List Of Jadavpur University People

Notable alumni

Researchers, engineers and academic personalities on Science

Abhik Ghosh, inorganic chemist and materials scientist, faculty at University of Tromsø in Tromsø, Norway
Alok Krishna Gupta, mineralogist, petrologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology awardee, former Raja Ramanna Fellow of the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India
Amitabha Mukhopadhyay, cell biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate, professor at the National Institute of Immunology
Aninda Sinha, Professor at Center for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science
Bandula Wijay, Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Kotelawala Defense University
Bimal Kumar Bachhawat, neurochemist and glycobiologist, known for his discovery of HMG-CoA lyase, awarded with Padma Bhushan
Chinmoy Sankar Dey, faculty at IIT Delhi
Debabrata Goswami, chemist, elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of the Institute of Physics, the SPIE, and The Optical Society, senior Member of the IEEE, faculty at IIT Kanpur
Dipankar Chatterji Indian molecular biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Ipsita Biswas, terminal ballistics scientist, awarded with India's highest civilian award for women, the "Narishakti Puruskar", faculty at Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science
K. S. Dasgupta, former director of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
Manoj Majee, molecular biologist, N-Bios laureate and a senior scientist at the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR)
Nandita Basu, researcher at University of Waterloo in the field of Water Sustainability and Ecohydrology
Nibir Mandal, structural geologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate, faculty of Geological sciences at Jadavpur University
Ujjwal Maulik, Computer Scientist and professor, First Faculty member in Jadavpur University to be elected IEEE Fellow
Monita Chatterjee, auditory scientist at Boys Town National Research Hospital
Partha Sarathi Mukherjee, inorganic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Palash Sarkar, cryptologist, mathematician, awarded with Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
Pinaki Majumdar, condensed matter physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Pran Ranjan Sengupta, mathematician
Pulak Sengupta, petrologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Rajdeep Dasgupta, professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Rice University
Samir Das, professor of computer science at Stony Brook University
Samaresh Bhattacharya, inorganic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Sandeep Shukla, faculty at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Santanu Bose, Associate Professor, National School of Drama, (NSD) New Delhi
Sarit Kumar Das, professor of the department of mechanical engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Shantanu Chowdhury, structural biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar and N-BIOS laureates
Shehla Pervin, breast cancer specialist
Shireen Akhter, Bengali academic in University of Chittagong
Snehasikta Swarnakar, cancer biologist, N-Bios laureate
Somnath Dasgupta, professor of metamorphic geology at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
Souvik Maiti, biochemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar and N-BIOS laureate, faculty at the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
Subrata Adak, chemical biologist, N-Bios laureate
Subrata Roy, professor, inventor, scientist
Sunil Kumar Manna, immunologist, N-Bios laureate
Suvendra Nath Bhattacharyya, molecular biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar and N-BIOS laureate
Syed Samsuddin Ahmed, founder and vice chancellor of Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University
Suman Chakraborty, faculty of IIT Kharagpur
Tamal Dey, professor of Mathematics and Computer science at Purdue University

Sushanta Mitra, mechanical engineer, elected fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Engineering Institute of Canada, Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Physical Society, and American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sankar Bhattacharya, Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Monash University, Australia, previously at International Energy Agency, OECD, Paris

Academic personalities other than science and engineering

Barnita Bagchi, faculty of literary studies at Utrecht University, historian
Chinmoy Guha, professor in English at University of Calcutta
Himani Bannerji, faculty in department of Sociology, York University in Canada
Julie Mehta, faculty at University of Toronto
Nandini Das, professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture in the English faculty at the University of Oxford
Rohit K. Dasgupta, academic at School of Culture and Creative Arts at the University of Glasgow
Swapan Kumar Chakravorty, humanities faculty at Presidency University
Anup Kumar Das, faculty at Jawaharlal Nehru University
Amitava Chattopadhyay, faculty and Professor of Marketing at INSEAD
Sugato Chakravarty, Professor at Purdue University

Organizational heads

Amitabha Bhattacharyya, former director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Arundhati Bhattacharya, first woman chairperson of State Bank of India
Chinmoy Guha, former vice-Chancellor of Rabindra Bharati University
Dipak K. Das, former director of the Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington
Jonathan Anthony Mason, former Headmaster of St. James' School, Kolkata, the Modern High School in Dubai, and the Doon School, former House Master at La Martiniere College, Kolkata and former principal at St. James' School, Kolkata
K. S. Dasgupta, former director of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
Mohd. Rafiqul Alam Beg, former vice chancellor of Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology
Pinaki Majumdar, director of the Harish-Chandra Research Institute
Ramaranjan Mukherji, former chancellor of Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Padma Shri recipient
Saroj Ghose, former director of Birla Industrial & Technological Museum and former director general of the National Council of Science Museums, Government of India, former President of the International Council of Museums in Paris during 1992–98
Sarit Kumar Das, former director at IIT Ropar
Sivaji Bandyopadhyay, director of National Institute of Technology Silchar
Shireen Akhter, first female vice chancellor of the University of Chittagong in University of Chittagong
Somnath Dasgupta, former vice-chancellor of Assam University
Subir Raha, former Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Rajat K Baisya, Former Head and Dean of Management Sciences, IIT, Delhi
Sunil Kumar Manna, former head of the immunology lab of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
Syed Samsuddin Ahmed, founder and vice chancellor of Bangamata Sheikh Fojilatunnesa Mujib Science & Technology University

Literature personalities

Hayat Mamud, Bangladeshi essayist, poet
Himani Bannerji, writer, sociologist, scholar
Kajal Bandyopadhyay, poet
Kunal Basu, English friction writer
Nabaneeta Dev Sen, writer
Neel Mukherjee, novelist
Ramaranjan Mukherji, writer
Riksundar Banerjee, writer
Rohini Chowdhury, writer and literary translator
Sibaji Bandyopadhyay, author and critic
Mimi Mondal, Writer
Sudhir Chakraborty, educationist and essayist

Music and cine personalities

Anupam Roy, singer and film music director
Arnab Ray, blogger and author
Badal Sarkar, dramatist and theatre director
Bidita Bag, actress
Bickram Ghosh, Indian classical tabla player
Churni Ganguly, film and television actress
Debalina Majumder, documentary director
Hemanta Mukherjee, Playback Singer, composer, Music Director, producer, Film Director
Jayant Kripalani, film, television and stage actor, director and trainer
J. P. Shaw, Regional Director (East) for India Tourism-Kolkata under the Ministry of Tourism, a branch of the Government of India
Kabir Suman, singer, songwriter and Music Composer
Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya, Indian folk singer
Kaushik Ganguly, Indian film director
Kaushiki Chakraborty, Hindustani classical vocalist
Kushal Chakraborty, singer and film director
Moushumi Bhowmik, singer, songwriter
Moon Moon Sen, actress
Onir, Indian film and TV director
Parambrata Chatterjee, actor
Payel Sarkar, actress
Ranjan Ghosh, filmmaker
Ranjon Ghoshal, theatre director and musician
Ritabhari Chakraborty, actress
Rituparno Ghosh, film director, actor
Ruchira Panda, Indian classical vocalist
Santanu Bose, Indian-theatre director and drama teacher
Saroj Ghose, former director of Birla Industrial and Technological Museum
Shiboprosad Mukherjee, filmmaker, writer, actor
Shreyan Chattopadhyay, composer, singer-songwriter, music producer and director
Swapan Chaudhuri, tabla player
Swastika Mukherjee, actress
Suhel Seth, actor
Ujaan Ganguly, film and theatre actor
Rwitobroto Mukherjee, film and theatre actor
Aloy Deb Barma, filmmaker

Politicians

Manabendra Nath Roy, political activist, He was Founder of the Mexican Communist Party and the Communist Party of India.
Amitabh Bagchi, senior Politburo member of Communist Party of India (Maoist), one of the founders of Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Party Unity.
Mohammed Salim, politician from Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Sankar Gupta, former MLA from Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Sujan Chakraborty, former MLA from Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Gobinda Chandra Naskar, former MLA and MP from Indian National Congress and MLA from All India Trinamool Congress.
Abhijit Mukherjee, former MP from Indian National Congress.
Rohit K. Dasgupta, Labour Party Politician.

Judiciary

Barnita Bagchi, feminist advocate

Businessmen

Amitava Chattopadhyay, businessman at GlaxoSmithKline
Bandula Wijay,
Rubana Huq, chairperson of Bangladeshi conglomerate "Mohammadi Group"
Suhel Seth, businessman

Journalists

Ananta Charan Sukla, the Founding Editor of Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics
Julie Mehta
Nayan Chanda, founder and editor-in-chief of YaleGlobal Online, online magazine from Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
Paulami Sengupta, executive editor of Bengali magazines under ABP House in India

Others

Kurchi Dasgupta, painter, art critic, actor and translator
Mohit Ray, environmental and human rights activist
Vinayak Chakravorty, film critic, Entertainment Editor at the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) news agency
Benu Dasgupta, Indian cricketer

Notable faculty

This following list shows notable people, who have taught in Jadavpur University, formerly or currently.

References

External links

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