Amartya Sen-led panel to mentor Presidency University
Kolkata: Eight scholars from India and abroad have been named for a mentors group, led by Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen, to make the newly-formed Presidency University - born out of the Presidency College - a centre of excellence.
Sen, who is professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard University, will be the adviser to the 10-member panel.
Historian and Harvard University professor Sugato Bose, great grandson of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, will be the chairman of the group.
In addition to Sen and Bose, the group will have eight scholars.
Speaking to media persons after a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Bose announced the names of the group's six academicians, all alumni of the college that has produced students like spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda and filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
Eight of the members have already agreed to be part of the panel entrusted with the task of reviving the old glory of academic institutions, he said.
"So far, eight of the members have given their confirmation. We are awaiting confirmation from two others," Bose said.
The group's members include economist Isher Judge Ahluwalia, chairperson of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, and physicist-cum-biologist Himadri Pakrasi, director, International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability, Washington.
Others in the group are Abhijit Banerjee, Ford Foundation International professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Swapan Chakraborty, director, National Library, Kolkata, Sukanta Chaudhuri, professor emeritus of English at Jadavpur University, and Ashoke Sen, professor of physics at the Harish Chandra Research Institute of Allahabad University.
The group would hold its first meeting next month.
The chief minister announced the formation of the group on the lines of the Nalanda University panel.
Bose said he and Amartya Sen, who are both members of the Nalanda University panel, would meet the chief minister on July 8. IANS
Sen, who is professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard University, will be the adviser to the 10-member panel.
Historian and Harvard University professor Sugato Bose, great grandson of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, will be the chairman of the group.
In addition to Sen and Bose, the group will have eight scholars.
Speaking to media persons after a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Bose announced the names of the group's six academicians, all alumni of the college that has produced students like spiritual leader Swami Vivekananda and filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
Eight of the members have already agreed to be part of the panel entrusted with the task of reviving the old glory of academic institutions, he said.
"So far, eight of the members have given their confirmation. We are awaiting confirmation from two others," Bose said.
The group's members include economist Isher Judge Ahluwalia, chairperson of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, and physicist-cum-biologist Himadri Pakrasi, director, International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability, Washington.
Others in the group are Abhijit Banerjee, Ford Foundation International professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Swapan Chakraborty, director, National Library, Kolkata, Sukanta Chaudhuri, professor emeritus of English at Jadavpur University, and Ashoke Sen, professor of physics at the Harish Chandra Research Institute of Allahabad University.
The group would hold its first meeting next month.
The chief minister announced the formation of the group on the lines of the Nalanda University panel.
Bose said he and Amartya Sen, who are both members of the Nalanda University panel, would meet the chief minister on July 8. IANS
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