Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee
Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee | |
|---|---|
| Vice Chancellor of West Bengal State University | |
| Assumed office 26 December 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Dr. Souren Bandhopadhyay |
| Vice Chancellor of University of Calcutta | |
| In office 15 July 2017 – 15 July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ashutosh Ghosh |
| Succeeded by | Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Spouse | Alapan Bandyopadhyay |
| Occupation | Academic |
Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee is an Indian academic who is the Vice Chancellor of West Bengal State University. She also served as the Vice Chancellor of 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 Nirendranath Chakravarty and freedom fighter Sushama Chakravarti. She is married to Alapan Bandyopadhyay, who was the former Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal and now serving as the Chief Advisor to the Chief Minister of West Bengal.[5]
References
- ^ "University of Calcutta Administrative Officers". www.caluniv.ac.in.
- ^ "Vice-Chancellors". www.caluniv.ac.in. University of Calcutta. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "SCB" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2019. 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.