According to the college directory of the University Grants Commission (India) there are eleven colleges that have the word "Presidency College" in their titles. Among them, four are primarily referred to as Presidency College only. The following list only contains the names of some eminent alumni of Presidency College, Kolkata. A former or current student who was admitted into the college, but did or did not complete the course, is called a 'Presidencian'. Names of former students of Hindu College, which was the school's predecessor from 1817–55, are also included in this list. Names of former distinguished faculty members of the college are also included.
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Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, first woman Director of Indian Statistical Institute
Surajit Chandra Sinha, former Vice Chancellor, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan; Maharajkumar of Susanga, Bengal
Nirmal Kumar Bose; he was also a leading sociologist, urbanist, Gandhian, and educationist. Also active in the Indian freedom struggle with Mahatma Gandhi;served as Gandhi's private secretary in 1940's.Studied also Honors in Geology.
Abhijit Banerjee, Ford Foundation Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
Amartya Sen, Master, Trinity College, Cambridge (1998–2004); winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1998
Amitava Bose, former Director, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
Amiya Bagchi, Chancellor, Tripura University, Agartala
Anindya Sen, Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
Bibek Debroy, former Director, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi
Bimal Jalan, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (2000-4)
Debraj Ray, Julius Silver Professor of Economics, New York University
Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairperson, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics
Mihir Rakshit, professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Pranab Bardhan, professor at University of California at Berkeley
Radhakamal Mukerjee, former Vice-Chancellor of University of Lucknow
Ratan Lal Basu, Fiction writer in English & Bengali, Indologist and author of books on ancient Indian Economics
Sugata Marjit, former Director, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (2007–2012), Vice-Chancellor, University of Calcutta; author.
Sukhamoy Chakravarty, Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi; was a key architect of the Five-Year plans of India; Chakravarty Committee on Monetary Policy (1985)
A.F. Salahuddin Ahmed, Professor (retd.) of History, Dhaka University; awarded the Ekushe Padak by the Government of Bangladesh
Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay, discoverer of Mohenjodaro, the principal site of the Harappa Culture
Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University, US
Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Professor of South Asian History, University of Chicago (B.A. [Hons.], Physics)
Barun De, former Chairman, West Bengal Heritage Commission.
Dwijendra Narayan Jha, Professor (retd.) of History, University of Delhi
Romesh Chandra Majumdar, former Vice Chancellor, University of Dacca
Rajat Kanta Ray, Vice Chancellor (retd.), Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan
Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, Charmichael Professor (retd.) of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta
Tapan Raychaudhuri, Padma Bhushan, ad hominem professor (retd.) of Indian History and Civilization, University of Oxford
Jadunath Sarkar, Kt.,Vice Chancellor (retd.), University of Calcutta
Sumit Sarkar, Professor (retd.) of History, University of Delhi
Susobhan Chandra Sarkar, Professor and Head of Department of History, Presidency College, Calcutta
Partha Chatterjee, Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University, New York, US
Sudipta Kaviraj, Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York
Muhammad Shahidullah, writer and linguist
Madan Mohan Tarkalankar, textbook writer
Arun Mukhopadhyay Author
Subodh Chandra Sengupta, former Principal of College and English literary scholar; awarded Padma Vibhushan 2nd highest civilian honor of the Government of India
Tarak Nath Sen, Professor of English and Shakespeare scholar
Ahmad Ali, British Council Visiting Professor of English, the National Central University, Nanking
Jasodhara Bagchi, former Chairperson, West Bengal Women's Commission, Calcutta
Swapan Kumar Chakravorty, former Director-General, National Library, Kolkata
Sukanta Chaudhuri, Emeritus Professor of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
Supriya Chaudhuri, Professor of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
Malabika Sarkar, former Vice-Chancellor, Presidency University
Peary Charan Sarkar, former Headmaster, Hare School, Calcutta
Nabaneeta Dev Sen, former Professor of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Calcutta
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, USA
Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya, former Professor of Sanskrit at Allahabad University
Bhudev Mukhopadhyay, CIE, former Director of Public Instructions
Haraprasad Shastri, former Principal of Sanskrit College, Calcutta
M. J. Akbar, former editor, The Asian Age
Krishna Mohan Banerjee, publisher of Inquirer
Pramatha Chaudhuri, former editor of Sabuj Patra
Rasik Krishna Mallick, former editor, Jnananwesan
Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Opinions Editor, The Telegraph
Udayan Mukherjee, Managing Editor, CNBC India
Pritish Nandy, former editor, Illustrated Weekly of India
Akshay Chandra Sarkar, former editor, Sadharani
Poets, novelists and nonfiction writers
Manik Bandopadhyay, novelist
Rajnarayan Basu, writer and Brahmo Samaj pioneer; maternal grandfather of Sri Aurobindo.
Rajsekhar Basu, studied chemistry; novelist, published using the nom-de-plume "Parasuram".
Samit Basu, novelist
Sasthi Brata, writer
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, poet and novelist
Sanjib Chandra Chattopadhyay, writer, brother of Bankim Chandra
Shakti Chattopadhyay, poet
Jibanananda Das, poet
Henry Louis Vivan Derozio, poet
Michael Madhusudan Dutt, poet
Shankha Ghosh, poet
Shahidullah Kaiser, winner of Bangla Academy Award
Peary Chand Mitra, novelist; author of the first true Bengali novel, Alaaler ghorer dulal
Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, writer of Hindi literature
Dwijendralal Ray, poet, playwright and musician
Sukumar Ray, poet and humourist
Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, writer
Bhabendra Nath Saikia, novelist
Jyotirindranath Tagore, poet and novelist
Alokeranjan Dasgupta Bengali poet; Goethe Award from
Artists and musicians
Pritam Chakraborty, Bollywood music director; sound engineer
Devajyoti Ray, artist
Dilipkumar Roy, singer
Atulprasad Sen, composer & singer of devotional and love songs of his own genre
Dwijendranath Tagore, musician
Filmmakers, theatre personalities and actors
Pramathesh Barua, actor and director
Chhabi Biswas, actor
Bikash Roy, Actor
Ashok Kumar, winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1988)
Dinabandhu Mitra, author of Nildarpan
Srijit Mukherji, filmmaker
Satyajit Ray, film director; winner of an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement (1992)
Aparna Sen, actress
Subrata Sen, filmmaker, author
Dhritiman Chatterjee, actor
Vece Paes, member of the bronze medal-winning Indian hockey team at the Munich Olympics (1972)
Syed Ameer Ali, former Judge of the High Court of Calcutta
Bhabatarak Bhattacharyya, structural biologist
Charu Chandra Bhattacharya, physicist
Katyayanidas Bhattacharya, philosopher and former professor, Department of Philosophy, Presidency College, Calcutta
Jagadish Chandra Bose, scientist
Prafulla Chandra Ghosh chemist and politician
Rabindra Kumar Das Gupta, former Director, National Library, Calcutta
Bhabatosh Datta, economist
Bishnu Dey, poet
Anil Kumar Gain, mathematician and statistician
David Lester Richardson, former Principal of Hindu College, Calcutta
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy, chemist
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