Bangiya Bijnan Parishad
Bangiya Bijnan Parishad (Bengali: বঙ্গীয় বিজ্ঞান পরিষদ) is a science organization founded by Satyendra Nath Bose in 1948.[1] As a science organization, the Bangiya Bijnan Parishad led the Science-Movement. Nowadays, many science movement organization take the inspiration from Bangiya Bijnan Parishad directly or indirectly.[2]
Logo of Bangiya Bijnan Parishad | |
Founder(s) | Satyendra Nath Bose |
---|---|
Established | 25 January 1948 |
Mission | Cultivation and popularization of science and scientific knowledge |
Focus | Study and development of the science in Bengali Language |
President | Prof. Satyabrata Dasgupta |
Address | P-23, Raja Rajkrishna Street, Kolkata-700 006 |
Location | , , , |
Website | http://bangiyabijnanparishad.org/ |
From the Commencement, Bangiya Bijnan Parishad publishes a monthly journal of science in Bengali language, named Jnan-O-Bijnan since January 1948.[3]
In 1948 Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya worked with Satyendra Nath Bose (of Bose–Einstein statistics fame) to establish the society for science research.[4][5]
History
To spread the knowledge of science in our own Mother tongue, Satyendra Nath Bose determined to found a science organization in Bengal. On 18 October 1947, some Science fond of Calcutta Science College decided to established a science organization. On 25 January 1948, Bangiya Bijnan Parishad was founded by Satyendra Nath Bose. It take some determination like to spread the science in Mother tongue, to make the science easy for the school student using appropriate word in Bengali, to publish science book and magazine for school and college student etc. As the mouthpiece of the council the Jnan-O-Bijnan magazine was published in the founding Day.[6]
Current Committee
President: Sumitra Choudhari
Vice-President: Aparajita Basu, Shyamal Chakraborty, Bholanath Dutta, Amit Krishna De
Secretary: Gautam Gangopadhyay
Assistant Secretary: Sima Mukhopadhyay, Saibal Kumar Guha, Sunish Kumar Deb
Treasurer: Tapan Saha
Members:
- Sasadhar Biswas, Shatabdi Das, Kamal Bikash Banerjee, Arunabha Mishra, Jyashree Dutta, Tapan Mohan Chakraborty, Putul Chakraborty, Tanmoy Rudra, Nemai Duttagupta, Dipa Sarkar, Balaram Majumder, Prabir Bhattacharya, Shambhu Nandi, Soumitra Kumar Chaudhury, Ujjal Mukherjee, Tarun Das, Mahadeb Bhattacharya
Advisors:
- Amalendu Bandyopadhyay, Arup Raychaudhuri, Anandadeb Mukhopadhyay, Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay, Partha Ghosh, Pradip Narayan Ghosh, Bikash Sinha, Shantipada Gonchodhury, Sibaji Raha, Samar Bagchi, Subimal Sen, Suranjan Das, Amitabha Raychaudhuri, Uday Banerjee, Debashis Mukherjee, Samit Kumar Ray
References
- Science and Culture: A Journal of Natural and Cultural Sciences. Indian Science News Association. 1981.
- Bose, Satyendranath; Wali, Kameshwar C. (2009). Satyendra Nath Bose: His Life and Times : Selected Works (with Commentary). World Scientific. ISBN 9789812790705.
- "The Bose In Boson: Remembering the Legendary Indian Behind the God Particle". The Better India. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya, M.A. Ajij Miya (1st edition)। Dhaka: Bengali Academy। 1993
- Science and Culture: A Journal of Natural and Cultural Sciences. Indian Science News Association. 1981.
- Surjendrubikash Kormahapatra, ACHRIYA SATYENDRANATH SWARAN SANKHYA, January Sankhya (1984). Jnan O Bijnan. P-23, Raja Rajkrishna Street, Kolkata-700 006: Bangiya Bijnan Parishad. pp. 33–34.CS1 maint: location (link)