74-608: Rajabazar Science College (M.Sc.) Tapan Sinha (2 October 1924 – 15 January 2009) was one of the most prominent Indian film directors of his time forming a legendary quartet with Satyajit Ray , Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen . He was primarily a Bengali filmmaker who worked both in Hindi cinema and Bengali cinema , directing films like Kabuliwala (1957), Louha-Kapat , Sagina Mahato (1970), Apanjan (1968), Kshudhita Pashan and children's film Safed Haathi (1978) and Aaj Ka Robinhood . Sinha started his career in 1946, as
148-425: A Bengali film named Meghla Akash , directed by Nargis Akter, she played the role of a physician treating AIDS patients. She has also given her voice to an HIV/AIDS education animated software tutorial created by the nonprofit organisation TeachAids . She has participated in several plays and demonstrations denouncing communalism . In 1989, along with Swami Agnivesh and Asghar Ali Engineer , she undertook
222-536: A college student who visits the countryside. Azmi was not the original choice for the film, and several leading actresses of that time refused to do it. The film went on to become a major critical success, and Azmi won her first National Film Award for Best Actress and her first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance. Qurratulain Hyder wrote that Azmi lives her role and acts like
296-474: A four-day march for communal harmony from New Delhi to Meerut . Among the social groups whose causes she has advocated are slum dwellers, displaced Kashmiri Pandit migrants and victims of the earthquake at Latur ( Maharashtra , India). The 1993 Mumbai riots appalled her and she emerged as a forceful critic of religious extremism. In 1995, she reflected on her life as an activist in an interview in Rungh. After
370-508: A graduate degree in Psychology from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai , and followed it with a course in acting at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune . She explained the reason she decided to attend the film institute, saying: "I had the privilege of watching Jaya Bhaduri in a (Diploma) film, Suman , and I was completely enchanted by her performance because it was unlike
444-546: A lonely woman, Radha, in love with her sister-in-law. The on-screen depiction of lesbianism (perhaps the first in Indian cinema) drew severe protests and threats from many social groups as well as by the Indian authorities. Her role as Radha brought her international recognition with the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress at the 32nd Chicago Film Festival and Jury Award for Best Actress at Outfest , Los Angeles. She
518-516: A madam of a whorehouse. For this role, she put on weight and even chewed betel . Real-life portrayals continued in almost all her films. These included the role of a woman named Jamini resigned to her destiny in Khandhar and a typical urban Indian wife, mother and homemaker in Masoom (1983). She mainly acted in experimental and parallel Indian cinema. Deepa Mehta 's Fire (1996) depicts her as
592-594: A married man with 2 children ( Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar ). Indian actresses Farah Naaz and Tabu are her nieces and Tanvi Azmi is her sister-in-law. Azmi has been a committed social activist, active in supporting child survival and fighting AIDS and injustice in real life. She has campaigned against ostracism of victims of AIDS . A small film clip issued by the Government of India depicts an HIV positive child cuddled in her arms and saying: "She does not need your rejection, she needs your love". In
666-638: A member of the Rajya Sabha , the upper house of the Indian parliament . In 1998, the United Nations Population Fund appointed her as its Goodwill Ambassador for India. In 2019 Indian general election , she actively campaigned for Kanhaiya Kumar who contested from Begusarai , Bihar on a Communist Party of India (CPI) ticket. Azmi is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema . Rediff.com placed her as
740-530: A period of 10-years University of Calcutta/ Rajabazar Sc. College along with CRNN(Centre for Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology) has been granted funds by several government agencies under R&D Infrastructure Division of Ministry of Science and Technology like DST-PURSE (Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence) and FIST (Fund for Improvement of Science and Technology). Shabana Azmi Shabana Azmi (born 18 September 1950)
814-568: A record of five National Film Awards for Best Actress , in addition to six Filmfare Awards and several international accolades. The Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri in 1998 and the Padma Bhushan in 2012. The daughter of poet Kaifi Azmi and stage actress Shaukat Azmi , she is an alumna of Film and Television Institute of India of Pune . Azmi made her film debut in 1974 with Ankur and soon became one of
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#1732783070199888-561: A seasoned dramatic actress in her first film. She went on to receive the National Film Award for Best Actress consecutively for three years from 1983 to 1985 for her roles in Arth , Khandhar and Paar . Godmother (1999) earned her a record-setting fifth National Film Award, taking her tally to five. Azmi's acting has been characterised by a real-life depiction of the roles played by her. In Mandi (1983), she acted as
962-579: A sound engineer with New Theatres film production house in Kolkata, then in 1950 left for England where he worked at Pinewood Studios for next two years, before returning home to start his six decade long career in Indian cinema, making films in Bengali, Hindi and Oriya languages, straddling genres from social realism, family drama, labor rights, to children's fantasy films. He was one of the acclaimed filmmakers of Parallel Cinema movement of India. Sinha
1036-623: Is also responsible for introducing degrees like M.Sc. and D.Sc. for first time in India. The Faculty of Engineering and Technology arm of Science college is the second oldest in West Bengal after IIEST Shibpur (Formerly B.E. College affiliated to Calcutta University). The departments are as follows: From 2015 onwards, the department of CSE (Computer Science and Engineering), A.K. Chowdhury School of IT (Information Technology) and OOE (Optics and Opto Electronics Engineering) has been shifted to
1110-440: Is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Her career in the Hindi film industry has spanned over 160 films , mostly within independent and neorealist parallel cinema , though her work extended to mainstream films as well as a number of international projects. One of India's most acclaimed actresses, Azmi is known for her portrayals of distinctive, often unconventional female characters across several genres. She has won
1184-486: Is based on the Narayan Ganguly 's story Sainik , which had an elephant as the central character. Sinha's Ek Je Chilo Desh is a fantasy film, based on a story by Shankar . He made a few documentaries, including a biographical film on scientist Jagadish Bose. He also used Rabindrasangeet in other films. Sinha's Sagina Mahato might be categorized as a political film, although it was reactionary in nature and
1258-605: Is dramatic, she is quirky and she´s bang on. A natural, her carefully restrained performance makes you smile at her lament about professionalism and loyalty. Although she is supported by a sterling cast, this is a satire which is all hers. See her spirited performances in Morning Raga , Masoom and Ankur as well." She has acted in more than one hundred Hindi films , both in the mainstream as well as in Parallel Cinema . Several of her films have received attention in
1332-457: Is entitled Filmmaker for Freedom . Sinha's wife, filmmaker and actress Arundhuti Devi, died in 1990. Sinha's final venture, the children's filme Anokha Moti , was incomplete. The film stars Arjun Chakravorty, and is being made in Hindi. Sinha composed the music for many of his films. At the end of his career, he composed the music for the Bengali film Tara , directed by Bratya Basu , which
1406-614: Is known as The Raman Effect . He announced his discovery on 28 February 1928 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, the day widely celebrated as the National Science Day in India. Sir Jnan Chandra Ghosh became the first director of the newly created IIT in 1951 ( Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur ). Sir J.C. Ghosh also was the second person to be associated with Sc. College (after Sir CV Raman) who became
1480-624: Is married to poet and screenwriter Javed Akhtar . She is a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA). In appreciation of Azmi's life and works, the President of India gave her a nominated (unelected) membership of the Rajya Sabha , the upper house of parliament. Azmi was born into a family, in Hyderabad , India. Her parents are Kaifi Azmi (an Indian poet) and Shaukat Azmi (a veteran Indian People's Theatre Association stage actress), both of whom were members of
1554-619: The 11 September 2001 attacks , she opposed the advice of the grand mufti of Jama Masjid calling upon the Muslims of India to join the people of Afghanistan in their fight by retorting that the leader go there alone. Since 1989, she has been a member of the National Integration Council headed by the Prime Minister of India ; a member of National AIDS Commission (of India); and was nominated (in 1997) as
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#17327830701991628-485: The Communist Party of India . Her brother, Baba Azmi , is a cinematographer , and her sister-in-law, Tanvi Azmi , is also an actress. Azmi was named at the age of eleven by Ali Sardar Jafri . Her parents used to call her Munni. Baba Azmi was named by Prof. Masood Siddiqui as Ahmer Azmi. Her parents had an active social life, and their home was always thriving with people and activities of the communist party. It
1702-464: The FTII in 1973 and signed on to Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ' Faasla and began work on Kanti Lal Rathod's Parinay as well. Her first release, however, was Shyam Benegal 's directorial debut Ankur (1974). Belonging to the art-house genre of neo-realistic films, Ankur is based on a true story which occurred in Hyderabad . Azmi played Lakshmi, a married servant and villager who drifts into an affair with
1776-492: The Rajabazar Science College , University of Calcutta . He married Indian actress Arundhati Devi . Their son is Indian scientist professor, Anindya Sinha . On 15 January 2009, he died of pneumonia and septicaemia . Charles Dickens 's novel, A Tale of Two Cities and the cinematic adaptation featuring Ronald Colman inspired Sinha to get involved in film-making. Tapan Sinha went to London in
1850-600: The Singapore Repertory Theatre Company, acting in Ingmar Bergman 's adaptation of Ibsen 's A Doll's House , which was directed by Rey Buono. She toured the UK , Dubai and India with British production Happy Birthday Sunita by Theatre Company RIFCO Arts in 2014. Pointing out the differences in all these media, she once remarked that theatre was really the actor's medium; the stage
1924-676: The University of Calcutta (CU). The college served as the cradle of Indian sciences by winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 and many fellowships of the Royal Society London . Despite the fact that the Presidency College at Calcutta witnessed great scientific research by Jagadish Chandra Bose and Prafulla Chandra Ray in the last decade of the 19th and the first decade of the 20th century, first organised scientific research at Calcutta University began with
1998-458: The 1950s to learn film-making. On reaching London, he contacted CryHearsth, Manager of Pinewood Studios. Through his help, he managed to obtain his first assignment. He got to work in director Charles Crichton 's unit as a sound engineer . Cryton, who made some British comedies like The Lavender Hill Mob etc. was then working for a film called The Hunted . Sinha started as a sound recording engineer and gradually shifted to directing. Tapan Sinha
2072-671: The Anti-Partition movement(1905). In June and October 1912, he donated total assets of fourteen and a half lakh rupees which included his own dwelling house. His donations were made over to the university for the advancement of Science and Technology and were used to maintain the income of endowment of Physics and Chemistry Chair and also to institute scholarships to distinguished graduates of Calcutta University for higher studies. The university had to provide "from its own funds" suitable lecture rooms, libraries, museums, laboratories, workshops and other facilities for teaching and research. As
2146-671: The British Raj to encourage the Indian scientists in their works presumably under the idea that Indian brains were not suitable for scientific research despite great promise shown by Jagadish Chandra Bose and Prafulla Chandra Ray at the Presidency College years before the foundation of the University College of Science and Technology. Of the total expenditure of rupees 1,813,959 of the University College of Science and Technology between March 1914 and March 1922,
2220-646: The Europeans. He said, "To give this money to this place is to give money to the cause which will embarrass ourselves. The money will go to political ends rather than to truly educational ends." In August 1913, Sir Rashbehari Ghosh , an eminent jurist and scholar, in a letter to Asutosh Mookerjee placed in the hands of the university "a sum of ten lakh rupees" as per the conditions of his gift, there were to be established four chairs - one each for Applied Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Botany, with special reference to Agriculture, and eight studentships to be awarded to
2294-480: The Government of India's contributions from public funds was a meagre rupees 1,20,000 only. Yet in spite of these financial constraints and difficulties none of the scientists left for better position in imperial organisations. Instead classic example was provided by Prafulla Chandra Ray who when re-appointed Palit Professor for five years after reaching the age of superannuation donated his full monthly salary for
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2368-578: The Queen's Proclamation of 1858 after the Mutiny to allay fear, suspicion and distrust. In those days agriculture, manufacturing and commerce offered little to no incentives and was almost impossible to initiate without proper skills, capital and equality of terms with which it could compete with the European industry. Such discontentment among the educated unemployed gave rise to militant nationalism threatening
2442-709: The annex at Technology Campus in Salt Lake, (Address : JD-2, Sector-III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata-700106). Degrees being offered are: The University College of Science and Technology has 172 principal investigators and around 1,500 research students. On average, 250 PhDs are awarded every year and around 750 research papers were published in 2011. Fifteen national and international patents have been filed so far by science and technology departments of chemical engineering, polymer science, radio-physics and electronics, applied physics, physiology, biotechnology and biochemistry. The proportion of teaching activity and research at
2516-721: The award of Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degree which is to be given to a M.Sc. after some years spent in original investigations. When Sir Asutosh Mookerjee became the Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University in 1906, he used the Indian University Act of 1904-5 and converted the university from an examination body to a teaching university which will not only start post graduate degrees in humanities, English, Sanskrit, Pali, Arabic, Persian, Mental & Moral Philosophy, History, Economics and Mathematics but also establish chairs in some of them with financial support from
2590-817: The commercially successful Manmohan Desai 's Amar Akbar Anthony and Parvarish and Prakash Mehra 's Jwalamukhi . Azmi starred in Hollywood productions such as John Schlesinger 's Madame Sousatzka (1988) and Roland Joffe 's City of Joy (1992). Azmi debuted on the small screen in a soap opera titled Anupama . She portrayed a modern Indian woman who, while endorsing traditional Indian ethos and values, negotiated more freedom for herself. She has participated in many stage plays: notable among them include M. S. Sathyu 's Safed Kundali (1980), based on The Caucasian Chalk Circle ; and Feroz Abbas Khan 's Tumhari Amrita with actor Farooq Sheikh , which ran for five years. She toured Singapore on an assignment with
2664-470: The creation of new courses in science became important. The commission for the first time suggested the creation of the Faculty of Science and Technology in addition to the faculties of Arts, Law, Medicine and Civil Engineering previously offered by Calcutta University. Thus Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) and Master of Science (M.Sc.) courses were introduced for first time in India. The commission also recommended
2738-534: The director of IISc ( Indian Institute of Science ). Prof. A.P.C Ray founded the Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Work and he along with prof. Hemendra Kumar Sen established the department of Applied Chemistry in Sc. College in 1920. Prof. S.K. Mitra , the pioneer of Radio Science in India founded the department of Radio Physics and Electronics which Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy (then chief minister of Bengal) laid
2812-445: The distinguished graduates of this university "to carry on investigation" under the guidance of a professor. Both Palit and Ghosh wanted promotion and diffusion of scientific and technical education among their countrymen by indigenous agency and with the money now available through their endowments, Mookerjee could now launch his projected dream. Thus four days before the expiry of the fourth term of his Vice-Chancellorship, Mookerjee laid
2886-445: The entire period for the special benefit of his department which was "proud to acknowledge him as its leader". During this difficult time, there had been "a steady output of original work rapidly increasing in volume and improving in quality which emanated not from one or two extraordinarily isolated or exceptionally gifted workers blessed with special advantages and facilities, but from a large body of able and devoted scholars". No doubt,
2960-891: The establishment of its University College of Science and Technology in March 1914. A galaxy of Indian scientists joined the Chairs set up with the income of the endowments of nearly thirty seven and half lakhs rupees donated by Sir Taraknath Palit and Sir Rashbehari Ghosh who were associated with the National Education Movement in Bengal since the Indian Universities Act of 1904-5 and the partition of Bengal in 1905. The first group of faculties included Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray , Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman , Ganesh Prasad , Sisir Kumar Mitra and
3034-655: The existence of very British Raj in India. Higher education in India was singled out as the root for all evils. So to curb this growing distress, Lord Curzon (then Viceroy of India) passed the Indian University Act in 1904 based on the recommendation of the Indian University Commission in 1902. While the various recommendations of the Commission to enable the Raj to control higher education in India were not strictly relevant here, some at least relating to
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3108-542: The formal establishment of the University College of Science and Technology in March 1914. The establishment of Chairs in chemistry, physics, mathematics, zoology and Botany was the start of outstanding research and teaching by dedicated Indian scientists. Sir Asutosh Mookerjee who became the first president of the first session of the Indian Science Congress at Calcutta, where nearly a hundred scientists met on 26 January 1914, took great care to identify
3182-579: The founding stone of the University College of Science and Technology on 27 March 1914 hoping fervently that "although the College of Science and Technology is an integral part of the University of Calcutta, it will be regarded not as a provincial but as an all-India college of Science and Technology to which students will flock from every corner of the Indian Empire, attracted by the excellence of
3256-535: The founding stone of, on 21 April 1949. Notable scholars associated with Science college include one Nobel Laureate in Physics, two National Award winning "Film Directors", at least twenty-five Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Laureates , six Royal Society of London Fellows and several British Knighthood title holders and Padma Awardees. Science college campus houses few of country's oldest applied science departments like applied physics, applied chemistry and Institute of Radio-Physics and Electronics. The college
3330-424: The frontiers of knowledge, the work by the Indian scientists at the University College of Science and Technology not only helped in increasing the wealth of the country but also succeeded in drawing attention of the scientific world. The dedication and devotion with which the Indian scientists at the University College of Science and Technology began their work to explain the many unknown phenomena can only remind us of
3404-399: The funds provided by the university was not fully adequate, Mookerjee approached the Government of India for financial support, which was rejected by Henry Sharp who was the joint secretary in department of education. The opposition of Sharp mainly emanated from his dislike of Calcutta University which he considered will become a non-political body with strong prejudice against the white men and
3478-461: The government by 1912. But for seven years, Mookerjee struggled hard to establish postgraduate teaching and research in Science and Technology despite his best intentions. The paucity of funds and accommodations were deplorable which meant that even if there were men, there was no accommodation laboratories, workshops, museums, equipment, etc. In Presidency College a small room measuring 35'6" by 25'6"
3552-451: The helm in several Indian research organisations. The Technology Faculty of this university is supported by TEQIP Phase 3 project of MHRD and has been working as the mentoring institute for Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang , Odisha and Jorhat Engineering College , Assam. The university also received fund of INR 5 Crore from Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) for Infrastructure development. After successful completion
3626-596: The instruction imparted and of the facilities provided for research." The influence of the teachings of Raja Rammohan Roy on the importance of education broadly based on science and technology impressed a group of newly graduated scientists S.N. Bose , Jnan Chandra Ghosh , M.N. Saha , N.R. Sen , P.C. Mahalanobis , S.K. Mitra and Jnanendranath Mukherjee . Sir Asutosh Mukherjee believed in young talents, selected promising young men and appointed them straightaway as lecturers in post graduate classes of newly formed Sc. College and provided them research facilities also. He
3700-674: The international arena and Scandinavian countries, including at the Norwegian Film Institute , the Smithsonian Institution and the American Film Institute . She has appeared in a number of foreign films, most of which have won international acclaim, including John Schlesinger 's Madame Sousatzka , Nicholas Klotz 's Bengali Night , Roland Joffe 's City of Joy , Channel 4 's Immaculate Conception , Blake Edwards ' Son of
3774-421: The leading actresses of parallel cinema, then a new-wave movement of art films known for their serious content and realism and sometimes received government patronage. Several of her films have been cited as a form of progressivism and social reformism which offer a realistic portrayal of Indian society , its customs and traditions. In addition to acting, Azmi is a social and women's rights activist . She
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#17327830701993848-502: The legendary 1915 M.Sc. batch comprising Satyendranath Bose , Meghnad Saha , Jnan Chandra Ghosh , Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee among others. The holders of the Chairs often worked under great financial constraints and with whatever apparatus was locally available in Calcutta. Yet their scientific research was soon to put Calcutta University on the map of world recognition. The science that developed at Calcutta University in colonial India
3922-470: The map of world recognition. A galaxy of Indian scientists joined the departments set up with the income of endowments donated by Palit and Ghosh and began their work in science with whatever apparatus available in India and soon made their mark in their chosen fields. Palit Chairs in Physics and Chemistry and Ghosh Chairs in Applied Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Botany were soon filled up after
3996-685: The other performances I had seen. I really marvelled at that and said, 'My god, if by going to the Film Institute I can achieve that, that's what I want to do.'" Azmi eventually topped the list of successful candidates of 1972. Shabana Azmi does not immediately fit into her rustic surroundings; but her poise and her personality are never in doubt, and in two high-pitched scenes she pulls out all her stops and firmly establishes herself as one of our finest dramatic actresses." — Satyajit Ray on Azmi's performance in Ankur (1975) Azmi graduated from
4070-419: The paucity of funds needed for the development of such an institute at the post-graduation level. Till the end of 19th century Calcutta University remained mainly an examination body fed by a number of affiliated colleges which actually did teaching and which were dispersed from Shimla and Mussorie to Indore and Jaipur , and from Jaffna and Batticaloa to Sylhet and Chittagong . In these colleges there
4144-454: The right talent for the right post from different parts of India in science as in humanities and was able to attribute to the "University College of Science and Technology" as a true national character. No nation could live solely upon the achievements of its past or upon its borrowing from others, and at the same time hoped to retain its place among the great people of the Earth. Besides advancing
4218-404: The scientists at the University College of Science and Technology sowed the seeds of many a promising project which were to bear fruits in the post-independence years. The University College of Science and Technology was indeed an oasis of scientific research in India since 1914. Sir C.V. Raman , A Palit Professor of Sc. College made this revolutionary discovery on the "Scattering of Light" which
4292-746: The seventh-greatest Indian actress of all time. In 2022, she was placed in Outlook India ' s 75 Best Bollywood Actresses list. Azmi was placed first in Rediff.com ' s "Best Bollywood Debut Ever" list, for her film Ankur . In 2023, Rajeev Masand named Azmi as one of Hindi cinema's best actresses of all time. Times of India placed her in its "50 Beautiful Faces" list. Filmfare included Azmi's performances in Mandi and Arth in its list of "80 Iconic Performances" of Bollywood, placed 37th and 27th respectively. For Mandi , it noted, "Shabana
4366-841: The university is “50:50”. The university has signed high number of MoU with different institutes across the globe. The university is currently linked with over 50 institutions of higher learning across the globe and the UK-India Education Research Initiative awarded £30,000 to CU's department of radio physics and the University of Sheffield for collaborative research on photonics and biomedical applications. The track record of Calcutta University science graduates at all-India competitive exams such as UGC-CSIR NET ( Centre for Science and Industrial Research National Eligibility Test) and Jest ( Joint Entrance Screening Test ) for admission to premier research institutes in India has also been commendable. And CU alumni are at
4440-557: The university received another fund of INR 50 Crore from RUSA 2.0 for project (INR 35 Crore) and Manpower & Entrepreneurship Development for project (INR 15 Crore) . Different department of the university have received many funds from India and abroad for conducting research, manpower development etc. The university has many collaborations with industrial bodies for conducting joint research. Based on research publication output in SCOPUS International Data for
4514-442: The zeal and enthusiasm with which William Jones and his choice band of thirty elite Englishmen in 1783-84 had begun their investigations into "the history and antiquities, arts, sciences and literature of Asia." Despite the fact that the University College of Science and Technology was a department of Calcutta University set up as a part of the colonial educational despatch of 1854. there had been no substantial financial support from
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#17327830701994588-617: Was a direct attack on left-wing politics . It tried to disrepute organized struggle by championing the individual heroism of a worker. The Hindi version of the film, named "Sagina", also stars Dilp Kumar as the central character. The film was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival . Sinha's 5 part feature film Daughter of this Century marked a new beginning in Indian Cinema. Starring Shabana Azmi , Jaya Bachchan , Nandita Das , Deepa Sahi , and Sulabha Deshpande in central roles. Raja Sen's documentary on Tapan Sinha
4662-442: Was available to be used as a laboratory room, preparation room and as well as a practical room for biology and physiology classes, whereas a large number of B.A. students did not get the opportunity of having a regular course of practical training. In these circumstances, Calcutta University was pleasantly surprised to receive the princely gifts of Sir Taraknath Palit , an eminent barrister and advocate of national education during
4736-522: Was born in Kolkata , West Bengal . His empathy for films began from his student life. He was admitted in the Durgacharan M. E. School of Bhagalpur in the fifth standard. Later it went on to become a secondary school. His Principal was Surendranath Gangopadhyay who happened to be Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay 's maternal uncle. He studied physics at the University of Patna and later earned an M.Sc at
4810-590: Was exposed to the works of Italian directors Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica and Roberto Rossellini. Tapan Sinha has also served as a member of the jury in the popular film festivals at Tashkent and San Francisco among others. Tapan Sinha has been selected for the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2006 for his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema. Aadmi Aur Aurat is based on a story by Prafulla Roy. Amol Palekar and Mahua Roy Choudhury act in this piece. Sinha's telefilm Aadmi Aur Aurat
4884-435: Was greatly influenced by contemporary American and British Cinema, in his youth. Among his favourite directors were John Ford, Carol Reed, and Billy Wilder. He used to think that he had to make films on the lines of his favourites. Rabindranath Tagore 's work had been a great source of inspiration to him as well. Different Tagore works had special significance to him in various moments of his life. Sinha's first film, Ankush ,
4958-601: Was hardly any provision for teaching of science courses with the exception of three colleges each in Civil Engineering and Medicine, all the 85 colleges in British India by 1882 were teaching courses in liberal arts leading to matriculation, F.A., B.A., Honours and M.A. Career in India was never virtually open to talents, through the principle had been asserted time and again in the Charter Act of 1883 and
5032-464: Was not a colonial science, as it was hardly supported by any large scale imperial funds and was solely meant for "The promotion and diffusion of scientific and technical education for the cultivation and advancement of science, both pure and applied among Indians". One reason why Calcutta University could not develop a research programme in science earlier than 1914 was partly because of a great handicap inherent in its constitution and partly because of
5106-442: Was not unusual for her to wake up in the morning and find members of the communist party sleeping about, from a previous night's communist social that ran late. Early in childhood, the environment in her home inculcated into her a respect for family ties, social and human values; and her parents always supported her to develop a passion for intellectual stimulation and growth. Azmi attended Queen Mary School, Mumbai . She completed
5180-762: Was released after his death. On 15 January 2009, he died of pneumonia and septicaemia . In January 2010, the then railway minister Mamata Banerjee , laid the foundation stone of the Tapan Sinha Memorial Metro Hospital, at Tollygunge , Kolkata . Tapan's works left an impact and influence on Bollywood filmmakers like Hemen Gupta , Hrishikesh Mukherjee , Gulzar , Ashutosh Gowariker and Bengali filmmakers like Raja Sen , Kamaleshwar Mukherjee . His work highly influence and impact and popular culture by Bengali filmmaker Tarun Majumdar and Nowadays, Suman Ghosh (director) . While in London, he
5254-532: Was remade in Bengali as Manush (starring Samit Bhanja and Devika Mukherjee) by the director himself. Sinha made another telefilm Didi with Deepti Naval as the central character. Sinha made a detective TV serial Hutumer Naksa. Rajabazar Science College The University College of Science, Technology and Agriculture (commonly or formerly known as Rashbehari Siksha Prangan & Taraknath Palit Siksha Prangan or Rajabazar Science College & Ballygunge Science College ) are two of five main campuses of
5328-627: Was the actor's space; cinema was the director's medium; and television was a writer's medium. Azmi was engaged to Benjamin Gilani in late 1970s, but the engagement was called off. Later, she married Javed Akhtar , a lyricist, poet and scriptwriter in Hindi films, on 9 December 1984, making her a member of the Akhtar-Azmi film family . It was Javed Akhtar's second marriage, the first being with another Hindi film scriptwriter, Honey Irani . However Azmi's parents objected to her being involved with
5402-529: Was the first and perhaps the last to establish a centre of academic studies at the university stage with distinct atmosphere of learning and scholarships and appointed some of the best men available in the country as University Professor or Lecturers. The establishment of the Calcutta University College of Science and Technology signals the beginning of outstanding research in some branches of science and applied science, which put India on
5476-901: Was the initial choice for Deepa Mehta's Water (2005), which was planned to hit the floors in 2000. A few scenes were already shot. Azmi had to shave her head with Nandita Das to portray the character of Shakuntala. However, due to political reasons, the film was shelved and later shot in 2005 with Seema Biswas replacing Azmi. Some of her notable films are Shyam Benegal 's Nishant (1975), Junoon (1978), Susman (1978), and Antarnaad (1992); Satyajit Ray 's Shatranj Ke Khilari (The Chess Players) ; Mrinal Sen 's Khandhar , Genesis , Ek Din Achanak ; Saeed Mirza 's Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai ; Sai Paranjpye 's Sparsh and Disha ; Gautam Ghose 's Paar ; Aparna Sen 's Picnic and Sati ; Mahesh Bhatt 's Arth ; and Vinay Shukla 's Godmother . Her other films include
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