Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee | |
Office: | Former Vice Chancellor of University of Calcutta |
Term Start: | 15 July 2017 |
Term End: | 15 July 2022 |
Predecessor: | Ashutosh Ghosh |
Successor: | Santa Dutta (De)[1] |
Nationality: | Indian |
Occupation: | Academic |
Chancellor: | Governor of West Bengal |
Spouse: | Alapan Bandyopadhyay |
Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee is an Indian academic who served as vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta.[2]
Banerjee completed her Bachelor's studies from Presidency College, Kolkata (as a graduating student of the University of Calcutta), and subsequently, earned her postgraduate and doctoral degrees from the University of Calcutta.[3] In August 2017 she was appointed as the vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta, after the then vice-chancellor Suranjan Das was transferred to Jadavpur University.[4] She is the first lady Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta.
She is a daughter of Bengali poet Nirendranath Chakravarty and freedom fighter Sushama Chakravarti. She is married to Alapan Bandyopadhyay, who was the former Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal and now serving as the Chief Advisor to the Chief Minister of West Bengal.[5]