Hem Chandra Dasgupta

Hem Chandra Dasgupta (1878 – 1933) was an Indian geologist and a professor of geology at Presidency College and Calcutta University.

Life

Dasgupta graduated and post-graduated in 1900 from

. He was a faculty member of the Presidency College geology department from 1903 to 1933. Dasgupta was the first Indian full-time teacher.

Dasgupta was later appointed the head of the geology departments at both Presidency College

.

Dasgupta initiated and actively encouraged many geology research projects in India. He contributed to the furtherance of paleontology and the stratigraphy of different parts of India.

Dasgupta was a Foundation Fellow and the first Honorary Joint Secretary of the Geological Mining and Metallurgical Society of India (GMMSI).

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