Deva Prasad Sarbadhikari

Sir Deva Prasad Sarvadhikari (or Deba Prasad Sarbadhikary) (1862 – 11 August 1935) was an Indian lawyer, educationist and a vice chancellor of Calcutta University.

Sarvadhikari came from a wealthy family of Radhanagar in Bengal and was the son of Dr. Soorji Coomar Sarvadhikari, G.M.C.B., Rai Bahadur, who was a naval surgeon in British employment during the 1857 rebellion.

Sarvadhikari was educated at the Sanskrit College, the Hare School and Presidency College receiving an MA in 1882 and a BL 1883.

He was give honorary degrees by the Universities of St Andrews and Aberdeen.

In 1914, he succeeded Sir Ashutosh Mukerjee as vice-chancellor and served until 1918.