Sunday, 4 December 2016

Shyama prosad Mukherjee, a person of unbelievable academic career .


Shyama prosad Mukherjee was born in a Bengali family on 6th July 1901 in Calcutta.His father was Sir Ashutosh  Mukherjee a judge of the High court Calcutta and also the vice chancellor of the university of Calcutta.
His mother was Jogomaya Devi.Shyma prosad had three brothers and three sisters.He was admitted in Bhawanipur Mitra institution in 1906 and his behaviour in school was later certified by the teachers.

                                                                           


In 1917 he passed his matriculation examination and was admitted in presidency college .He stood first in the intermediate Arts examination in 1919.He  graduated in English securing the first position in first class in1922.
He stood first in his B.L.examination in 1924.
Subsequently he left for England to be a Barrister.At the age of 33 he became the vice chancellor of the university of Calcutta and he was the youngest vice chancellor .

It was during his term Rabindra nath delivered the convocation address in Bengali for the first time in history and Indian vernacular was introduced as a subject for the highest examination of the university.He died on 23rd June 1953.

No comments:

Post a Comment