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{{Short description|Former vice-chancellor of Presidency University, Kolkata}}
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| office              = 1st Vice-Chancellor of [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency University]]<ref>[https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/presi-vc-to-stay-for-now/cid/342711 Telegraph India website: Vice Chancellor]</ref><ref>[https://digitallearning.eletsonline.com/2010/10/presidency-university-gets-its-first-vice-chancellor/ eletsonline India website: Vice Chancellor]</ref>
| governor            = [[M.K. Narayanan]]<br>[[D. Y. Patil]] ''(additional charge)''<br>[[Keshari Nath Tripathi]]<br>[[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]
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'''Amita Chatterjee''' (born 13 September 1950<ref>[http://dlmps.org/pages/history/past-council-members.php DLMPST website: Past Council Members]</ref>) is a [[philosopher of science]] and [[logician]] and is professor emerita at the School of Cognitive Science of [[Jadavpur University]] in [[Kolkata]], [[India]].  In 2019 her contributions to philosophy were recognized with the publication of a 2-volume [[festschrift]] in her honour: ''Mind and Cognition- An Interdisciplinary Sharing (Essays in Honour of Amita Chatterjee)'' by Kumtala Bhattacharya, Madhucchanda Sen and Smita Sirker.<ref name="Bhattacharya">{{cite book |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Kuntala |last2=Sen |first2=Madhucchanda |last3=Sirker |first3=Smita |title=Mind and cognition : essays in honour of Amita Chatterjee |date=2019 |publisher=D.K. Printworld |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-8124609507}}</ref>
'''Amita Chatterjee''' (born 13 September 1950<ref>[http://dlmps.org/pages/history/past-council-members.php DLMPST website: Past Council Members]</ref>) is a [[philosopher of science]] and [[logician]], first vice-chancellor of [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency University]] Kolkata<ref>{{Cite web |last=TwoCircles.net |date=2010-10-06 |title=Amita Chattopadhyay first vice chancellor of Presidency University |url=https://twocircles.net/2010oct06/amita_chattopadhyay_first_vice_chancellor_presidency_university.html |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=TwoCircles.net |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-10-27 |title=The new vice-chancellor of Presidency university - Amita Chatterjee visited the campus on Tuesday. She met principal Amitava Chatterjee along with a few alumni association members. |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/the-new-vice-chancellor-of-presidency-university-amita-chatterjee-visited-the-campus-on-tuesday-she-met-principal-amitava-chatterjee-along-with-a-few-alumni-association-members-/articleshow/6820712.cms |access-date=2025-01-08 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-09-19 |title=All not well at Presidency |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/all-not-well-at-presidency/ |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> and is professor [[Emeritus|emerita]] at the School of Cognitive Science of [[Jadavpur University]] in [[Kolkata]], [[India]].  In 2019 her contributions to [[philosophy]] were recognized with the publication of a 2-volume [[festschrift]] in her honour: ''Mind and Cognition- An Interdisciplinary Sharing (Essays in Honour of Amita Chatterjee)'' by Kuntala Bhattacharya, Madhucchanda Sen and Smita Sirker.<ref name="Bhattacharya">{{cite book |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Kuntala |last2=Sen |first2=Madhucchanda |last3=Sirker |first3=Smita |title=Mind and cognition : essays in honour of Amita Chatterjee |date=2019 |publisher=D.K. Printworld |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-8124609507}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://philpapers.org/rec/CHAMAC-13 |title=Mind and Cognition, an Interdisciplinary Sharing: Essays in Honour of Amita Chatterjee |date=2019 |publisher=DK Printworld |editor-last=Chatterjee |editor-first=Amita |location=New Delhi |editor-last2=Bhattacharya |editor-first2=Kuntala |editor-last3=Sen |editor-first3=Madhucchanda |editor-last4=Sirker |editor-first4=Smita}}</ref>


== Biography ==  
== Biography ==


Chatterjee studied at [[Presidency College, Kolkata]]<ref>[http://twocircles.net/2010oct06/amita_chattopadhyay_first_vice_chancellor_presidency_university.html TwoCircles.net, India News; 6 October 2010];  
Chatterjee studied at [[Presidency College, Kolkata]]<ref>[http://twocircles.net/2010oct06/amita_chattopadhyay_first_vice_chancellor_presidency_university.html TwoCircles.net, India News; 6 October 2010];  
[https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/comfort-factor-confines-presidency-to-home-pool-amita-chatterjee-retired-philosophy-professor-named-vice-chancellor-of-new-varsity/cid/472644 The Telegraph India; 6 October 2010]</ref> and was a professor of [[philosophy]] at [[Jadavpur University]] from 1979 to 2010. During this time, she co-ordinated the ''Centre for Cognitive Science'' at Jadavpur University and was the Head of the Department of Philosophy. From 2010 to 2011, she was the first [[Vice Chancellor]] of [[Presidency University, Kolkata]]. After this, she returned to [[Jadavpur University]]. From 2016 to 2019, she served as Second Vice President of the [[DLMPST|Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology]]. She served as editor for numerous academic journals, among them [[Philosophy East and West]], and has been an important member of the ''Calcutta Logic Circle'' a group of logicians from mathematics, philosophy and computer science in [[West Bengal]].<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/schoolnewsite/emeritus School of Cognitive Science, Jadavpur University]</ref>
[https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/comfort-factor-confines-presidency-to-home-pool-amita-chatterjee-retired-philosophy-professor-named-vice-chancellor-of-new-varsity/cid/472644 The Telegraph India; 6 October 2010]</ref> and she received her Ph.D. from [[University of Calcutta]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amita Chatterjee- IEEE |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37065282000 |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=ieeexplore.ieee.org |language=en-US}}</ref> She was a professor of [[philosophy]] at [[Jadavpur University]] from 1979 to 2010. During this time, she co-ordinated the ''Centre for Cognitive Science'' at Jadavpur University and was the Head of the Department of Philosophy. From 2010 to 2011, she was the first [[Vice Chancellor]] of [[Presidency University, Kolkata]]. After this, she returned to [[Jadavpur University]]. From 2016 to 2019, she served as Second Vice President of the [[DLMPST|Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology]]. She served as editor for numerous academic journals, among them [[Philosophy East and West]], and has been an important member of the ''Calcutta Logic Circle'' a group of logicians from mathematics, philosophy and computer science in [[West Bengal]].<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/schoolnewsite/emeritus School of Cognitive Science, Jadavpur University]</ref>


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Amita Chatterjee
Chatterjee in 2025
1st Vice-Chancellor of Presidency University[1][2]
In office
5 October 2010 – 5 October 2011
ChancellorGovernor of West Bengal
GovernorM.K. Narayanan
D. Y. Patil (additional charge)
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Succeeded byProf. Malabika Sarkar
2nd Vice-President of International Union of History and Philosophy of Science[3]
In office
2016–2019
Personal details
Born (1950-09-13) 13 September 1950 (age 75)
NationalityIndian
Alma materPresidency College, Kolkata, University of Calcutta[4][5]

Amita Chatterjee (born 13 September 1950[6]) is a philosopher of science and logician, first vice-chancellor of Presidency University Kolkata[7][8][9] and is professor emerita at the School of Cognitive Science of Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India. In 2019 her contributions to philosophy were recognized with the publication of a 2-volume festschrift in her honour: Mind and Cognition- An Interdisciplinary Sharing (Essays in Honour of Amita Chatterjee) by Kuntala Bhattacharya, Madhucchanda Sen and Smita Sirker.[10][11]

Biography[edit | edit source]

Chatterjee studied at Presidency College, Kolkata[12] and she received her Ph.D. from University of Calcutta[13] She was a professor of philosophy at Jadavpur University from 1979 to 2010. During this time, she co-ordinated the Centre for Cognitive Science at Jadavpur University and was the Head of the Department of Philosophy. From 2010 to 2011, she was the first Vice Chancellor of Presidency University, Kolkata. After this, she returned to Jadavpur University. From 2016 to 2019, she served as Second Vice President of the Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology. She served as editor for numerous academic journals, among them Philosophy East and West, and has been an important member of the Calcutta Logic Circle a group of logicians from mathematics, philosophy and computer science in West Bengal.[14]

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  1. ↑ Telegraph India website: Vice Chancellor
  2. ↑ eletsonline India website: Vice Chancellor
  3. ↑ DLMPST website: Past Council Members
  4. ↑ TwoCircles.net, India News; 6 October 2010; The Telegraph India; 6 October 2010
  5. ↑ ieeeexplore.org, India News; 6 October 2010
  6. ↑ DLMPST website: Past Council Members
  7. ↑ TwoCircles.net (6 October 2010). "Amita Chattopadhyay first vice chancellor of Presidency University". TwoCircles.net. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "The new vice-chancellor of Presidency university - Amita Chatterjee visited the campus on Tuesday. She met principal Amitava Chatterjee along with a few alumni association members". The Times of India. 27 October 2010. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "All not well at Presidency". The Indian Express. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  10. ↑ Bhattacharya, Kuntala; Sen, Madhucchanda; Sirker, Smita (2019). Mind and cognition : essays in honour of Amita Chatterjee. New Delhi: D.K. Printworld. ISBN 978-8124609507.
  11. ↑ Chatterjee, Amita; Bhattacharya, Kuntala; Sen, Madhucchanda; Sirker, Smita, eds. (2019). Mind and Cognition, an Interdisciplinary Sharing: Essays in Honour of Amita Chatterjee. New Delhi: DK Printworld.
  12. ↑ TwoCircles.net, India News; 6 October 2010; The Telegraph India; 6 October 2010
  13. ↑ "Amita Chatterjee- IEEE". ieeexplore.ieee.org. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  14. ↑ School of Cognitive Science, Jadavpur University


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