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'''Sushanta Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CBE|FRS|FREng|FIMechE}}<ref name="List of Fellows">{{cite web |title=List of Fellows |url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows |website=[[Royal Academy of Engineering]] |accessdate=2 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="royal">{{cite web |url=https://royalsociety.org/people/kumar-bhattacharyya-11080/ |title=Kumar Bhattacharyya |website=[[Royal Society]] |accessdate=2 January 2018|author=|year=2014}} One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: {{quote|“All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]].” --{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111170346/https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/|title=Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies|date=2016-11-11}}}}</ref> (6 June 1940<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who | author=| surname = Bhattacharyya  | othernames = Baron, (Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya) | id = U7480 | year = 2007 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U7480 | edition = online [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford}} {{subscription required}}</ref> – 1 March 2019) was a [[British people|British]]-[[India]]n engineer, educator and government advisor.<ref name="parliament.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-bhattacharyya/3672 |title=Lord Bhattacharyya |website=UK Parliament |accessdate=2 January 2018}}</ref>  
'''Sushanta Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CBE|FRS|FREng|FIMechE}}<ref name="List of Fellows">{{cite web |title=List of Fellows |url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows |website=[[Royal Academy of Engineering]] |accessdate=2 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="royal">{{cite web |url=https://royalsociety.org/people/kumar-bhattacharyya-11080/ |title=Kumar Bhattacharyya |website=[[Royal Society]] |accessdate=2 January 2018|author=|year=2014}} One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: {{quote|“All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under [[Creative Commons license|Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License]].” --{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111170346/https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/|title=Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies|date=2016-11-11}}}}</ref> (6 June 1940<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who | author=| surname = Bhattacharyya  | othernames = Baron, (Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya) | id = U7480 | year = 2007 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U7480 | edition = online [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford}} {{subscription required}}</ref> – 1 March 2019) was a [[British people|British]]-[[India]]n engineer, educator and government advisor.<ref name="parliament.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-bhattacharyya/3672 |title=Lord Bhattacharyya |website=UK Parliament |accessdate=2 January 2018}}</ref>


In 1980, he became Professor of Manufacturing Systems at the [[University of Warwick]] and founded the [[Warwick Manufacturing Group]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/people/chairman/ |title=Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya: Chairman of WMG |website=[[University of Warwick]] |accessdate=2 January 2018}}</ref> In 2004 he was made a [[Life Peer]] and became a member of the [[House of Lords]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/about/chairman/|title=Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya :: Chairman of WMG|website=Warwick.ac.uk|accessdate=9 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/9c408956-f51e-11e2-b4f8-00144feabdc0|title=Engine for change: Industrialist and educator Lord Bhattacharyya|date=2 August 2013|website=Financial Times|accessdate=9 November 2018}}</ref>
In 1980, he became Professor of Manufacturing Systems at the [[University of Warwick]] and founded the [[Warwick Manufacturing Group]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/people/chairman/ |title=Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya: Chairman of WMG |website=[[University of Warwick]] |accessdate=2 January 2018}}</ref> In 2004 he was made a [[Life Peer]] and became a member of the [[House of Lords]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/about/chairman/|title=Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya :: Chairman of WMG|website=Warwick.ac.uk|accessdate=9 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/9c408956-f51e-11e2-b4f8-00144feabdc0|title=Engine for change: Industrialist and educator Lord Bhattacharyya|date=2 August 2013|website=Financial Times|accessdate=9 November 2018}}</ref>

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The Lord Bhattacharyya

Born
Sushanta Kumar Bhattacharyya

(1940-06-06)6 June 1940
Died (aged 78)
Alma materIndian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (BTech)
University of Birmingham (MSc, PhD)
Known forWarwick Manufacturing Group
Political partyLabour
Websitewarwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/about/chairman

Sushanta Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, CBE, FRS, FREng, FIMechE[1][2] (6 June 1940[3] – 1 March 2019) was a British-Indian engineer, educator and government advisor.[4]

In 1980, he became Professor of Manufacturing Systems at the University of Warwick and founded the Warwick Manufacturing Group.[5] In 2004 he was made a Life Peer and became a member of the House of Lords.[6][7]

Bhattacharyya died on 1 March 2019 following a short illness, aged 78.[8]

References

  1. "List of Fellows". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. "Kumar Bhattacharyya". Royal Society. 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2018. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:

    “All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.” --Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-11-11)

  3. "Bhattacharyya, Baron, (Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya)". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U7480. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help) (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
  4. "Lord Bhattacharyya". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  5. "Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya: Chairman of WMG". University of Warwick. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  6. "Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya :: Chairman of WMG". Warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  7. "Engine for change: Industrialist and educator Lord Bhattacharyya". Financial Times. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  8. Mullen, Enda (1 March 2019). "Professor Lord Bhattacharyya dies aged 78". coventrytelegraph.