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Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy

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'''Bibhuti Bhusan Nandy''' ({{lang-bn|বিভূতিভূষণ নন্দী}}) (1940–2008) was an Indian IPS officer, intelligence agent, former National Security Advisor of Mauritius and a columnist. He served in the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]], [[Research and Analysis Wing]] and the [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] in various capacities, playing a key role in the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].

==Education==
He was born in Jamalpur, in what is now [[Bangladesh]]. He graduated in economics from the renowned [[Scottish Church College]] and earned his MA degree from the [[University of Calcutta]].

==Career==
He taught at the [[Chandernagore Government College]] in 1958, which was then affiliated with the [[University of Calcutta]]. He joined the [[Orissa, India|Orissa]] cadre of the [[Indian Police Service]] in 1964, but was subsequently deputed to the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]] in Delhi to play a key role in the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Bangladesh war of liberation]].

In recognition of his meritorious service he was put in charge of the Kashmir desk in the rank of deputy director of Intelligence Bureau. In 1984, he was transferred to the country's counter intelligence outfit [[Research and Analysis Wing]], where his first posting was in [[Dhaka]]. He also served in [[Bangkok]].

He was thereafter brought back to the RAW headquarters in Delhi to look after important regions including Myanmar, Russia and South East Asia. Subsequently, he was made a special director of Special Services Bureau and was later promoted to the rank of additional secretary within RAW.

In 1997, he was made the director-general of [[Indo-Tibetan Border Police]] and after serving a year there, his services were requisitioned by the [[Politics of Mauritius|Mauritius government]] which appointed him as its National Security Adviser. When Nandy retired in 2000, Prime Minister Sir [[Anerood Jugnauth]] made an offer to Nandy to come back to Mauritius as NSA.

After retirement, he regularly contributed articles on national security to ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'' and ''[[Dainik Statesman]]''.

==Primary reference==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051130203428/http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=2 Obituary in The Statesman]

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Santosh Bhattacharyya

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{{Infobox academic|name=Santosh Bhattacharaya|alma_mater=[[Scottish Church College]] (BCom)<br>[[University of Calcutta]] (MCom)<br>[[London School of Economics]] (PhD)|birth_date=1 November 1924|workplaces=[[Indian Statistical Institute]]<br>[[University of Calcutta]]|death_date=10 March 2011}}

'''Santosh Bhattacharyya''' (1 November 1924 – 10 March 2011)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://topics.npr.org/article/03TR64j9de0eS?q=China# |title=Former CU Vice-Chancellor Santosh Bhattacharyya dies at 87 |access-date=13 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727132035/http://topics.npr.org/article/03TR64j9de0eS?q=China# |archive-date=27 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] Indian scholar, who served as a Vice Chancellor of the [[University of Calcutta]], in Kolkata, India.

==Early life==
He was born in Calcutta on 1 November 1924 in a [[Brahmin]] family.

He studied economics at the renowned [[Scottish Church College]]<ref>''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume'' Scottish Church College, 2008, page 587</ref> and earned his master's degree from the University of Calcutta. Later he would earn a doctorate in economics from the [[London School of Economics]]
.<ref name=Red_shackles>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/The-VC-who-fought-Red-shackles-at-CU/articleshow/7689506.cms | title=The VC who fought Red shackles at CU | date=13 March 2011 | newspaper=The Times of India | accessdate=10 June 2018 }}</ref>

==Career==
After earning his master's degree, he worked as a technical assistant at the [[Indian Statistical Institute]].<ref name=Red_shackles/>

He taught economics at the University of Calcutta in two phases: 1952–60, and later from 1968 to 1983. He chaired the department (1970–80), and became dean of the faculty of arts (1973–77).<ref name=Red_shackles/>

He was Senior Economic Affairs Officer at the Development Planning Centre in the [[United Nations]] at New York (1966–68), member of the Tariff Commission, [[Government of India]] (1974–75), Chairman of several Pay Committees under [[Government of West Bengal|West Bengal government]] during 1977–80.<ref name=Red_shackles/>

He was a general secretary of [[Patha Bhavan, Kolkata|Patha Bhavan, Calcutta]] in the 1980s.

==Political beliefs==
As a student, Bhattacharyya was a full member of the erstwhile [[Communist Party of India]], and later continued as an active sympathizer of the parent party till he parted ways as a believer in market economy following the changes in China.<ref name=Red_shackles/>

As a vice chancellor of the [[University of Calcutta]] (1983–1987), he was victimized for his apolitical stance and public criticism of the policies and practices of the [[CPI(M)|Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] led [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] regime (1977–2011) that interfered with the autonomy of the university.<ref name=education_system>[https://archive.today/20130208082732/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Once-envied-education-system-looks-to-Mamata-for-poriborton/Article1-699604.aspx Once-envied education system looks to Mamata for 'poriborton']</ref>

==Works==
*''Red Hammer Over Calcutta University (1984–1987)''
*''Management Control Systems : a Framework for Resolution of Problems of Implementation''
*''Land Reforms in West Bengal. A Study on Implementation''
*''Capital Longevity and Economic Growth''

==References==
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Pabitra Kumar Giri

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'''Pabitra Kumar Giri''' (1955 – 20 May 2010) was an Indian [[Urban economics|urban economist]], who during 1998–2010, served as the Director of the Centre for Urban Economic Studies at the [[University of Calcutta]] in Kolkata, India.<ref name=In_Memoriam>{{cite web
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| last = | first = | newspaper = The Statesman | date= 30 May 2011 | accessdate = 2012-05-25}}</ref>

==Education==
He graduated from the [[Scottish Church College]], and the [[University of Calcutta]], from where he earned his doctorate in economics.<ref name=In_Memoriam/><ref>''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 586</ref><ref name=BoD>[https://archive.today/20130826225315/http://www.bod.com/index.php?id=3435&objk_id=343453 Books on Demand]</ref>

==Selected works==

===Books===
*''The Flow of Resources in the Regional Economy of West Bengal: The Trends and Processes During 1960-61 to 1970-71'' VDM Publishing, 2010 {{ISBN|978-3-639-24126-6}}<ref name=BoD/>

===Journal articles===
*Urbanisation in West Bengal, 1951-1991 ''Economic and Political Weekly'' Vol - XXXIII No. 47-48, 21 November 1998
*Interaction between Trading Capital and Productive Capital in Agriculture-An Unexplained Reciprocity (with Debdas Banerjee) ''Economic and Political Weekly'' Vol - XIX No. 46, 17 November 1984

===Research projects===
*''Preparation of Long-term and Short-term Strategy of Howrah Development and Rejuvenation Plan'' (HDRP)<ref name=CUES>{{Cite web |url=http://www.caluniv.ac.in/academic/centre_urban_economic_studies.htm |title=Research Projects Funded by External Agencies |access-date=26 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902171517/http://caluniv.ac.in/academic/centre_urban_economic_studies.htm |archive-date=2 September 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

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