page_title: Mihir Kumar Bose
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Mihir Kumar Bose / Biography
caption_attribution_description: Presidency University, Kolkata (earlier Hindu College and Presidency College) is a unitary, state aided university, located in Kolkata, West Bengal. Established in 1817, it is the oldest educational institution in India.
context_page_description: Mihir Kumar Bose was an Indian geologist and a professor at the Presidency College, Kolkata. He was known for his studies on igneous petrology and was an elected fellow of the Geological Survey of India, Indian National Science Academy, and the Indian Academy of Sciences. 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 Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences in 1976.
context_section_description: Born on 1 September 1933 in Kolkata, in the present day Indian state of West Bengal, Mihir Kumar Bose graduated in science (BSc hons) from University of Kolkata and after completing a master's degree from the same institution, he joined Presidency College, Kolkata as a member of faculty at their department of geology in 1956. Simultaneously, he pursued his doctoral studies under the guidance of S. Ray and on securing a PhD in 1965, he did his post-doctoral work at the University of Oslo under Tom F. W. Barth, a renowned petrologist, focusing on petrological-mineralogical research. On his return to India, he resumed his duties at Presidency College and served as the reader of geology and a professor till his superannuation from service in 1993. Post-retirement he continued his researches as an emeritus scientist of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and as an honorary scientist of the Indian National Science Academy during (1993–97) and (2001–04) respectively. he died on 1 October 2009, at the age of 76.
caption: Presidency College, Kolkata
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