Dr. Asima Chattopadhyay's Short Biographical Sketch

Abstract

Thakurdas Mukhopadhyay’s son was “Haran Mukhopadhyay’. Haran Mukhopadhyay had two sons named Nanigopal Mukhopadhyay and Indranarayan Mukhopadhyay. Nanigopal was a professor in the department of English of Bangabasi College, Calcutta. Nanigopal’s only son Amiya Bhusan Mukhopadhyay was a Doctor. Indranarayan, who himself was a Doctor had a son named Sarasi Ranjan Mukhopadhyay and a daughter named Asima Mukhopadhyay.Sarasi Ranjan became a Doctor and served as vice-principal of R.G.Kar Medical College,Calcutta. Asima Mukhopadhyay studied Chemistry and became the then first ever women in Asia to obtain D.Sc. degree. She was married to Professor Barada Ranjan Chattopadhyay of Shibpur Engineering College and then onward was well-known as Prof. Asima Chattopadhyay.