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{{short description|Indian academic}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sankar Sen
| image =
| birth_date = {{circa|1928}}
| death_date = 8 February 2020 (aged 92)
| office = [[Ministry of Power (West Bengal)|Power Minister of West Bengal]]
| term_start = 1991
| term_end = 1999
| office1 = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]]
| term_start1 = 1991
| term_end1 = 2001
| predecessor1 = Santi Ranjan Ghatak
| successor1 = Arunava Ghosh
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
}}

'''Sankar Sen''' ({{circa|1928}} – 8 February 2020) was an [[India]]n academic, electrical engineer and politician from [[West Bengal]] belonging to [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. He was the vice chancellor of [[Jadavpur University]]. He served as a legislator of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]. He also served as the [[Ministry of Power (West Bengal)|Minister of Power]] of the [[Government of West Bengal]] from 1991 to 1999.

==Biography==
Sen was the vice chancellor of [[Jadavpur University]].<ref name=a/> He was a professor of electrical engineering department of [[Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur|Bengal Engineering College]] too.<ref name=b/>

Sen was elected as a legislator of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]] in 1991.<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 1 November 2014}}</ref> He was also elected from [[Dum Dum (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]] in 1996.<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 1 November 2014}}</ref> Besides, he served as the [[Ministry of Power (West Bengal)|Minister of Power]] of the [[Government of West Bengal]] from 1991 to 1999.<ref name=b>{{cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/former-bengal-power-minister-sankar-sen-passes-away/1729891
|title=Former Bengal power minister Sankar Sen passes away
|date=9 February 2020|accessdate=9 February 2020|website=Outlook}}</ref>

Sen died on 8 February 2020 at the age of 92.<ref name=a>{{cite news|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/state/former-bengal-minister-shankar-sen-passed-away-1.1106661
|title=শঙ্কর সেনের জীবনাবসান
|date=9 February 2020|accessdate=9 February 2020|language=bn|website=Anandabazar Patrika}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/nation/the-late-shankar-sen/articleshow/74035566.cms|title=প্রয়াত শঙ্কর সেন|date=9 February 2020|accessdate=9 February 2020|language=bn|website=Ei Samay}}</ref>

==References==

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[[Category:1920s births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Jadavpur University faculty]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Indian electrical engineers]]
[[Category:People from North 24 Parganas district]]

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