Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya
British engineer and political adviser (1940-2019)
Sushanta Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, CBE, FRS, FREng, FIMechE[1][2] (6 June 1940[3] – 1 March 2019) was a British-Indian engineer, educator and government advisor.[4]
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| Born | Sushanta Kumar Bhattacharyya 6 June 1940 |
| Died | (aged 78) |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (BTech) University of Birmingham (MSc, PhD) |
| Known for | Warwick Manufacturing Group |
| Political party | Labour |
| Website | warwick |
In 1980, he became Professor of Manufacturing Systems at the University of Warwick and founded the Warwick Manufacturing Group.[5] In 2004 he was made a Life Peer and became a member of the House of Lords.[6][7]
Bhattacharyya died on 1 March 2019 following a short illness, aged 78.[8]
References
change- ↑ "List of Fellows". Royal Academy of Engineering. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ↑ "Kumar Bhattacharyya". Royal Society. 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2018. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
“All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.” --Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-11-11)
- ↑ Bhattacharyya, Baron, (Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya). Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U7480.
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- ↑ "Lord Bhattacharyya". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ↑ "Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya: Chairman of WMG". University of Warwick. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ↑ "Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya :: Chairman of WMG". Warwick.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ↑ "Engine for change: Industrialist and educator Lord Bhattacharyya". Financial Times. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ↑ Mullen, Enda (1 March 2019). "Professor Lord Bhattacharyya dies aged 78". coventrytelegraph.
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