13 Facts About Kedareswar Banerjee

Kedareswar Banerjee was an X-ray crystallographer and director of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata.

Kedareswar Banerjee was Professor of Physics at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science from 1943 to 1952 and Director of the Association from 1959 until his retirement in 1965.

Kedareswar Banerjee worked in various institutions including IACS, the India Meteorological Department, University of Dhaka and Allahabad University and finally retired as the Director of IACS, Calcutta in 1965.

Allahabad University honoured Banerjee by establishing an atmospheric and ocean science centre in his name, K Banerjee Centre of Atmospheric and Ocean Studies in 2000.

Kedareswar Banerjee was elected Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India and Indian Academy of Sciences.

Kedareswar Banerjee was awarded the DSc degree of the University of Calcutta in 1930.

In 1933, Kedareswar Banerjee proposed a new approach to the crystallographic phase problem, which not only broke new ground beyond the 'trial and error' structure solution method of that time, but heralded the extremely powerful direct methods of crystallography of the modern era.

Kedareswar Banerjee was extremely kind and affectionate yet strong in his convictions.

Kedareswar Banerjee lived a life of noble deeds and thoughts that brought him self-composure, freedom from fear and made him a truly international scientist.

Kedareswar Banerjee was born in Bengali Brahmin family on 15 September 1900 in Sthal, Vikrampur Dacca.

Kedareswar Banerjee was educated at Jubilee School, Dacca, and then at the well-known Rajabazar Science College campus of University of Calcutta, for his postgraduate, and doctoral degrees in science.

Kedareswar Banerjee was a reader in physics at the University of Dhaka, and a professor of physics at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, in Calcutta, a professor of physics at Allahabad University, and a director of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science.

Kedareswar Banerjee died on 30 April 1975 at Barasat, a suburb of Calcutta.