Triguna Sen (24 December 1905 – 11 January 1998) was the 6th Union Minister for Education for the

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. He was awarded the

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in 1965. He was first Vice-Chancellor of

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(from 1956 to 1966) and 11th Vice-Chancellor of

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. He was a member of the

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from 1967 to 1974. He was a member of Governing Body as a Guest lecturer for Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College ( Jadavpur).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sen, Triguna 20th-century Indian educational theorists 20th-century Bengalis Bengali educators Bengali Hindus West Bengal politicians Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education 1905 births 1998 deaths Academic staff of Jadavpur University Rajya Sabha members from Tripura Ministers of education of India Educators from West Bengal 20th-century Indian educators Vice-chancellors of Banaras Hindu University