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| name = Amitabha Bhattacharyya<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1931|11|12}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Dhaka]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1992|6|15|1931|11|12}}<br />
| death_place = [[Brussels]], Belgium<br />
| fields = {{ublist | [[Production engineering]] }}<br />
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Jadavpur University]] | [[IIT Kanpur]] }}<br />
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[University of Calcutta]] | [[IIEST Shibpur]] | [[Jadavpur University]] | [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois]] }}<br />
| doctoral_advisor = {{ublist| Gopal Chandra Sen }}<br />
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| awards = {{ublist|FIE Award | 1966&nbsp;Sir R. N. Mukherjee Gold Medal | 1971&nbsp;[[Institution of Engineers (India)|IE]] K. F. Antia Memorial Prize | Chandra Prakash Memorial Prize | Sir Walter Pluckey Memorial Award | 1971&nbsp;[[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]]}}<br />
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'''Amitabha Bhattacharyya''' (12 November 1931 – 15 June 1992) was an Indian production engineer and the director of the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur]].<ref name="AMITABHA. BHATTACHARYYA (12 November 1931 – 25 June 1992)">{{Cite web |url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/BM/BM25_0402.pdf |title=AMITABHA. BHATTACHARYYA (12 November 1931 – 25 June 1992) |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref> He was credited with the establishment of the department of production engineering at [[Jadavpur University]]. The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Engineering Sciences in 1971.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Born in [[Dhaka]] in [[British India]] (presently in Bangladesh) on 12 November 1931, Bhattacharyya graduated in mechanical engineering in 1951 and after completing master's degree in mechanical engineering at [[Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur]] of [[Calcutta University]] (now IIEST Shibpur) in 1956, he obtained the degree of MS from the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois]]. Returning to India, he secured a PhD from Jadavpur University in 1962, studying under the guidance of Gopal Chandra Sen.<ref name="Indian fellow-Amitabha Bhattacharyya">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/N79-0091 |title=Indian fellow-Amitabha Bhattacharyya |date=2017-10-22 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=2017-10-22 |archive-date=22 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022141552/http://insaindia.res.in/detail/N79-0091 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Subsequently, he served as a professor of mechanical engineering at [[Jadavpur University]] where he established the department of production engineering. He was known to have done pioneering work on cutting tool technology and was reported to have developed several machine tools including tangential-split modified point drill, retraced type Kolosov high production tools, and core drill with clamped inserts.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=312 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2016 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> His contributions are also reported in the development of tantalum nitrate-zirconium diboride, a ceramic material used for making cutting tools.<ref name="Engineering Sciences">{{Cite web|url=http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Engineering_SCIENCES.htm |title=Engineering Sciences |date=2016 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211647/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Engineering_SCIENCES.htm |archivedate=2015-09-23 }}</ref> He was an elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]], [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]], [[National Academy of Sciences, India]],<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |title=NASI fellows |date=2016 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806211716/http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |archivedate=2015-08-06 }}</ref> and [[Institution of Engineers (India)]] as well as a recipient of FIE Award, Sir R. N. Mukherjee Gold Medal, K. F. Antia Memorial Prize of Institution of Engineers, India, Chandra Prakash Memorial Prize and Sir Walter Pluckey Memorial Award.<ref name="Indian fellow-Amitabha Bhattacharyya" /> He was married to Jayati and the couple had one son, Nilanjan. He died on 25 June 1992 at [[Brussels]], while on a visit to Belgium, at the age of 60.<ref name="AMITABHA. BHATTACHARYYA (12 November 1931 – 25 June 1992)" /> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 1971.<ref name="Engineering Sciences"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Presidency College, Kolkata]]<br />
* [[Manufacturing engineering]]<br />
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