Prafulla Chandra Ray
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Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray, CIE, FNI, FRASB, FIAS, FCS was an Indian chemist, educationist, historian, industrialist and philanthropist. He established the first modern Indian research school in chemistry and is regarded as the Father of Indian Chemistry.
Bust of Prafulla Chandra Ray which is placed in the garden of Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata
Signature of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray
Ray on a 1961 stamp of India
University of Calcutta
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The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate colleges and 16 institutes in Kolkata and nearby areas. It was established on 24 January 1857 and is the oldest multidisciplinary university of Indian Subcontinent and South East Asian Region. Today, the university's jurisdiction is limited to a few districts of West Bengal, but at the time of its establishment it had a catchment area ranging from Kabul to Myanmar. Within India, it is recognized as a "Five-Star University" and accredited an "A" grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
The University of Calcutta in the late nineteenth century, by Francis Frith
Calcutta Medical College in 1910
The University of Calcutta building in College Street
Ashutosh Building at the College Street campus