Sankar Sen ( – 8 February 2020) was an Indian academic, electrical engineer and politician from

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the four ...

belonging to

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

. He was the vice chancellor of

Jadavpur University Jadavpur University is a public state university located in Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 1905 as ''Bengal Technical Institute'' and was converted into Jadavpur University in 1955. In 2022, it was ranked four ...

. He served as a legislator of the

West Bengal Legislative Assembly The West Bengal Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian states and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is located in the B. B. D. Bagh area of Kolkata, the capital of the state. Members of the Legislative as ...

. He also served as the Minister of Power of the

Government of West Bengal The Government of West Bengal also known as the West Bengal Government, is the subnational government of the Indian state of West Bengal , created by the National Constitution as the state's legislative, executive and judicial authority. The ...

from 1991 to 1999.

Biography

Sen was the vice chancellor of

. He was a professor of electrical engineering department of

Bengal Engineering College Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (IIEST Shibpur), erstwhile Bengal Engineering College (also known as B.E. College), formerly Bengal Engineering and Science University (also known as BESU), is a public research u ...

too. Sen was elected as a legislator of the

from

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in 1991. He was also elected from

in 1996. Besides, he served as the Minister of Power of the

from 1991 to 1999. Sen died on 8 February 2020 at the age of 92.

References

1920s births 2020 deaths Academic staff of Jadavpur University Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 1991–1996 State cabinet ministers of West Bengal Indian electrical engineers People from North 24 Parganas district Engineers from West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 1996–2001 {{CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub