Presidency College, Kolkata

(Official website: presidencycollegekolkata.org launched on 7th June 2005)

Notable Alumni

Dr. Rajendra Prasad - first president of independent India

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Dr. Rajendra Prasad - President of independent India

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Subhash Chandra Bose - legendary freedom fighter (he had to discontinue his studies before being re-admitted at Scottish Church College)

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Subhash Chandra Bose - Scottish Church College

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Rabindranath Tagore - poet laureate, Nobel laureate (Literature, 1913)

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Rabindranath Tagore - Nobel - 1913

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Amartya Sen - economist, Nobel laureate (Economics, 1998)

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Amartya Sen - Nobel - 1998

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Sukumar Ray - writer

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Satyajit Ray - director, winner of the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement (1992)

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Satyajit Ray - Oscar for Lifetime Achievement - 1992

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Satyendranath Bose - physicist, discovered the boson

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Satyendranath Bose - Boson

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Jagadish Chandra Bose - physicist, inventor of wireless communications, crescograph

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Meghnad Saha - physicist, discovered the Saha ionization equation

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Meghnad Saha - Saha ionization equation

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Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis - statistician, founder of the Indian Statistical Institute

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Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis - Indian Statistical Institute

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Radhanath Sikdar - mathematician, first to calculate the height of Mount Everest

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Radhanath Sikdar - Mount Everest

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Buddhadeb Bhattacharya - Chief Minister of West Bengal (2001- )

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Buddhadeb Bhattacharya - West Bengal - 2001

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Jyoti Basu - former Chief Minister of West Bengal (1977-2000)

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Jyoti Basu - West Bengal - 1977 - 2000

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Siddhartha Shankar Ray - former Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972-1977)

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Siddhartha Shankar Ray - West Bengal - 1972 - 1977

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Bimal Jalan - economist, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India (2000-2004)

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Bimal Jalan - Reserve Bank of India - 2000 - 2004

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Aparna Sen - celebrated director and actress, Padmashree awardee

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Aparna Sen - Padmashree

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Ashok Kumar - veteran actor, winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1988)

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Ashok Kumar - Dadasaheb Phalke Award - 1988

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Pritish Nandy - film producer

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Sasthi Brata - journalist and socio-cultural commentator based in the UK

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Sasthi Brata - UK

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Bratya Basu - dramatist

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