Asitkumar Bandyopadhyay(3rd June,1920 – 21 March, 2003) was historian of Bengali literature, professor, researcher and former president of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi.
During his college life, he translated the speeches given by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose from 1942into Bengali and printed them in Forward newspaper.
Later he joined Ripon College and the Bengali Department of Calcutta University in 1957.In 2002, after the death of Annandashankar Roy,he took the post of president of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi and remained in that position for life.
[2] Asitkumar Banerjee's best work is Bangla sahityer itibritta,[a]a detailed history of Bengali literature published in nine volumes.
[2] Apart from being president of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, he was the Research Fellow of the Asiatic Society under Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay of Bengali language and literature.