Santosh Bhattacharyya (1 November 1924 – 10 March 2011)[1] was a Bengali Indian scholar, who served as a Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta, in Kolkata, India.
He studied economics at the renowned Scottish Church College[2] and earned his master's degree from the University of Calcutta.
[3] After earning his master's degree, he worked as a technical assistant at the Indian Statistical Institute.
[3] He was Senior Economic Affairs Officer at the Development Planning Centre in the United Nations at New York (1966–68), member of the Tariff Commission, Government of India (1974–75), Chairman of several Pay Committees under West Bengal government during 1977–80.
[3] As a vice chancellor of the University of Calcutta (1983–1987), he was victimized for his apolitical stance and public criticism of the policies and practices of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Front regime (1977–2011) that interfered with the autonomy of the university.