Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee
Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee | |
|---|---|
Governor of West Bengal | |
| Preceded by | Ashutosh Ghosh |
| Succeeded by | Santa Dutta (De)[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Spouse | Alapan Bandyopadhyay |
| Occupation | Academic |
Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee is an Indian academician who served as vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta.[2]
Career
Banerjee completed her Bachelor's studies from Presidency College, Kolkata (as a graduating student of the University of Calcutta), and subsequently, earned her postgraduate and doctoral degrees from the University of Calcutta.[3] In August 2017 she was appointed as the vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta, after the then vice-chancellor Suranjan Das was transferred to Jadavpur University.[4] She is the first lady Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta.
Personal life
She is a daughter of Bengali poet
Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal and now serving as the Chief Advisor to the Chief Minister of West Bengal.[5]
References
- ^ https://www.caluniv.ac.in/admin/officer.html
- ^ "Vice-Chancellors". www.caluniv.ac.in. University of Calcutta. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "SCB" (PDF). Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Aug 26. "Calcutta University gets full-term VC after more than 2 years". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Interim VC at CU, again". The Telegraph (india). Retrieved 4 May 2019.
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