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1083Audio: Interview with Subir Chowdhury (February 2012)MovingImageInterview
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Audio: Interview with Subir Chowdhury (February 2012)
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Subject:Interview

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Description:Interviewed by: Indira ChowdhuryInterview place: Subir Chowdhury’s home, KolkataInterview Date: 20th February 2012Table of contents:
  • Family and educational background
  • IIT Kharagpur; PhD at Manchester; Joining ICI
  • Teaching at IIM-C; Emerald Bower; Professors from MIT
  • Applying to IIM-A; Turning IISWBM around
  • Joining IIM-C as director; Government pressures on funds; financial situations
  • IIM-C’s academic identity; Future aspirations for management students
  • Weaknesses in the system; Strengths and freedom of choice
  • Democratic values and decision making
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Description:Interviewed by: Indira ChowdhuryInterview place: Subir Chowdhury’s home, KolkataInterview Date: 20th February 2012Table of contents:
  • Family and educational background
  • IIT Kharagpur; PhD at Manchester; Joining ICI
  • Teaching at IIM-C; Emerald Bower; Professors from MIT
  • Applying to IIM-A; Turning IISWBM around
  • Joining IIM-C as director; Government pressures on funds; financial situations
  • IIM-C’s academic identity; Future aspirations for management students
  • Weaknesses in the system; Strengths and freedom of choice
  • Democratic values and decision making
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1259Audio: Interview with Sudas Roy (August 2011)MovingImageInterview
Item 1259
Audio: Interview with Sudas Roy (August 2011)
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Subject:Interview

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Description:Interviewed by: Indira ChowdhuryInterview place: Director’s visiting room, IIM CalcuttaInterview Date: 5th August 2011Table of contents:• Family background and early education.• Influences on educational aspirations.• Profile of IIMC batch.• Peer-learning and curriculum at IIMC.• Research Assistance for Thomas Hill.• Interactions with, and between, IIMC and MIT Professors.• Sports, entertainment, and infrastructure at IIMC.• The first graduation and early placements.• Political consciousness.• The IIMC model of education. [show more]
Description:Interviewed by: Indira ChowdhuryInterview place: Director’s visiting room, IIM CalcuttaInterview Date: 5th August 2011Table of contents:• Family background and early education.• Influences on educational aspirations.• Profile of IIMC batch.• Peer-learning and curriculum at IIMC.• Research Assistance for Thomas Hill.• Interactions with, and between, IIMC and MIT Professors.• Sports, entertainment, and infrastructure at IIMC.• The first graduation and early placements.• Political consciousness.• The IIMC model of education. [show more]
1238Audio: Interview with Susanta Ghosh (June 2011)MovingImageInterview
Item 1238
Audio: Interview with Susanta Ghosh (June 2011)
Type:MovingImage
Subject:Interview

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Description:Interviewed by: Indira ChowdhuryInterview place: Susanta Ghosh’s Lake Terrace Office, KolkataInterview Date: 20th June 2011Table of contents:• Journey to IIM-C.• Furnishing IIM-C, Joka.• Ford Foundation funding for the library.• Move to Joka.• Reflecting on Emerald Bower.• Recruitment of faculty.• The culture of IIM-C?• Food in Joka.• Faculty for programs.• Administration and integrity.• Convocation boycott.• Corruption in IIM-C .• Appointment as Registrar.• Interactions with, and between, IIM-C and MIT Professors.• Travel to Germany. [show more]
Description:Interviewed by: Indira ChowdhuryInterview place: Susanta Ghosh’s Lake Terrace Office, KolkataInterview Date: 20th June 2011Table of contents:• Journey to IIM-C.• Furnishing IIM-C, Joka.• Ford Foundation funding for the library.• Move to Joka.• Reflecting on Emerald Bower.• Recruitment of faculty.• The culture of IIM-C?• Food in Joka.• Faculty for programs.• Administration and integrity.• Convocation boycott.• Corruption in IIM-C .• Appointment as Registrar.• Interactions with, and between, IIM-C and MIT Professors.• Travel to Germany. [show more]
1241Audio: Interview with Sushil Khanna (February 2012)MovingImageInterview
Item 1241
Audio: Interview with Sushil Khanna (February 2012)
Type:MovingImage
Subject:Interview

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Description:Interviewed by: Indira ChowdhuryInterview place: Sushil Khanna’s house, Vivekananda Park, KolkataInterview Date: 17th February 2012Table of contents:• Family and educational background; Joining IIM-C.• First days at Emerald Bower; Structure of courses; ‘Management game’.• Political atmosphere.• Academic pressures; life at IIM-C; Group dynamics.• The academic vs. business environment; Differences between IIM-C and IIM-A.• Work experience; Coming back to IIM-C.• Fellowship and research.• Becoming a faculty member; Benefits of an IIM-C education.• IIM-C post 90’s . [show more]
Description:Interviewed by: Indira ChowdhuryInterview place: Sushil Khanna’s house, Vivekananda Park, KolkataInterview Date: 17th February 2012Table of contents:• Family and educational background; Joining IIM-C.• First days at Emerald Bower; Structure of courses; ‘Management game’.• Political atmosphere.• Academic pressures; life at IIM-C; Group dynamics.• The academic vs. business environment; Differences between IIM-C and IIM-A.• Work experience; Coming back to IIM-C.• Fellowship and research.• Becoming a faculty member; Benefits of an IIM-C education.• IIM-C post 90’s . [show more]
1071Audio: Interview with Swati Bhattacharya, Former Librarian, 2016 (February 2012)MovingImageInterview
Item 1071
Audio: Interview with Swati Bhattacharya, Former Librarian, 2016 (February 2012)
Type:MovingImage
Subject:Interview

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Interviewed by: Indira ChowdhuryInterview Place: Library, IIM CalcuttaInterview Date: 16th February 2012

 Table of Contents:

  • Educational background and family.
  • Joining IIM Calcutta.
  • Challenges faced in IIM Calcutta.
  • Functioning of the library at IIM Calcutta.
  • Changes in infrastructure and work at IIM Calcutta.
  • Attitude culture of IIM Calcutta.
  • Envisioned future of the institution.
  • Role of the library in IIM Calcutta and other IIMs.
  • Family and residence.
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Interviewed by: Indira ChowdhuryInterview Place: Library, IIM CalcuttaInterview Date: 16th February 2012

 Table of Contents:

  • Educational background and family.
  • Joining IIM Calcutta.
  • Challenges faced in IIM Calcutta.
  • Functioning of the library at IIM Calcutta.
  • Changes in infrastructure and work at IIM Calcutta.
  • Attitude culture of IIM Calcutta.
  • Envisioned future of the institution.
  • Role of the library in IIM Calcutta and other IIMs.
  • Family and residence.
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1264Audio: Interview with Tapas Sarkar (February 2012)MovingImageInterview
Item 1264
Audio: Interview with Tapas Sarkar (February 2012)
Type:MovingImage
Subject:Interview

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Description:Interviewed by: Indira ChowdhuryInterview place: Tapas Sarkar’s House in KolkataInterview Date: 22th February 2012Table of contents:• Family and Educational Background.• Joining IIM-C.; First Impressions.• ‘Jute Project’; Interaction with MIT’s faculty.• PGP; Infrastructure of Emerald Bower.• Professors from MIT.• Pursuing further education at Stanford.• Return to IIM-C.• Faculty of IIM-C; Industrial Environment of Bengal Political Turmoil .• IIM-C’s influence; Friends at IIM-C; The campus at Joka. [show more]
Description:Interviewed by: Indira ChowdhuryInterview place: Tapas Sarkar’s House in KolkataInterview Date: 22th February 2012Table of contents:• Family and Educational Background.• Joining IIM-C.; First Impressions.• ‘Jute Project’; Interaction with MIT’s faculty.• PGP; Infrastructure of Emerald Bower.• Professors from MIT.• Pursuing further education at Stanford.• Return to IIM-C.• Faculty of IIM-C; Industrial Environment of Bengal Political Turmoil .• IIM-C’s influence; Friends at IIM-C; The campus at Joka. [show more]
1061Audio: Interview with Warren Bennis (June 2011)MovingImageInterview
Item 1061
Audio: Interview with Warren Bennis (June 2011)
Type:MovingImage
Subject:Interview

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Interview Date: 7th June 2011

 Table of Contents:

  • The Calcutta Experience.
  • Organizing T-groups;
  • Centre for Organizational Development.
  • Remembering Barrackpore.
  • American Professors in India; Articles.
  • Culture at IIM; MIT’s departure post 1967.
  • Observations on Indian leadership.
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Interview Date: 7th June 2011

 Table of Contents:

  • The Calcutta Experience.
  • Organizing T-groups;
  • Centre for Organizational Development.
  • Remembering Barrackpore.
  • American Professors in India; Articles.
  • Culture at IIM; MIT’s departure post 1967.
  • Observations on Indian leadership.
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1253Audio: Interview with William Pound and Gary Bergstrom (May2011)MovingImageInterview
Item 1253
Audio: Interview with William Pound and Gary Bergstrom (May2011)
Type:MovingImage
Subject:Interview

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Description:Interviewed by: Indira ChowdhuryInterview place: William Pound’s Office, MITInterview Date: 19th May 2011Table of contents:• Introductions; coming from MIT Sloan to India in 1964 (Pounds); research interests in IIM Calcutta (Bergstrom).• Doing fieldwork and teaching at IIM-C (Bergstrom); remembering other MIT faculty at IIM-C in the 1960s.• Teaching Production Management in Kashmir (Pounds).• Student problems with applying the teachings to real life scenarios (Pounds); the Indian business environment.• Factory strike on the first day of work (Bergstrom); political crisis in West Bengal in the late 1960s (Pounds); meeting Jyothi Basu (Pounds).• Understanding institutional culture in West Bengal (Bergstrom); remembering David Ensminger.• The political crises across the USA in the late 1960s; culture shock and settling down in Calcutta.• Graduate students in Kashmir (Pounds); graduate students at IIM-C (Bergstrom).• Similarities between MIT Sloan and IIM-C’s institutional goals versus the Harvard Pattern (IIM-A); contemporary convergence of ideals between US business schools (Pounds).• Free market of faculty; current Dean of Harvard; rivalry and competition between IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Calcutta; Indian colleagues from IIM-C; remembering the first taught class at IIM Calcutta (Pounds).• The infrastructure and facilities of Emerald Bower in the 1960s.• IIM-C as a “foreign body” of business schools in India; Problems with class structures in Calcutta (Pounds); the effect of the political issues in Calcutta on the MIT Sloan/IIM-C relationship.• The changes in how investing in India was viewed from the 1960s to the 1990s (Pounds); publishing research work based on IIM-C fieldwork (Bergstrom).• The belief in the benefits of economic development (Pounds); early stage career development (Bergstrom); cultural commonalities and differences between India and China.• Concluding comments about the interviewing process. [show more]
Description:Interviewed by: Indira ChowdhuryInterview place: William Pound’s Office, MITInterview Date: 19th May 2011Table of contents:• Introductions; coming from MIT Sloan to India in 1964 (Pounds); research interests in IIM Calcutta (Bergstrom).• Doing fieldwork and teaching at IIM-C (Bergstrom); remembering other MIT faculty at IIM-C in the 1960s.• Teaching Production Management in Kashmir (Pounds).• Student problems with applying the teachings to real life scenarios (Pounds); the Indian business environment.• Factory strike on the first day of work (Bergstrom); political crisis in West Bengal in the late 1960s (Pounds); meeting Jyothi Basu (Pounds).• Understanding institutional culture in West Bengal (Bergstrom); remembering David Ensminger.• The political crises across the USA in the late 1960s; culture shock and settling down in Calcutta.• Graduate students in Kashmir (Pounds); graduate students at IIM-C (Bergstrom).• Similarities between MIT Sloan and IIM-C’s institutional goals versus the Harvard Pattern (IIM-A); contemporary convergence of ideals between US business schools (Pounds).• Free market of faculty; current Dean of Harvard; rivalry and competition between IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Calcutta; Indian colleagues from IIM-C; remembering the first taught class at IIM Calcutta (Pounds).• The infrastructure and facilities of Emerald Bower in the 1960s.• IIM-C as a “foreign body” of business schools in India; Problems with class structures in Calcutta (Pounds); the effect of the political issues in Calcutta on the MIT Sloan/IIM-C relationship.• The changes in how investing in India was viewed from the 1960s to the 1990s (Pounds); publishing research work based on IIM-C fieldwork (Bergstrom).• The belief in the benefits of economic development (Pounds); early stage career development (Bergstrom); cultural commonalities and differences between India and China.• Concluding comments about the interviewing process. [show more]
3683Auspicious Commencement: Dr. Anju Seth, Director, IIM Calcutta, Illuminates the Ceremony with the Traditional Lamp LightingStillImage
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Auspicious Commencement: Dr. Anju Seth, Director, IIM Calcutta, Illuminates the Ceremony with the Traditional Lamp Lighting
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The Hon’ble Director has graciously inaugurated the One Day Regional (Eastern) Training Programme for Admin Users of PDS (URKUND) by lighting the ceremonial lamp. This traditional gesture has symbolized the dispelling of ignorance and the beginning of knowledge, wisdom, and academic integrity. The solemn inauguration has set an inspiring tone for the day’s deliberations, reaffirming the institution’s commitment to research excellence and ethical scholarship.
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The Hon’ble Director has graciously inaugurated the One Day Regional (Eastern) Training Programme for Admin Users of PDS (URKUND) by lighting the ceremonial lamp. This traditional gesture has symbolized the dispelling of ignorance and the beginning of knowledge, wisdom, and academic integrity. The solemn inauguration has set an inspiring tone for the day’s deliberations, reaffirming the institution’s commitment to research excellence and ethical scholarship.
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2731Awards For Outstanding Performance 1988StillImage
Item 2731
Awards For Outstanding Performance 1988
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21B. N. Srivastava, Former Director In-Charge (08.04.2018 - 16.11.2018)
StillImageFormer Director
Director
In-Charge
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B. N. Srivastava, Former Director In-Charge (08.04.2018 - 16.11.2018)
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Director
In-Charge

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Former Director (In-Charge) Bharatendu Nath Srivastava's Period of holding the position - (08.04.2018 to 16.11.2018)
Academic Group: Organizational Behaviour
He occupied positions Chair- Doctoral Programme, Chair- Placement and Alumni, Dean- Programme Initiative, member- Board of Governors and Director-In-Charge at IIM Calcutta during April-November, 2018 List Of Publications
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Former Director (In-Charge) Bharatendu Nath Srivastava's Period of holding the position - (08.04.2018 to 16.11.2018)
Academic Group: Organizational Behaviour
He occupied positions Chair- Doctoral Programme, Chair- Placement and Alumni, Dean- Programme Initiative, member- Board of Governors and Director-In-Charge at IIM Calcutta during April-November, 2018 List Of Publications
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1013Badminton 2nd runner up femaleStillImageSports Intersection
Item 1013
Badminton 2nd runner up female
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Subject:Sports Intersection

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2865Bani Prasad Banerjee - Bio DataStillImage
Item 2865
Bani Prasad Banerjee - Bio Data
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Description:Biography of Bani Prasad Banerjee.
Description:Biography of Bani Prasad Banerjee.
876Barnard Smith and others during the Annual Sports Day at IIMCStillImageAnnual sports day
Item 876
Barnard Smith and others during the Annual Sports Day at IIMC
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878Barnard Smith speaking at Emerald Bower duing Annual Sports DayStillImageAnnual sports day
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Barnard Smith speaking at Emerald Bower duing Annual Sports Day
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1985Behala Campus - Foundation stone ceramonyStillImage
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Behala Campus - Foundation stone ceramony
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Description:Foundattion stone lying ceremony behala
Description:Foundattion stone lying ceremony behala
1986Behala Campus - Foundation stone ceramonyStillImage
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Behala Campus - Foundation stone ceramony
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Description:Foundattion stone lying ceremony behala
1987Behala Campus - Foundation stone ceramonyStillImage
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Behala Campus - Foundation stone ceramony
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Description:Foundattion stone lying ceremony behala
Description:Foundattion stone lying ceremony behala
1988Behala Campus - Foundation stone ceramonyStillImage
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Behala Campus - Foundation stone ceramony
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Description:Foundattion stone lying ceremony behala
Description:Foundattion stone lying ceremony behala
2002Behala Campus - Foundation stone ceramonyStillImage
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Behala Campus - Foundation stone ceramony
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Description:Foundattion stone lying ceremony behala
Description:Foundattion stone lying ceremony behala
1413Bert Johnson's letter to K. T ChandyStillImageFord Foundation
IIMC-Ford Foundation Correspondence
Item 1413
Bert Johnson's letter to K. T Chandy
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IIMC-Ford Foundation Correspondence

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Description:Bert Johnson, Special Assistant to the representative, Ford Foundation.
Description:Bert Johnson, Special Assistant to the representative, Ford Foundation.
219Bhairab Dutt Pande, Governor of West BengalStillImage
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Bhairab Dutt Pande, Governor of West Bengal
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35Bhairab Dutt Pande, Governor of West Bengal awarding the degree certificatesStillImageConvocation
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Bhairab Dutt Pande, Governor of West Bengal awarding the degree certificates
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1661Bibliography - the managing agency system in India StillImageFord Foundation
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Bibliography - the managing agency system in India
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29Bidhan Chandra Roy, 1st Former Chairman, BOG (14.11.1961 - 01.07.1962)StillImageFormer Chairman, BOG
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Bidhan Chandra Roy, 1st Former Chairman, BOG (14.11.1961 - 01.07.1962)
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1st Chairman of BOG Bidhan Chandra Roy's Period of holding the position - (14.11.1961 to 01.07.1962) Bidhan Chandra Roy was born on July 1, 1882, at Bankipore in Patna, Bihar. His father Prakash Chandra was an Excise Inspector. Bidhan was the youngest of five children. Bidhan's mother died when he was 14. His father played the role of both father and mother to his five children. He promised never to compel them to do anything but to guide them on their path. All five children were required to do the household chores themselves. Bidhan did his I.A. from Presidency College, Calcutta and B.A. from Patna College with Honors in Mathematics. He applied for admission to the Bengal Engineering College, and the Calcutta Medical College. He was accepted to both institutions but opted to go to medical school. In 1909, he left for England with a desire to pursue higher medical studies at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London. However, the Dean rejected his application as he was Asian. Unwilling to give up easily, he re-submitted his claim 30 more times before being finally accepted into the college. Competent as he was, in a little over two years he completed both his M.R.C.P. and F.R.C.S. degrees, an extraordinary accomplishment. He returned to India in 1911 and began teaching at the Calcutta Medical College, and later at the Campbell Medical School, and the Carmichael Medical College. He contributed significantly to medical education and established several specialized hospitals and health centres. One of the most significant medical centres he found was the Chittaranjan Seva Sadan in the year 1926 for women and children. He also opened a centre for imparting training to the women in nursing and social work. He entered politics in 1925. He contested elections from the Barrackpore Constituency for the Bengal Legislative Council and defeated his famous opponent, the ‘Grand Old Man of Bengal’ Surendranath Banerjee. In 1928, he played a crucial role in starting the Indian Medical Association. He served the association in various roles including as national president for two terms. Also in the same year, he was elected to the All India Congress Committee. In 1929, he led the Civil Disobedience Movement in Bengal and the following year; he convinced Pandit Motilal Nehru to nominate him a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). Before long, the CWC was declared an unlawful body by the British Government, and as a result, he, along with many other members of the committee, was arrested on 26 August 1930. They were kept in custody at the Central Alipore Jail in Calcutta. He served as the Alderman of the Calcutta Corporation from 1930–31 and as Mayor in 1933. Under him, the Corporation made rapid progress in the fields of education, medical facilities, and infrastructure. He set up a framework to provide a grant in aids to hospitals and charitable dispensaries. He created the Medical Council of India and became its first president in 1939. He held the position till 1945. He was a friend and doctor to Mahatma Gandhi. In 1942, when Gandhi was fasting in Pune for the Quit India Movement, Dr. Roy attended him and convinced him to take medicines which were not made in India. In 1942, he was elected as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta. Around this time, Calcutta was under the threat of Japanese insurgency. Since he believed that education could help the youth serve their country better, he arranged air-raid shelters and relief for students and their teachers, so that classes could be held even during the war. After India’s independence, the Congress Party proposed his name for Chief Ministership of West Bengal. However, since he was more dedicated to his medical profession, he did not want to assume office. On Gandhi's insistence, he accepted the position in January 1948. Bengal at that time was plagued by communal violence, shortage of food, unemployment and a massive flow of refugees from East Pakistan (presently Bangladesh). Within three years, his governance restored Bengal’s law, order, and lost glory. He laid the foundation of five renowned cities, namely, Durgapur, Kalyani, Bidhannagar, Ashokenagar, and Habra. In total, his 14-year stint as Chief Minister of West Bengal was immensely successful. He made quality health services available to ordinary people. He established some leading medical institutions in Calcutta like the R.G. Kar Medical College, the Jadavpur T.B. Hospital, Chittaranjan Seva Sadan, Kamala Nehru Hospital, Victoria Institution, and Chittaranjan Cancer Hospital. He played a crucial role in establishing the Indian Institute of Mental Health, the Infectious Disease Hospital, and the first-ever postgraduate medical college in Calcutta. In 1925, he tabled a resolution to study the causes, effects, and prevention of pollution in Hooghly. As Mayor of Calcutta Corporation, he promoted free education, free medical aid, better roads, improved lighting, and water supply. In 1935, he was elected Fellow of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and later in 1940, Fellow of American Society of Chest Physicians. He was also elected as President of Medical Council of India in 1944. In recognition of his efforts in helping students continue their education during the Japanese insurgency of Calcutta, the Doctorate of Science degree was conferred upon him in 1944. The Government of India honoured him with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, on 4 February 1961. He lived a bachelor life and died on his 80th birthday, which is 1 July 1962. He donated his house for functioning as a nursing home named after his mother, Aghorkamini Devi. The B.C. Roy National Award was instituted in 1976 for work in the area of medicine, politics, science, philosophy, literature, and arts. IIM Calcutta was established with the initiative of Dr. Roy. He was the founder chairman of IIM Calcutta and as a mark of honour the Library of IIMC named as B.C.Roy Memorial Library.
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1st Chairman of BOG Bidhan Chandra Roy's Period of holding the position - (14.11.1961 to 01.07.1962) Bidhan Chandra Roy was born on July 1, 1882, at Bankipore in Patna, Bihar. His father Prakash Chandra was an Excise Inspector. Bidhan was the youngest of five children. Bidhan's mother died when he was 14. His father played the role of both father and mother to his five children. He promised never to compel them to do anything but to guide them on their path. All five children were required to do the household chores themselves. Bidhan did his I.A. from Presidency College, Calcutta and B.A. from Patna College with Honors in Mathematics. He applied for admission to the Bengal Engineering College, and the Calcutta Medical College. He was accepted to both institutions but opted to go to medical school. In 1909, he left for England with a desire to pursue higher medical studies at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London. However, the Dean rejected his application as he was Asian. Unwilling to give up easily, he re-submitted his claim 30 more times before being finally accepted into the college. Competent as he was, in a little over two years he completed both his M.R.C.P. and F.R.C.S. degrees, an extraordinary accomplishment. He returned to India in 1911 and began teaching at the Calcutta Medical College, and later at the Campbell Medical School, and the Carmichael Medical College. He contributed significantly to medical education and established several specialized hospitals and health centres. One of the most significant medical centres he found was the Chittaranjan Seva Sadan in the year 1926 for women and children. He also opened a centre for imparting training to the women in nursing and social work. He entered politics in 1925. He contested elections from the Barrackpore Constituency for the Bengal Legislative Council and defeated his famous opponent, the ‘Grand Old Man of Bengal’ Surendranath Banerjee. In 1928, he played a crucial role in starting the Indian Medical Association. He served the association in various roles including as national president for two terms. Also in the same year, he was elected to the All India Congress Committee. In 1929, he led the Civil Disobedience Movement in Bengal and the following year; he convinced Pandit Motilal Nehru to nominate him a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). Before long, the CWC was declared an unlawful body by the British Government, and as a result, he, along with many other members of the committee, was arrested on 26 August 1930. They were kept in custody at the Central Alipore Jail in Calcutta. He served as the Alderman of the Calcutta Corporation from 1930–31 and as Mayor in 1933. Under him, the Corporation made rapid progress in the fields of education, medical facilities, and infrastructure. He set up a framework to provide a grant in aids to hospitals and charitable dispensaries. He created the Medical Council of India and became its first president in 1939. He held the position till 1945. He was a friend and doctor to Mahatma Gandhi. In 1942, when Gandhi was fasting in Pune for the Quit India Movement, Dr. Roy attended him and convinced him to take medicines which were not made in India. In 1942, he was elected as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta. Around this time, Calcutta was under the threat of Japanese insurgency. Since he believed that education could help the youth serve their country better, he arranged air-raid shelters and relief for students and their teachers, so that classes could be held even during the war. After India’s independence, the Congress Party proposed his name for Chief Ministership of West Bengal. However, since he was more dedicated to his medical profession, he did not want to assume office. On Gandhi's insistence, he accepted the position in January 1948. Bengal at that time was plagued by communal violence, shortage of food, unemployment and a massive flow of refugees from East Pakistan (presently Bangladesh). Within three years, his governance restored Bengal’s law, order, and lost glory. He laid the foundation of five renowned cities, namely, Durgapur, Kalyani, Bidhannagar, Ashokenagar, and Habra. In total, his 14-year stint as Chief Minister of West Bengal was immensely successful. He made quality health services available to ordinary people. He established some leading medical institutions in Calcutta like the R.G. Kar Medical College, the Jadavpur T.B. Hospital, Chittaranjan Seva Sadan, Kamala Nehru Hospital, Victoria Institution, and Chittaranjan Cancer Hospital. He played a crucial role in establishing the Indian Institute of Mental Health, the Infectious Disease Hospital, and the first-ever postgraduate medical college in Calcutta. In 1925, he tabled a resolution to study the causes, effects, and prevention of pollution in Hooghly. As Mayor of Calcutta Corporation, he promoted free education, free medical aid, better roads, improved lighting, and water supply. In 1935, he was elected Fellow of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and later in 1940, Fellow of American Society of Chest Physicians. He was also elected as President of Medical Council of India in 1944. In recognition of his efforts in helping students continue their education during the Japanese insurgency of Calcutta, the Doctorate of Science degree was conferred upon him in 1944. The Government of India honoured him with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, on 4 February 1961. He lived a bachelor life and died on his 80th birthday, which is 1 July 1962. He donated his house for functioning as a nursing home named after his mother, Aghorkamini Devi. The B.C. Roy National Award was instituted in 1976 for work in the area of medicine, politics, science, philosophy, literature, and arts. IIM Calcutta was established with the initiative of Dr. Roy. He was the founder chairman of IIM Calcutta and as a mark of honour the Library of IIMC named as B.C.Roy Memorial Library.
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