Bharatpedia - User contributions [en]

Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee

2021-09-02T17:50:12Z

2405:204:5386:C6E1:0:0:1E72:E8AD:

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee
| image =
| alt =
| caption = Dr.Sonali Chakraborty Banerjee
| office = [[Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University]]
| term_start = 15 July 2017
| term_end =
| predecessor = Ashutosh Ghosh
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 
| birth_place =
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| nationality = Indian
| other_names =
| occupation = Academic
| years_active =
| known_for =
| chancellor = [[Governor of West Bengal]]
| spouse =[[Alapan Bandyopadhyay]]
}}
'''Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee''' is an Indian academician who is currently the vice-chancellor of the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref name="CU Vice-Chancellors">{{cite web |title=Vice-Chancellors |url=https://www.caluniv.ac.in/about/vc.html |website=www.caluniv.ac.in |publisher=University of Calcutta |access-date=4 May 2019}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Banerjee completed her Bachelor's studies from [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College, Kolkata]] (as a graduating student of the [[University of Calcutta]]), and subsequently, earned her postgraduate and doctoral degrees from the [[University of Calcutta]].<ref name="SCB">{{cite web |title=SCB |url=https://www.caluniv.ac.in/admin-new/pdf-file/SCB.pdf |access-date=4 May 2019}}</ref>
In August 2017 she was appointed as the vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta, after the then vice-chancellor [[Suranjan Das (professor)|Suranjan Das]] was transferred to [[Jadavpur University]].<ref name="ToI Calcutta University gets full-term VC after more than 2 years">{{cite news |last1=Aug 26 |title=Calcutta University gets full-term VC after more than 2 years |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/calcutta-university-gets-full-term-vc-after-more-than-2-years/articleshow/60237631.cms |access-date=4 May 2019 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

She is the daughter of Bengali poet [[Nirendranath Chakravarty]], and she is married to [[Alapan Bandyopadhyay]], who is now serving as a chief advisor to CM of West Bengal.<ref name="Interim VC at CU, again">{{cite news |title=Interim VC at CU, again |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/interim-vc-at-cu-again/cid/1404145 |accessdate=4 May 2019 |work=The Telegraph (india) |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Banerjee, Sonali Chakravarti}}
[[Category:Vice Chancellors of the University of Calcutta]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta faculty]]
[[Category:Presidency University, Kolkata alumni]]
[[Category:West Bengal academics]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

{{India-academic-bio-stub}}

List of vice-chancellors of the University of Calcutta

2021-09-02T17:49:16Z

2405:204:5386:C6E1:0:0:1E72:E8AD: /* List of vice-chancellors */

{{short description|Bharatpedia list article}}
{{notability|Lists|date=January 2021}}{{Infobox official post
| post = Vice-chancellor
| body = [[University of Calcutta]]
| incumbent = [[Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee]]
| incumbentsince = 15 July 2017
| first = [[James William Colvile]]
| formation = 24 January 1857
}}

The [[Chancellor (education)|vice-chancellor]] of the [[University of Calcutta]], a university in Kolkata, India, is the executive head of the university.<ref name=":5">{{cite web|title=Vice-Chancellors|url=http://www.caluniv.ac.in/about/vc.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603125317/https://www.caluniv.ac.in/about/vc.html|archive-date=3 June 2021|access-date=29 June 2020|website=[[University of Calcutta]]}}</ref> Following the establishment in 1857, [[James William Colvile]] served as the first vice-chancellor of the university.

== List of vice-chancellors ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!S. No.
!Name<ref name=":5" />
!Term
!Image
!Notes
|-
|1
|[[James William Colvile]]
|1857–1859
|
|
|-
|2
|[[William Ritchie (barrister)|William Ritchie]]
|1859–1862
|[[File:William Ritchie 1855.jpg|100px]]
|
|-
|3
|[[Claudius James Erskine]]
|1862–1863
|
|
|-
|4
|[[Henry James Sumner Maine|Henry Sumner Maine]]
|1863–1867
|[[File:HSMaine.jpg|100px]]
|
|-
|5
|W. S. Seton-Karr
|1867–1869
|
|
|-
|6
|[[Edward Clive Bayley]]
|1869–1875
|
|
|-
|7
|[[Arthur Hobhouse, 1st Baron Hobhouse|Arthur Hobhouse]]
|1875–1877
|[[File:Arthur Hobhouse, 1st Baron Hobhouse circa 1880.jpg|100px]]
|
|-
|8
|[[William Markby]]
|1877–1878
|[[File:SirWilliamMarkby.jpg|100px]]
|
|-
|9
|[[Alexander John Arbuthnot|Alexander Arbuthnot]]
|1878–1880
|[[File:Sir Alexr John Arbuthnot.jpg|100px]]
|
|-
|10
|[[Arthur Wilson (judge)|Arthur Wilson]]
|1880–1884
|
|
|-
|11
|H. J. Reynolds
|1883–1886
|
|
|-
|12
|[[Courtenay Ilbert|C. P. Ilbert]]
|1886
|[[File:Courtenay Ilbert.jpg|100px]]
|
|-
|13
|[[William Wilson Hunter]]
|1886–1887
|[[File:Sir William Wilson Hunter (1840-1900).png|100px]]
|
|-
|14
|[[William Comer Petheram]]
|1887–1889
|
|
|-
|15
|[[Gooroodas Banerjee]]
|1890–1892
|[[File:Guru Das Bannerjee.jpg|100px]]
|First Indian vice chancellor of the university
|-
|16
|Jones Quain Pigot
|1893
|
|
|-
|17
|[[Alfred Woodley Croft]]
|1893–1896
|[[File:Alfred W. Croft.jpg|100px]]
|
|-
|18
|E. J. Trevelyan
|1897–1898
|
|
|-
|19
|[[Francis William Maclean]]
|1898–1900
|
|
|-
|20
|Thomas Raleigh
|1900–1904
|
|
|-
|21
|[[Alexander Pedler]]
|1904–1906
|
|
|-
|22
|[[Ashutosh Mukherjee|Asutosh Mookerjee]]
|1906–1914
|[[File:Sir Asutosh Mukharji.JPG|100px]]
|
|-
|23
|Devaprasad Sarvadhikary
|1914–1918
|
|
|-
|24
|[[Lancelot Sanderson]]
|1918–1919
|[[File:Lancelot Sanderson Conservative MP.jpg|100px]]
|
|-
|25
|[[Nilratan Sircar]]
|1919–1921
|
|
|-
|26
|[[Ashutosh Mukherjee|Asutosh Mookerjee]] (second term)
|1921–1923
|[[File:Sir Asutosh Mukharji.JPG|100px]]
|
|-
|27
|[[Bhupendra Nath Bose]]
|1923–1924
|
|
|-
|28
|William Ewart Greaves
|1924–1926
|
|
|-
|29
|[[Jadunath Sarkar]]
|1926–1928
|
|
|-
|30
|W. S. Urquhart
|1928–1930
|
|
|-
|31
|[[Hassan Suhrawardy]]
|1930–1934
|[[File:Hasan Suhrawardy.jpg|100px]]
|
|-
|32
|[[Syama Prasad Mookerjee]]
|1934–1938
|[[File:Syama Prasad Mookerjee.jpg|100px]]
|
|-
|33
|[[Sir Azizul Haque|Sir Azizul Huque]]
|1938–1942
|[[File:Sir-M-Azizul-Huq.jpg|100px]]
|
|-
|34
|[[Bidhan Chandra Roy]]
|1942–1944
|[[File:Bidhan Chandra Roy 1982 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|
|-
|35
|[[Radhabinod Pal]]
|1944–1946
|[[File:Radha Binod Pal Yasukuni 112135010 24372cdf47 o.jpg|100px]]
|
|-
|36
|[[Pramathanath Banerjee]]
|1946–1949
|
|
|-
|37
|Charuchandra Biswas
|1949–1950
|
|
|-
|38
|[[Sambhunath Banerjee]]
|1950–1954
|
|
|-
|39
|Jnan Chandra Ghosh
|1954–1955
|
|
|-
|40
|[[Nirmal Kumar Sidhanta]]
|1955–1960
|
|
|-
|41
|[[Subodh Mitra]]
|1960–1961
|
|
|-
|42
|[[Surajit Chandra Lahiri]]
|1962
|
|
|-
|43
|Bidhubhushan Malik
|1962–1968
|
|
|-
|44
|S. N. Sen
|1968–1976
|
|
|-
|45
|Sushil Kumar Mukherjee
|1976–1979
|
|
|-
|46
|[[Ramendra Kumar Podder]]
|1979–1983
|
|
|-
|47
|[[Santosh Bhattacharyya]]
|1983–1987
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-03-13|title=The VC who fought Red shackles at CU|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/the-vc-who-fought-red-shackles-at-cu/articleshow/7689506.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-06|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|48
|Bhaskarananda Ray Chaudhuri
|1987–1991
|
|
|-
|49
|Rathindra Narayan Basu
|1991–1999
|
|
|-
|50
|Asis Kumar Banerjee
|1999–2008
|
|
|-
|51
|Suranjan Das
|2008–2015
|
|
|-
|52
|[[Sugata Marjit]]
|2015–2016
|
|
|-
|53
|Ashutosh Ghosh
|2016–2017
|
|
|-
|54
|[[Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee]]
|2017–''Incumbent''
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Basu|first=Somdatta|date=2017-08-26|title=Calcutta University gets full-term VC after more than 2 years|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/calcutta-university-gets-full-term-vc-after-more-than-2-years/articleshow/60237631.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-06|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:University of Calcutta]]

List of vice-chancellors of the University of Calcutta

2021-09-02T17:49:16Z

2405:204:5386:C6E1:0:0:1E72:E8AD: /* List of vice-chancellors */

La. Ganesan

2021-09-02T13:52:31Z

2405:204:5386:C6E1:0:0:1E72:E8AD:

{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = La. Ganesan
| image =
| caption =
| birthname =
| office = 17th [[Governor of Manipur]]
| term_start = 27 August 2021
| term_end =
| president = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[N. Biren Singh]]
| predecessor = [[Ganga Prasad]]<br />{{smaller|''(Additional Charge)''}}
| successor =
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start1 = 6 October 2016
| term_end1 = 2 April 2018
| 1blankname1 = Leader of the House
| 1namedata1 = [[Arun Jaitley]]
| predecessor1 = [[Najma Heptullah]]
| successor1 = [[Kailash Soni]]
| constituency1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|2|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Thanjavur]], [[Madras State]], [[India]]<br />{{smaller|(present-day [[Tamil Nadu]])}}
| nationality = Indian
| profession = Politician
| education = S.S.L.C.
| signature =
}}

'''La. Ganesan''' (born 16 February 1945) is an Indian politician and incumbent [[List of governors of Manipur|Governor of Manipur]] from August 27, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Quint|first=The|date=2021-08-22|title=BJP Leader La Ganesan Appointed as New Governor of Manipur|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/hot-news/bjp-leader-la-ganesan-appointed-as-new-governor-of-manipur|access-date=2021-08-23|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref>

==Political career==
Before being appointed as the General Secretary of TN BJP unit, he was a Pracharak in [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/munde-lobbies-for-mahajan-s-post-but-rss-has-other-plans/4328/|title=Munde lobbies for Mahajan's post, but RSS has other plans|date=May 13, 2006|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref> He then served as the National Secretary and then as the Vice President of BJP at the national level.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/by-elevating-ganesan-bjp-hopes-to-strengthen-state-unit/article3172447.ece|title=By elevating Ganesan, BJP hopes to strengthen State unit|date=Feb 1, 2006|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref> Later he was selected as the President of BJP's Tamil Nadu state unit.

He is a former Member of Parliament in [[Rajya Sabha]]. He replaced the former union minister Najma Heptulla as an Member of parliament in Rajya sabha from Madhya Pradesh.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/BJPs-iLa-Ganesan-elected-unopposed-to-Rajya-Sabha-from-Madhya-Pradesh/articleshow/54720909.cms</ref>

On 22nd August 2021, He was appointed as 17th [[List of governors of Manipur|Governor of Manipur]] by President of India Shri [[Ram Nath Kovind]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senior BJP leader La. Ganesan appointed as new governor of Manipur|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/senior-bjp-leader-la-ganesan-appointed-as-new-governor-of-manipur/2145781|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-22|website=outlookindia.com}}</ref> He sworn in as the 17th Governor of Manipur at the Darbar Hall of Raj Bhavan, Imphal on August 27, 2021. He was administered the oath of office by Honourable Chief Justice of [[Manipur High Court]] PV Sanjay Kumar. Chief Minister [[N. Biren Singh]], Ministers, and legislators were present in the ceremonial function.

== Controversy ==
=== Speech about Tamil Nadu ===
When people were protesting against extraction of Hydrocarbons in Neduvasal, Tamil Nadu La Ganesan said that "there is nothing wrong in sacrificing Tamil Nadu for the welfare of India".<ref>https://nettv4u.com/latest-tamil-celebrity-news/nothing-wrong-in-sacrificing-tamilnadu-for-the-welfare-of-india-ila-ganesan</ref>

=== Attack on Kirubanidhi ===
Kirubanidhi, the first Dalit president of the BJP in Tamil Nadu, along with La Ganesan went to [[Indore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] to participate in the BJP national council's meeting in 2003. After the meeting, La Ganesan started abusing Kirubanidhi verbally by calling his caste name. Even though Kirubanidhi tried to pacify him, he twisted Kirubanidhi's arm. Later on an interview, Kirubanidhi said the fight was over the misuse of funds by La Ganesan that he had pointed out.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vignessh|date=2020-03-13|title=Will BJP's Murugan experiment go the Kirubanidhi way?|url=https://thefederal.com/states/south/tamil-nadu/will-bjps-murugan-experiment-go-the-kirubanidhi-way/|access-date=2020-08-10|website=The Federal}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ganesan, La}}
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from the Bharatiya Janata Party]]
[[Category:People from Thanjavur]]

{{MadhyaPradesh-BJP-politician-stub}}