Presidency University

Discover the notable alumni of Presidency University. The list includes people like Prafulla Chandra Ray, Upendranath Brahmachari, Bimal Jalan, Michael Madhusudan Dutt & M. J. Akbar. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as writers, scientists, intellectuals & academics, media personalities and physicians etc.
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Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 29, 1893
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kolkata
Died: June 28, 1972

Best known for conceptualizing the Mahalanobis distance, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis was a renowned Padma Vibhushan-winning Indian statistician who played a major role in his country’s industrialization policies of the Second Five-Year Plan. He also taught at his alma, Presidency College, and was one of the founders of the Indian Statistical Institute.

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Prafulla Chandra Ray
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 2, 1861
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Khulna
Died: June 16, 1944

Indian Bengali chemist Prafulla Chandra Ray founded the country’s first pharma company, Bengal Chemicals. Educated in Calcutta and Edinburgh, he later worked from his home, a room on the first floor of the college where he taught. Knighted for his achievements, he donated generous sums to the Brahmo Samaj initiatives.

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Jyoti Basu
(Indian politician)
Jyoti Basu
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 8, 1914
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kolkata, India
Died: January 17, 2010
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Meghnad Saha
(Indian Astrophysicist Who Developed the ‘Saha Ionisation Equation’ and ‘Thermal Ionisation’)
Meghnad Saha
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 6, 1893
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bangladesh
Died: February 16, 1956

Indian astrophysicist Meghnad Saha is best remembered for developing the thermal ionization equation. A grocer’s son, he relied on merit alone to excel in academics and eventually became a professor at the universities of Allahabad and Calcutta. He was also a Lok Sabha MP and a Fellow of the Royal Society.

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Pritam
(Indian Composer and Playback Singer Known for Blending Indian Classical Music with Western Style)
Pritam
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 14, 1971
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Known for blending Indian classical music with contemporary undertones, Indian music director, composer, and record producer, Pritam Chakraborty is also a well-known singer and instrumentalist.  Beginning his career with ad jingles, he later partnered with Jeet Ganguly to compose music for Hindi films before going solo. He has won numerous awards for his work, concurrently helping budding musicians through his organization JAM8.

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Jibanananda Das
(Poet, Writer)
Jibanananda Das
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 17, 1899
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Barishal, Bangladesh
Died: October 22, 1954
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Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
(Indian Poet and Educator Who Disseminate Western Learning and Science Among the Young Men of Bengal)
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 18, 1809
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kolkata, India
Died: December 26, 1831

Henry Louis Vivian Derozio was an Anglo-Indian poet who became the assistant headmaster of Hindu College, Kolkata. He was born to a Christian Indo-Portuguese father and an English mother in British India. A brilliant young man, he was a radical thinker of his time, and his activities kindled the intellectual revolution in Bengal. Unfortunately, he died at the age of 22.  

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Keshab Chunder Sen
(Indian Philosopher and Social Reformer Known for Incorporating Christian Theology in Hindu Framework)
Keshab Chunder Sen
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 19, 1838
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kolkata, India
Died: January 8, 1884

Keshab Chunder Sen was an Indian social reformer and philosopher. Although he was born a Hindu, Sen thought highly of Christian theology and wanted to incorporate the theology of Christian practice into the framework of Hindu thought. By the use of Christian missionary methods, Keshab Chunder Sen effected several social reforms in India.

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Sukumar Ray
(Photographer, Poet, Writer, Illustrator, Playwright, Children's writer)
Sukumar Ray
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 30, 1887
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kolkata
Died: September 10, 1923

Sukumar Ray was a 19th-century Bengali writer and poet born in British India. He is most remembered for his writings for children. He was born into a prominent family as the son of a famous writer, painter, and instrumentalist. Sukumar Ray worked during the pinnacle of the Bengal Renaissance and was close friends with Rabindranath Tagore. 

 

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Upendranath Brahmachari
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: December 19, 1873
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Jamalpur
Died: February 6, 1946

The son of an East Indian Railways physician, leading Indian scientist and doctor Upendranath Brahmachari was the first to use Urea-Stibamine as a treatment for Kala-azar. Apart from winning honors such as the knighthood and the title of Rai Bahadur, he was also nominated for the Nobel Prize twice.

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Bimal Jalan
(Economist, Politician)
Bimal Jalan
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: August 17, 1941
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rajgarh

Bimal Jalan is an Indian economist and politician. From 1997 to 2003, Jalan served as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. A respected economist, he also served as the seventh Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India.

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Radhabinod Pal
(Judge, University teacher)
Radhabinod Pal
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: January 27, 1886
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: India
Died: January 10, 1967

Radhabinod Pal was a British-Indian jurist who was among the three Asian judges selected to judge the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal of Japanese war crimes, which were committed during World War II. Pal was the only judge to suggest that the defendants were not guilty. From 1952 to 1966, he served as a member of the UN's International Law Commission.

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Pritish Nandy
(Indian Poet, Journalist and Television Personality)
Pritish Nandy
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Birthdate: January 15, 1951
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bhagalpur, Bihar, India

Pritish Nandy is an Indian poet, journalist, painter, media and television personality, parliamentarian, animal activist, and filmmaker. A multi-talented person, Nandy has achieved immense popularity for his work in various fields, such as literature, journalism, politics, humanism, and entertainment. Pritish Nandy is the recipient of several awards including the Padma Shri Award, International Humanitarian Award, and Bangladesh Liberation War Award.

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Ashoke Sen
(Physicist)
Ashoke Sen
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 15, 1956
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kolkata

Ashoke Sen is an Indian theoretical physicist whose immense contribution to string theory has earned him accolades and respect around the world. The recipient of several prestigious awards like the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan, Sen also serves as a professor at several prestigious institutions like the Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Korea Institute for Advanced Study.

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Sugata Bose
(Historian, Author, Politician)
Sugata Bose
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Birthdate: September 7, 1956
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kolkata

Apart from being a noted South Asian historian and a Tufts and Harvard faculty, Sugata Bose is also a descendant of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. A Presidency College and Cambridge alumnus, he has penned books such as His Majesty's Opponent and has also been a TMC MP.

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Udayan Mukherjee
Udayan Mukherjee
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Renowned TV journalist Udayan Mukherjee, who had once received the Ramnath Goenka Award for the Journalist of the Year, is also known for his stint as the MD of CNBC India. He has now moved to Uttarakhand, where he lives a quiet life. He has also penned novels such as Essential Items.

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Jadunath Sarkar
(Indian Historian and a Specialist on the Mughal Dynasty)
Jadunath Sarkar
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Birthdate: December 10, 1870
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Singra, Bangladesh
Died: May 19, 1958

Jadunath Sarkar rose from a humble background in a Bengal village and gained a scholarship at Calcutta University. He later taught both English and history and was associated with his alma, Presidency College, and BHU as a faculty. Specializing in Mughal history, he was later knighted by the British.

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Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri
(physicist)
Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 14, 1924
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Barisal
Died: June 18, 2005

Indian physicist Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri laid down the Raychaudhuri equation, named after him. The celebrated Presidency College professor was a made a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences. He would always be dressed in his simple attire of white dhoti-kurta, even when he taught in the U.S. universities.