Kanak Mukherjee (née Dasgupta; 1921 – 2005) was a communist and is regarded as a pioneer of the women's movement in West Bengal.

[3] Kanak Mukherjee was born in December 1921 in Jessore district of undivided India.

Already since studying in class 8, she had come in contact with communist leaders in Jessore like Krishna Binod Ray, Sukumar Mitra, Shantimoy Ghosh.

In 1941 Kanak Dasgupta married Saroj Mukherjee who was also a Communist leader.

[3] In 1942-43 famine in Bengal, she worked as a leader of the Bangiyo Mahila Atmaraksha Samity.