Dipankar is a given name in

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

and

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

. It means "One who has the lamp in his hands or part of deep means light". People having this name are generally considered to be male.

Notable people with this name

Dipankar Srijnan Atisha Dipankar is a given name in Assam and West Bengal. It means "One who has the lamp in his hands or part of deep means light". People having this name are generally considered to be male. Notable people with this name

* Dipankar Srijnan Atish ...

(982–1054), Buddhist religious leader and master *

Deepankar De Dipankar Dey is an Indian actor in the Bengali film industry. He has worked in movies as a hero, villain and character artist. He starred in Ray's ''Seemabaddha'' (''Company Limited, 1971''), '' Jana Aranya'' (''The Middleman'', 1976), '' G ...

, Indian actor *

Dipankar Banerjee (general) Dipankar Banerjee is a retired major general of the Indian Army based in India. He is the founding director of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (based in Indian capital New Delhi). Military career Bannerjee is an alumnus of the p ...

, Indian major general *

Dipankar Banerjee (metallurgist) Dipankar Banerjee (born 15 February 1952) is an Indian physical metallurgist, materials engineer and a former chief controller of R&D at the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). Known for his studies on titanium alloys, Banerjee ...

(born 1952), Indian metallurgist and engineer *

Dipankar Bhattacharjee Dipankar Bhattacharjee (born 1 February 1972) is a Badminton player from Assam, India. He represented India at many International tournaments including Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games, Olympics. He was the Indian National Badminton Champion ...

(born 1972), Indian badminton player *

Dipankar Das Sarma Dipankar Das Sarma, popularly known as D.D. Sarma, is an Indian scientist and structural chemist, known for his researches in the fields of Solid State Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science, and Nanoscience. He is ...

(born 1955), Indian scientist and chemist *

Dipankar Datta Dipankar Datta (born 9 February 1965) is an Indian jurist who is currently serving as the judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is the former chief justice of the Bombay High Court and a judge of the Calcutta High Court. Early life and edu ...

(born 1965), Indian judge *

Dipankar Gupta Dipankar Gupta (born 11 October 1949) is an Indian sociologist and public intellectual. He was formerly Professor in the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. For a brief period from 1993 to 1994, he w ...

(born 1949), Indian sociologist *

Dipankar Home Dipankar Home (born 11 November 1955) is an Indian theoretical physicist at Bose Institute, Kolkata. He works on the fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics, including quantum entanglement and Quantum communication. He is co-author with Partha ...

(born 1955), Indian theoretical physicist * Swami Dipankar (spiritual leader) {{given name Indian masculine given names Masculine given names