Prof. Satish Chandra Bhattacharyya
In his professional life, he achieved a lot - he was a great person, a genius. Prof. Satish Chandra Bhattacharyya, was born in 1896. Times have changed. All his life he was connected with (today what we call) Jadavpur Engineering College, India's first independent Engineering College, Independent of the British Raaj. He was one of the pioneers.
After completing his Masters Degree in Mathematics, he studied Mechanical Engineering. The teachers were so impressed by his results, they decided to send him to Germany for further studies with scholarship. He was already married to my Grandmother Charubala Debi, and had a baby girl Renuka. However, he went to Germany and obtained Masters and PhD in mechanical Engineering in 6 years time. He could speak read and write German language fluently.
He made many friends there and maintained life long friendship with his friends through letters.
As soon as he landed in India he packed all his Western clothes in a box and wore Indian clothes made indigenous. Those were the days when India was struggling to gain Independence.
My grandfather had three more daughters, Arati, Anjali and Bulbul.
I am Arati's daughter.
If found this picture where clad in white dhoti and punjabi (Kurta), where he is standing beside a model of Howrah Bridge.
After completing his Masters Degree in Mathematics, he studied Mechanical Engineering. The teachers were so impressed by his results, they decided to send him to Germany for further studies with scholarship. He was already married to my Grandmother Charubala Debi, and had a baby girl Renuka. However, he went to Germany and obtained Masters and PhD in mechanical Engineering in 6 years time. He could speak read and write German language fluently.
He made many friends there and maintained life long friendship with his friends through letters.
As soon as he landed in India he packed all his Western clothes in a box and wore Indian clothes made indigenous. Those were the days when India was struggling to gain Independence.
My grandfather had three more daughters, Arati, Anjali and Bulbul.
I am Arati's daughter.
If found this picture where clad in white dhoti and punjabi (Kurta), where he is standing beside a model of Howrah Bridge.
My maternal Grandfather Professor Prafulla Chanda Choudhury(1904-1979) used to be a faculty member in the department of Mechanical Engineering of Jadavpur University from 1946 till 1969.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing the photo of Prof Satish Chandra Bhattacharyya along with Dr Triguna Sen,Prof Gopal Sen,Prof Hiralal Roy,etc in the book "Mech 1950" published by Jadavpur University.