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Sushanta Kumar Dattagupta, known better as Sushanta Dattagupta, is an Indian Condensed matter physicist, who works in the area of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, dissipative quantum systems, nanomaterials, fluctuation spectroscopy and quantum optics. On September 23, 2015, he was dismissed from his position as Vice-Chancellor of Visva-Bharati University by the President of India , following the recommendations of a high-level investigation committee appointed by the Ministry of Human Resources Development of the Government of India. Dattagupta has been mired in controversy throughout his career as a science administrator and has attracted enquiries for disciplinary action from various bodies of Government of India like Ministry of Science and Technology and a Public Interest Litigation for his removal In 2014, the outgoing UPA Government headed by Manmohan Singh proposed to award him the title of Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the fields of science and technology. However, this led to protest from West Bengal Women’s Commission and the National Commission for Women over allegations of sexual misconduct levelled against him . Subsequently, the Government of India in reply to a Right to information act query confirmed that Dattagupta has not been awarded with Padma Shri. . On September 23, 2015, he was dismissed from his position as Vice-Chancellor of Visva-Bharati University by the President of India , following the recommendations of a high-level investigation committee appointed by the Ministry of Human Resources Development of the Government of India. ==Biography== Sushanta Dattagupta, was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India on 19 December 1947〔 and graduated in Physics (BSc Hons), in 1965, from the Calcutta University. His master's degree also came from the same university in 1967. The next year, in 1968, Dr. Duttagupta joined the Presidency College, Kolkata as a lecturer in Physics where he taught for one year.〔〔 In 1969, Duttagupta went to the US to join the Brookhaven National Laboratory, St. John's University where did his doctoral research to obtain a PhD in Physics, in 1973.〔 He continued in the US for three more years to work as a post doctoral fellow at the Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, till 1975, and later, at the University of Alberta, for a year.〔〔〔 Dattagupta returned to India in 1976 to join the Materials Science Laboratory, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu where he worked as a scientific officer till 1981. The next assignment was as the Reader at the School of Physics, University of Hyderabad which lasted till 1986, marking his return to teaching career.〔 In 1986, Duttagupta was offered a job at the Jawaharlal Nehru University where he taught till 1999, first as a Professor and later as the Dean of the School of Physical Sciences.〔〔 He returned to his native place, Kolkata, in 1999, assuming responsibility as the Director of the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences〔 and worked there till his departure from there in 2005, allegedly due to a scandal.〔〔 This was followed by the Directorship of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata (IISER), an institute he still works for, presently as an Adjunct Professor. In 2011, Dattagupta was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Visva-Bharati University, a place of higher learning founded by Rabindranath Tagore in 1921 and is the incumbent VC there.〔 Dattagupta also holds the position of honorary Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (from 2003 onwards) and the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (from 2005 onwards).〔〔 On September 23, 2015, he was dismissed from his position as Vice-Chancellor of Visva-Bharati University by the President of India , following the recommendations of a high-level investigation committee appointed by the Ministry of Human Resources Development of the Government of India. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sushanta Kumar Dattagupta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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