University of Calcutta

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University of Calcutta

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Calcutta, India

Founding Date:
24-Jan-1857

Motto:
Advancement of Learning

Enrollment:
225,000

Official Website:
http://www.caluniv.ac.in/

STUDENTS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Ananda M. Chakrabarty Scientist 4-Apr-1938 Oil-eating bacteria

Bankim Chandra Chatterji Novelist 26-Jun-1838 8-Apr-1894 Krishna Kanta's Will

Bharati Mukherjee Novelist 27-Jul-1940 The Tiger's Daughter

Radhabinod Pal Judge 27-Jan-1886 10-Jan-1967 Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal

Satyajit Ray Film Director 2-May-1921 23-Apr-1992 Pather Panchali

Gayatri Spivak Scholar 24-Feb-1942 Postcolonialist theorist, Can the Subaltern Speak?

Paramahansa Yogananda Religion 5-Jan-1893 7-Mar-1952 Self-Realization Fellowship

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

J. C. Bose Botanist 30-Nov-1858 23-Nov-1937 Plant physiology

Satyendra Nath Bose Physicist 1-Jan-1894 4-Feb-1974 Bose-Einstein condensates

Radhabinod Pal Judge 27-Jan-1886 10-Jan-1967 Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Politician 5-Sep-1888 17-Apr-1975 Philosopher-President of India, 1962-67

Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman Physicist 7-Nov-1888 21-Nov-1970 Discovered the Raman Effect

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Radhabinod Pal Judge 27-Jan-1886 10-Jan-1967 Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal

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