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  1. Early life. Ashutosh Mukherjee was born on 29 June 1864 at Bowbazar, Kolkata in a Brahmin family to Jagattarini Devi and Ganga Prasad Mukhopadhyaya, a well-known doctor who founded the South Sub Urban School in Calcutta.

  2. He lived in an era where he walked the corridors with stalwarts like Tagore, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, P C Roy, Swami Vivekananda, and so many more, whose calibre and intellect remain unmatched even to this day. Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee’s story can be traced back to an age where education made a difference.

  3. Then, in 1914, he founded the @Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) to promote scientific research in India. Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was responsible for the foundation of the Bengal Technical Institute in 1906 and the College of Science of Calcutta University in 1914.

  4. Jan 26, 2022 · Born on June 29, 1864 at Bowbazar, Calcutta, Sir Ashutosh, at the age of 15, got a scholarship to study at the Calcutta University. As a young boy, Sir Ashutosh had met Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar and this had left a deep and lasting impression on him.

  5. He was a great jurist, a barrister and a mathematician and the first student to be awarded a dual Master’s degree in Mathematics and Physics by the University of Calcutta. At a young age, Ashutosh who was a student of Madhusudan Das, met Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar who influenced him immensely.

  6. Jun 29, 2024 · Mathematician, lawyer, judge, jurist, educationist - Ashutosh Mukherjee was all this and more. He left his profound impact in all these fields, bringing to bear a refreshingly new thinking and fresh approach on all that he did.

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  8. Ashutosh Mukherjee was an Indian educator who served as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta from the year 1906 to 1914 and from 1921 to 1923. He was maintaining various affairs of the University until his death. He discovered the talents in Dr. C. V. Raman and Dr. S. Radhakrishnan.