Chittaranjan Mitra
Chittaranjan Mitra चित्तरंजन मित्रा | |
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Chittaranjan Mitra, popularly known as CR Mitra and CRM, was an Indian scientist who is best remembered as the second Director of the
Education
Born in 1926 in
Career
Returning to India in the 1960s, Mitra first became the director of the
Mitra was responsible for introducing innovative educational philosophies which made the educational system at BITS Pilani unique, including broad-based, multi-disciplinary approach, semester long course based curricula, practice school, industry-academia collaboration, choosing electives and many other features which were firsts in Indian higher education. He was widely respected by the students who affectionately referred to him as Dynamic Diro (Director) [3]
In 1989, he was invited by NIIT to be their education advisor. He was responsible for introducing the 'GNIIT' program that would become the flagship offering of the institute.[4] Under his advisory, NIIT rose as one of the leading IT education providers in India.[citation needed]
Death
Mitra died on 27 August 2008. He is survived by his wife and children.[citation needed]
References
- ^ BITSAA Press release Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Exporting MIT Archived 9 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "BITSAA Eulogy". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ Press Release by BITS Pilani