Dipankar Bhattacharya (born December 1960) is an Indian politician and the national general secretary of the

Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation The Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation ( abbreviated: CPI(ML)L or CPI-ML(L) or CPIML Liberation) also referred to as the Liberation Group, is a Communist political party in India. History In 1973 the original Commu ...

. He was the top ranker of the 1979 higher secondary board examination and has an M.Stat. degree from the

Indian Statistical Institute Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) is a higher education and research institute which is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the 1959 act of the Indian parliament. It grew out of the Statistical Laboratory set up by Prasanta C ...

. Bhattacharya succeeded

Vinod Mishra Vinod Mishra ( hi, विनोद मिश्रा; 24 March 1947 – 18 December 1998) was an Indian communist politician. Mishra served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation between 1975 and ...

as the national general secretary of the party in 1998. He was formerly the secretary of the

Indian People's Front The Indian People's Front (IPF) was a mass front organisation founded in Delhi between 24–26 April 1982. It was conceptualised by Vinod Mishra and it was operated as the open mass front of the CPIML Liberation between 1982–1994. The front p ...

and

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Early life and education

Dipankar Bhattacharya was born in

Guwahati, Assam Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...

in December 1960. His father was Baidyanath Bhattacharya who was an employee of the

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...

. He studied in Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur near

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and was the top ranker of the 1979 board examination of the West Bengal Higher Secondary board. After completing his higher secondary, he joined the

Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) is a higher education and research institute which is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the 1959 act of the Indian parliament. It grew out of the Statistical Laboratory set up by Prasanta ...

. He graduated with a Bachelor of Statistics (B.Stat.) degree in 1982 and completed his

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with a Master of Statistics (M.Stat.) degree in the year of 1984.

Political views

Bhattacharya states that a large section of the population is rendered invisible in the country and that only a tiny minority holds the reins of

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and benefits from economic progress. He holds the view that economic growth in India has not coincided with the empowerment of people and defines empowerment as material questions such as employment, education, housing and hygiene, that the policies of

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and

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of healthcare and

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are contradictory to the vision of an empowered India promoting further dis-empowerment.

Political career

Dipankar Bhattacharya became involved in political work during his course in the Indian Statistical Institute. He served as the general secretary of the

between 1982 and 1994 and later became the general secretary of the

. In December 1987, he was elected to the Central Committee of the

. After the demise of

who was the general secretary of the party, Bhattacharya was unanimously elected to the post.

References

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