavidyalaya · Naba Barrackpore Prafulla Chandra Mahavidyalaya · Nabagram Hiralal Paul College · Nahata Jogendranath Mandal Smriti Mahavidyalaya · Narasinha Dutt College · Netaji Nagar College (Evening) · Netaji Nagar Day College · Netaji Nagar College for Women · Netaji Satabarshiki Mahavidyalaya · New Alipore College · Panihati Mahavidyalaya · Patharpratima Mahavidyalaya · P.N. Das College · Prabhu Jagatbandhu College · Prafulla Chandra College · Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya · Presidency College, Kolkata · Puras-Kanpur Haridas Nandi Mahavidyalaya · Rabin Mukherjee College · Raidighi College · Raja Peary Mohan College · Ramakrishna Mission Residential College · Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira · Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College · Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhawana · Rammohan College · Rani Birla Girls' College · Ramsaday College · Sagar Mahavidyalaya · Saheed Anurup Chandra Mahavidyalaya · Saheed Nurul Islam Mahavidyalaya · Sammilani Mahavidyalaya · Sanskrit College · Sarada Ma Girls College · Sarsuna College · Savitri Girls' College, Calcutta · Scottish Church College, Calcutta · Serampore Girls’ College · Serampore College · Seth Anandaram Jaipuria College · Seth Soorajmull Jalan Girls' College · Sir Gurudas Mahavidyalaya · Sivnath Sastri College · Sonarpur Mahavidyalaya · South Calcutta Girls College · Sovarani Memorial College · Sri Chaitanya College · Sri Sikshayatan College · Sree Agrasain College · St.Paul's Cathedral Missions College · St. Xavier's College, Calcutta · Sundarban Hazi Desarat College · Sundarban Mahavidyalaya · Sushil Kar College · Surendranath College · Surendranath College for Women · Surendranath Evening College · Swami Niswambalananda Girls’ College · Syamaprasad College · Syampur Siddheswari Mahavidyalaya · Taradevi Harakhchand Kankaria Jain College · The Bhowanipore Education Society College · Udaynarayanpur Madhabilata Mahavidyalaya · Uluberia College · Umesh Chandra College · Victoria Institution (College) · Vidyanagar College · Vidyasagar College · Vidyasagar College for Women · Vidyasagar Evening College · Vidyasagar Mahavidyalaya · Viharilal College for Home and Social Science · Vijoygarh Jyotish Roy College · Vivekananda College, Madhyamgram · Vivekananda College, Thakurpukur · Vivekananda College for Women · Women's College · Women's Christian College, Calcutta

Other Institutions
Bengal Music College · Carry Institute of Horticulture · Government College of Arts and Crafts · Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management

Institutions formerly affiliated with the university
Armenian College (Kolkata) · Barasat Government College · Bengal Engineering College · Bengal Veterinary College · Bidhannagar College · Brajalal College · Calcutta Medical College · Calcutta National Medical College · Chittagong College · Cotton College, Guwahati · Dhaka College · Government College, Lahore · Indian Statistical Institute,Calcutta · Midnapore College · Mohammadan Anglo Oriental College · Mohindra College, Patiala · Murari Chand College, Sylhet · Rajshahi College · Rangoon College · Ravenshaw College, Cuttack · St. Stephen's College, Delhi · Suri Vidyasagar College · Thomason College of Civil Engineering · Tripura Engineering College