List of vice-chancellors of the University of Calcutta
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Vice-chancellor of University of Calcutta | |
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Incumbent since 1 June 2023Santa Datta (De) (acting) | |
Formation | 24 January 1857 |
First holder | James William Colvile |
The vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta, a university in Kolkata, India, is the executive head of the university.[1] Following the establishment in 1857, James William Colvile served as the first vice-chancellor of the university.
List of vice-chancellors
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1 | James William Colvile | 1857–1859 | ![]() |
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2 | William Ritchie | 1859–1862 | ![]() |
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3 | Claudius James Erskine | 1862–1863 | ![]() |
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4 | Henry Sumner Maine | 1863–1867 | ![]() |
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5 | W. S. Seton-Karr | 1867–1869 | ||
6 | Edward Clive Bayley | 1869–1875 | ||
7 | Arthur Hobhouse | 1875–1877 | ![]() |
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8 | William Markby | 1877–1878 | ![]() |
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9 | Alexander Arbuthnot | 1878–1880 | ![]() |
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10 | Arthur Wilson | 1880–1884 | ||
11 | H. J. Reynolds | 1883–1886 | ||
12 | C. P. Ilbert | 1886 | ![]() |
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13 | William Wilson Hunter | 1886–1887 | ![]() |
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14 | William Comer Petheram | 1887–1889 | ![]() |
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15 | Gooroodas Banerjee | 1890–1892 | ![]() |
First Indian vice chancellor of the university |
16 | Jones Quain Pigot | 1893 | ||
17 | Alfred Woodley Croft | 1893–1896 | ![]() |
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18 | E. J. Trevelyan | 1897–1898 | ||
19 | Francis William Maclean | 1898–1900 | ![]() |
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20 | Thomas Raleigh | 1900–1904 | ||
21 | Alexander Pedler | 1904–1906 | ![]() |
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22 | Asutosh Mookerjee | 1906–1914 | ||
23 | Deva Prasad Sarbadhikari | 1914–1918 | ![]() |
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24 | Lancelot Sanderson | 1918–1919 | ![]() |
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25 | Nilratan Sircar | 1919–1921 | Eminent Indian physician | |
(22) | Asutosh Mookerjee (second term) | 1921–1923 | ||
26 | Bhupendra Nath Bose | 1923–1924 | ![]() |
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27 | William Ewart Greaves | 1924–1926 | ||
28 | Jadunath Sarkar | 1926–1928 | ![]() |
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29 | W. S. Urquhart | 1928–1930 | ![]() |
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30 | Hassan Suhrawardy | 1930–1934 | ![]() |
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31 | Syama Prasad Mookerjee | 1934–1938 | ![]() |
Union Minister (1947–1950) & Member of Parliament (1952–1953) |
32 | Sir Azizul Huque | 1938–1942 | ![]() |
High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom (1941–1943) |
33 | Bidhan Chandra Roy | 1942–1944 | ![]() |
Chief Minister of West Bengal (1948–1962) |
34 | Radhabinod Pal | 1944–1946 | Member of United Nations' International Law Commission (1952–1966) | |
35 | Pramathanath Banerjee | 1946–1949 | Member of Parliament (1957–1962) | |
36 | Charuchandra Biswas | 1949–1950 | ||
37 | Sambhunath Banerjee | 1950–1954 | ||
38 | Jnan Chandra Ghosh | 1954–1955 | ||
39 | Nirmal Kumar Sidhanta | 1955–1960 | ||
40 | Subodh Mitra | 1960–1961 | Eminent Indian obstretrician and gynecologist | |
41 | Surajit Chandra Lahiri | 1962 | Former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court (1959–1961) | |
42 | Bidhubhushan Malik | 1962–1968 | ||
43 | S. N. Sen | 1968–1976 | ||
44 | Sushil Kumar Mukherjee | 1976–1979 | ||
45 | Ramendra Kumar Podder | 1979–1983 | Member of Parliament (1985–1993) | |
46 | Santosh Bhattacharyya | 1983–1987 | [2] | |
47 | Bhaskarananda Ray Chaudhuri | 1987–1991 | ||
48 | Rathindra Narayan Basu | 1991–1999 | ||
49 | Asis Kumar Banerjee | 1999–2008 | ||
50 | Suranjan Das | 2008–2015 | ||
51 | Sugata Marjit (acting) | 2015–2016 | ||
52 | Ashutosh Ghosh | 2016–2017 | ||
53 | Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee | 2017–2022 | [3] | |
54 | Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay | 2022–2023 | ||
55 | Santa Dutta (De) (acting) | 2023-Incumbent |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Vice-Chancellors". University of Calcutta. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "The VC who fought Red shackles at CU". The Times of India. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ Basu, Somdatta (26 August 2017). "Calcutta University gets full-term VC after more than 2 years". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 July 2021.