Geometry of Conics
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Ashutosh Mukherjee 1864 – 1924
In 1883 he came first in the BA examination at Calcutta Univer-
sity and was awarded the Premchand-Raichand scholarship to
complete a postgraduate degree in mathematics. Two years later
he also acquired an MA in physics, making him the first student
to be awarded a dual degree from Calcutta University.
At the age of 24, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee became a Fellow of the
Calcutta University and soon transformed it from an examining
body into a great teaching and research centre. He was Vice-
Chancellor from 1906 to 1914 and again from 1921 to 1923 but
dominated the University affairs throughout his life. He has an
eye for talent and among his "discoveries" were Dr. C.V. Raman
and Dr. S. Radhakrishnan. His son Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
carried aloft the torch of Indian Culture. He donated his personal
collection of 80,000 books to the National (then known as Impe-
rial) Library, Kolkotha.(Then Culcutta)