Background
Dastidar, Amitava Ghosh was born on February 12, 1928 in Madaripur, Bangladesh. Son of Bibhuti Bhusan and Nihar Kana (Roychowdhury) Ghoshdastidar.
geotechnical engineer consultant
Dastidar, Amitava Ghosh was born on February 12, 1928 in Madaripur, Bangladesh. Son of Bibhuti Bhusan and Nihar Kana (Roychowdhury) Ghoshdastidar.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Presidency College, Calcutta, India, 1946. Bachelor of Science with Honors in Civil Engineering, Glasgow (Scotland) University, 1951.
Engineer, Crouch & Hogg, Glasgow, 1951-1952;
lecturer, Bengal Engineering College, Howrah, India, 1953-1957;
chief soils engineer, Cementation Patel, Durgapur, India, 1957-1960;
area manager, chief engineer, Cementation Company Ltd., Bombay, 1960-1971;
technical consultant, Hindustan Construction Company Ltd., Bombay, 1971-1973;
consultant geotechnology engineer, Calcutta, since 1973. Consultant Eastern Housing Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1988-1996. Director Interstated Equipment (India) Private Ltd., 1973-1975.
Visiting research fellow Indo-United States Exch./University of Wisconsin, 1955.
Fellow Institute Engineers India, Institute Engineers Bangladesh, The Saturday Club Ltd.
Married Sujata Ghosh Guhathakurta, June 2, 1959. 1 child, Nivedita.