Bhattacharyya

Etymology

Bhattacharya (IAST: Bhaṭṭācārya) was a noble title or upādhi conferred upon those Bengali Brahmins who were involved in sacred rituals by Indian kings and emperors in ancient and medieval times. In modern times, however, the Bhattacharyas are found almost in every quarter of the society. Commonly used as a surname, the word is a combination of the Sanskrit titles Bhaṭṭa ("Vedic priest") and Ācārya ("teacher, preceptor"). Bhaṭṭa is itself a title common in many parts of India.

Notable people

Notable people with the name include:

A. Bhattacharya, Indian statistician who worked at the Indian Statistical Institute in the 1930s and early 40s

Abhi Bhattacharya (1921–1993), Indian actor of Hindi and Bengali cinema

Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Indian singer

Abhinash Bhattacharya, important leader in Revolutionary movement for Indian independence

Aditya Bhattacharya (born 1965), Indian film director and screenwriter, known for his feature film Raakh (1989)

Amitabh Bhattacharya, Indian lyricist and playback singer who works in Bollywood films

Anupam Bhattacharya, Indian actor

Arindam Bhattacharya, Indian politician, Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly and President, West Bengal Youth Congress

Arindam Bhattacharya, Indian footballer

Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman, State Bank of India

Atanu Bhattacharya, Indian football Goalkeeper Coach

B. B. Bhattacharya, economist and educationist from India

Basu Bhattacharya (1934–1997), Hindi film director

Bibhu Bhattacharya (1944–2011), Bengali Indian male actor of TV and films

Bidhayak Bhattacharya (1907–1986), Indian playwright, litterateur and journalist

Bijon Bhattacharya (1917–1978), Indian theatre and film personality from Bengal

Bikash Bhattacharya, Indian politician

Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya (1924–1997), Indian writer and one of the pioneers of modern Assamese Literature

Biswajit Bhattacharya, head coach of George Telegraph SC in the Calcutta Football League

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (born 1944), Indian politician, member of the politburo of the Communist Party of India, Chief Minister of West Bengal (2000–2011)

Chandan Kumar Bhattacharya, bilingual (Bengali and English) writer, poet, composer and mail artist

Chandril Bhattacharya, popular singer

Charu Chandra Bhattacharya (1883–1961), prominent science teacher and writer of various scientific articles mainly for children in Bangla

Chittaprosad Bhattacharya, India’s most recognized political artist of the mid-20th century

Debashish Bhattacharya (born 1963), Indian classical musician who plays the lap slide guitar

Deben Bhattacharya (1921–2001), Bengali radio producer, record producer, ethnomusicologist, anthropologist, documentary filmmaker, photographer

Deboleena Bhattacharjee': Popular Hindi television actress

Dhananjay Bhattacharya, son of Surendranath Bhattacharya was one of the finest Bengal singers

Dipankar Bhattacharya, Indian politician

Durjoy Bhattacharya, CEO, Medicalrecords.com

Dr.Amitabha Bhattacharya, Indian Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and an author of Digital Communication.

Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya (died 1831), Indian journalist, teacher and reformer

Gautam Bhattacharya, sports journalist, presently Sports Editor of the Ananda Bazar Patrika in India

Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya (1895–1981), Indian entomologist and naturalist

Haridas Bhattacharya (1891–1956), Bengali Indian philosopher and educationist

Hiren Bhattacharyya, one of the well-known poets in Assamese language

Jaya Bhattacharya, Indian television actress

Jogendra Nath Bhattacharya, pandit, one of a group of Hindu nationalists who held a benevolent view of the traditional role of caste in Indian society

Kamalakanta Bhattacharya (1769–1821), poet of India of the late 18th century

Kankan Bhattacharyya, one of the scientists of Modern non-linear Laser Spectroscopy

Kumar Sanu/Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 23 September 1957), popular Indian singer

Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya (1875–1949), philosopher at Calcutta University

Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, CBE (born 1940), Indian-born British engineer, educator and government advisor

Lilabati Bhattacharjee, mineralogist and former Director (Mineral Physics), Geological Survey of India

Lokenath Bhattacharya (1927–2001), prolific Bangla writer who chose to remain in isolation

Madhuri Bhattacharya, Indian actress and former model who has appeared in Kannada and Bollywood films

Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya CIE (1836–1906), Indian scholar of Sanskrit, principal of the Sanskrit College for over 18 years

Monoranjan Bhattacharya, Indian Football international player and a club level Coach and Manager

Nabarun Bhattacharya (born 1948), Indian Bengali writer deeply committed to a revolutionary and radical aesthetics

Nalinidhar Bhattacharya (born 1921), poet and literary critic from Assam

Nivedita Bhattacharya, Indian actress

P. C. Bhattacharya, the seventh Governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 1 March 1962 to 30 June 1967

Panchanan Bhattacharya (1853–1919), chief disciple of Yogiraj Sri Shama Churun Lahiri Mahasaya

Pannalal Bhattacharya, one of the finest Bengal singers

Rai Sahib Nagendra Kumar Bhattacharyya, Commissioner of the Berhampore Municipality from 1932 to 1948

Rinki Bhattacharya (born 1942), Indian writer, columnist and documentary filmmaker

Ritwik Bhattacharya, the first of the junior squash players to spurn an education in the United States to follow his dreams in squash

Sameer Bhattacharya, guitarist for Texas rock band Flyleaf

Sanjiv Bhattacharya, British journalist, based in the USA

Santosh Bhattacharyya (1924–2011), Bengali Indian scholar, Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta

Santosh Chandra Bhattacharyya, teacher of Dhaka University and an intellectual martyr in the Bangladesh Liberation War

Sharmila Bhattacharya, the head of the Biomodel Performance and Behavior laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center

Siva Brata Bhattacherjee (1921-2003), Professor of Physics and crystallographer, University of Calcutta

Soumya Bhattacharya (born 1969), Indian journalist and author

Subrata Bhattacharya, Indian football Defender who played for India in the 1984 Asian Cup

Suchitra Bhattacharya (1950–2015), Indian novelist

Sukanta Bhattacharya (1926–1947), Bengali poet and playwright

Suma Bhattacharya, Indian model and film actress

Tarun Bhattacharya, Indian classical musician who plays the santoor, a type of hammered dulcimer

Utpal Bhattacharya, finance professor at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business

Vidyadhar Bhattacharya, the chief architect and city planner of Jaipur city