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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}<br /> [[File:Hemchandra_Dasgupta.jpg|thumb]]<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Hem Chandra Dasgupta&#039;&#039;&#039; (d. 1933) was an Indian [[geologist]] who played an important role in furthering the study of that subject in India<br /> <br /> ==Life==<br /> Dasgupta graduated and post-graduated in 1900 from [[Presidency College, Calcutta]]. He was a faculty member of the Presidency College geology department from 1903 to 1933. Dasgupta was the first Indian full-time teacher. <br /> <br /> Dasgupta was later appointed the head of the geology departments at both Presidency College&lt;ref name=Geological1994 &gt;{{citation | author=Geological | year=1994 | title=Indian journal of geology, Volume 66 | publisher=Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Society of India }}&lt;/ref&gt; and [[Calcutta University]].<br /> <br /> Dasgupta initiated and actively encouraged many geology research projects in India. He contributed to the furtherance of [[paleontology]] and the [[stratigraphy]] of different parts of India. <br /> <br /> Dasgupta was a Foundation Fellow and the first Honorary Joint Secretary of the Geological Mining and Metallurgical Society of India (GMMSI).<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Dasgupta, Hem Chandra}}<br /> [[Category:Year of birth missing]]<br /> [[Category:1933 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian geologists]]<br /> [[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]<br /> [[Category:University of Calcutta faculty]]<br /> [[Category:Place of birth missing]]<br /> [[Category:Scientists from Kolkata]]</div>

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