Ramendra Kumar Podder Explained

R. K. Poddar
Birth Date:	9 November 1930
Office:	Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Constituency:	West Bengal
Term:	1985-1993
Party:	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse:	Jharna Poddar
Source:	https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/p.pdf

Ramendra Kumar Podder (born 9 November 1930) was an Indian Bengali scholar of biochemistry, who served as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta.^{[1] [2]} He was a Member of Parliament, representing West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).^[3]

Podder was educated at the renowned Scottish Church College in Calcutta, and at the University of Calcutta.^[4] He would serve as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta from 20 June 1979 to 30 December 1983.^[1]

Notes and References

1. http://www.caluniv.ac.in/About%20the%20university/our_vice_chancellors2.htm List of Vice Chancellors of the University of Calcutta
2. News: Speeches cut short, guests turned away - Dispute and discord mar campus anniversary bash . https://web.archive.org/web/20121025150613/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060125/asp/calcutta/story_5761107.asp . dead . 25 October 2012 . 25 January 2006 . The Telegraph . India . 3 September 2018 .
3. Web site: RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003 . . 14 June 2020.
4. Some Alumni of Scottish Church College in 175th Year Commemoration Volume Scottish Church College, 2008, page 586