Background

Banerjee, Pronab Kumar was born on May 15, 1933 in Kinnagar, India. Son of Kshetra Das and Amiya Bala (Gangopadhyay) Banerjee.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors, Presidency College, Calcutta, India, 1952. Master of Science in Geology, Presidency College, Calcutta, India, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, Calcutta University, 1970.

Career

Geological assistant, Geological Survey of India, 1955-1956, 56-60; junior geologist, then senior geologist, Geological Survey of India, 1961-1974; director, Geological Survey of India, 1974-1985; deputy director general Marine Wing, Geological Survey of India, 1985-1991; emeritus scientist School Oceanography, Jadavpur U., Calcutta, 1991-1996; Institut National des Sciences Appliquées senior scientist, Jadavpur U., Calcutta, since 1996.

Achievements

• Pronab Kumar Banerjee has been listed as a noteworthy Geologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Indian National Science Academy, Geological Mining and Metallurg. Society India.

Interests

• Avocations: English literature, reading, classical European and Indian music.

Connections

Married Karuna Roy Chowdhury, August 2, 1961 (deceased November 1973). 1 child, Sabyasachi.

Father:

Kshetra Das Banerjee

Mother:

Amiya Bala (Gangopadhyay) Banerjee

Spouse:

Karuna Roy Chowdhury

child:

Sabyasachi Banerjee