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{{Short description|Indian writer, academic, and Indologist (1928–2010)}}
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| birth_date = 1 January 1928
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India
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| occupation = Academician, writer
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>Hiroshima Peace Award<br>[[Government of India]] Certificate of Honour<br>Viswa Bharati Award
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'''Ramaranjan Mukherji''' (1 January 1928 – 13 March 2010) was an Indian writer, academic, [[Indologist]] and a former chancellor of Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha,<ref name="RSV">{{cite web | url=http://rsvidyapeetha.ac.in/profile.htm | title=RSV | publisher=RSV | date=2014 | access-date=20 December 2014}}</ref> known for his scholarship in [[Sanskrit literature]]. He was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2010, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2014 | access-date=11 November 2014 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Biography==
Ramaranjan Mukherji was born on 1 January 1928 in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. He graduated (BA) in 1944 and in 1946 secured a post graduate degree in Sanskrit, both from the [[University of Calcutta]]. Later, he obtained the doctoral degree of PhD from the same university (University of Calcutta) in 1953. He also secured the degree of Doctor of Literature, in 1964, from the [[Jadavpur University]].

Mukherji started his career as a lecturer at Calcutta University but moved to Jadavpur University in 1956 to join the Department of Sanskrit there where he eventually became the Head of the department. During his tenure there, he is reported to have been successful in establishing the Department of Special Assistance, (DSA Sanskrit) at the university.<ref name="Exotic India Art">{{cite web | url=http://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/vyaktiviveka-of-rajanaka-mahimabhatta-IDG138/ | title=Exotic India Art | publisher=Exotic India Art | date=2014 | access-date=20 December 2014}}</ref> In 1970, he was appointed as the vice chancellor of the [[University of Burdwan]], a post he held till 1984.<ref name="IERD">{{cite web | url=http://www.ierdworld.org/patrons_and_advisors | title=IERD | publisher=IERD | date=2014 | access-date=20 December 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015051751/http://www.ierdworld.org/patrons_and_advisors | archive-date=15 October 2014 }}</ref> The next three years were spent at [[Rabindra Bharati University]] as its vice chancellor and retired from there in 1987.
<ref name="IERD" /> During this period, he was a member of the standing committee and later the president of the [[Association of Indian Universities]] and served as a member of the standing committee of the [[Association of Commonwealth Universities]]. He was also a former chancellor of ''Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha''.<ref name="RSV" /><ref name="IERD" /> His contributions are reported behind the establishments of educational institutions such as Sri Sitaram Vaidic Adarsha Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya,<ref name="SSVAM">{{cite web | url=http://www.omkarnathmission.org/branches.php | title=SSVAM | publisher=Omkar Nath Mission | date=2014 | access-date=20 December 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220213155/http://www.omkarnathmission.org/branches.php | archive-date=20 December 2014 }}</ref> a [[Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan]] affiliated college of oriental studies, Bhirbhum Institute of Engineering and Technology,<ref name="BIET">{{cite web | url=http://www.bietsuri.ac.in/ | title=BIET | publisher=BIET | date=2014 | access-date=20 December 2014 | archive-date=7 December 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207144825/http://bietsuri.ac.in/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Calcutta Institute of Engineering and Management]], Kolkata<ref name="CIEMCAL">{{cite web | url=http://ciemcal.org/ | title=CIEMCAL | publisher=CIEMCAL | date=2014 | access-date=20 December 2014 | archive-date=30 June 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630201501/http://www.ciemcal.org/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> and a law college in Kolkata. He served as the president of ''Sri Sri Sitaramadas Omkarnath Samskrita Siksha Samsad'',<ref name="SSOSSS">{{cite web | url=http://www.omkarnathsamskritasikshasamsad.in/ | title=SSOSSS | publisher=SSOSSS | date=2014 | access-date=20 December 2014}}</ref> a cultural organization and was the patron of the Institute of Education Research and Development.<ref name="IERD" /> He also visited many countries as a member of the Indian delegation.

Mukherji authored several books and articles. Some of his notable works are:
* Imagery in poetry: an Indian approach<ref name="Imagery in poetry: an Indian approach">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wo9BAQAAIAAJ | title=Imagery in poetry: an Indian approach | publisher=Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar | author=Ramaranjan Mukherji | year=1972 | pages=168}}</ref>
* Corpus of Indological Studies<ref name="Corpus of Indological Studies">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ziZQnAEACAAJ | title=Corpus of Indological Studies | publisher=Sharada Publishing House | author=Ramaranjan Mukherji, Anantalal Thakur | year=1992 | pages=287| isbn=9788185616070 }}</ref>
* Global Aesthetics and Sanskrit Poetics<ref name="Global Aesthetics and Sanskrit Poetics">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JOhjAAAAMAAJ | title=Global Aesthetics and Sanskrit Poetics | publisher=Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan | author=Ramaranjan Mukherji | year=1998 | pages=265}}</ref>
* Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan<ref name="Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan">{{cite book | title=Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan | publisher=Sharada Publishing | author=Ramaranjan Mukherji | year=2012 | pages=190 | isbn=978-8185616223}}</ref>
* Vyaktiviveka of Rajanaka Mahimbhatta<ref name="Vyaktiviveka of Rajanaka Mahimbhatta">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.de/VYAKTIVIVEKA-RAJANAKA-MAHIMABHATTA-CRITICALLY-TRANSLATION/dp/B008RY2QQM | title=Vyaktiviveka of Rajanaka Mahimbhatta | publisher=Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar | author=Ramaranjan Mukherji (Translator, Editor) | year=2005 | asin=B008RY2QQM}}</ref>

Ramaranjan Mukherji died on 13 March 2010 due to old age illnesses. Several books such as ''Hey Mahajibana'' and ''Kabita Sangraha'' have been published in memory of Mukherji.

==Awards and recognitions==
Ramaranjan Mukherji, a former emeritus fellow of the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Ministry of Human Resource Development]], has received Hiroshima Peace Award and a Certificate of Honour from the [[Government of India]]. The [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] conferred on him the Viswa Bharati Award while the government of India awarded him the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]], but his death preceded the investiture ceremony.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wo9BAQAAIAAJ | title=Imagery in poetry: an Indian approach | publisher=Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar | author=Ramaranjan Mukherji | year=1972 | pages=168}}
* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ziZQnAEACAAJ | title=Corpus of Indological Studies | publisher=Sharada Publishing House | author=Ramaranjan Mukherji, Anantalal Thakur | year=1992 | pages=287| isbn=9788185616070 }}
* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JOhjAAAAMAAJ | title=Global Aesthetics and Sanskrit Poetics | publisher=Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan | author=Ramaranjan Mukherji | year=1998 | pages=265}}
* {{cite book | title=Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan | publisher=Sharada Publishing | author=Ramaranjan Mukherji | year=2012 | pages=190 | isbn=978-8185616223}}
* {{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.de/VYAKTIVIVEKA-RAJANAKA-MAHIMABHATTA-CRITICALLY-TRANSLATION/dp/B008RY2QQM | title=Vyaktiviveka of Rajanaka Mahimbhatta | publisher=Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar | author=Ramaranjan Mukherji (Translator, Editor) | year=2005 | asin=B008RY2QQM}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/padma-awards-2010/haobam-ongbi-ngangbi-devi/slideshow/5771428.cms | title=Economic Times | publisher=Economic Times | date=2010 | access-date=18 December 2014}}
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