16 Facts About Sudipta Sengupta

Sudipta Sengupta was born on 20 August 1946 and is a professor in structural geology in Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India, and a trained mountaineer.

Sudipta Sengupta is one of the first Indian women to set foot on Antarctica.

Sudipta Sengupta is popularly known in India for her book Antarctica in Bengali and numerous articles and television interviews on geosciences.

Sudipta Sengupta has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals of structural geology.

Sudipta Sengupta's father was a meteorologist and their family spent a lot of time in both India and Nepal.

Sudipta Sengupta worked as a geologist in the Geological Survey of India between 1970 and 1973.

Sudipta Sengupta is an expert mountaineer and was trained in Advanced Mountaineering by Tenzing Norgay in the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute.

Sudipta Sengupta has participated in numerous mountaineering expeditions in India and Europe, including an unnamed virgin peak in the Lahaul Region, which they later named Mount Lalona.

In 1983, Sudipta Sengupta was selected as a member of the Third Indian Expedition to Antarctica and conducted pioneering geological studies in the Schirmacher Hills of East Antarctica.

Sudipta Sengupta was later taken on expeditions in 1982 and 1989.

Professor Sudipta Sengupta has published numerous papers in Indian as well as international journals.

Sudipta Sengupta has edited a book with contributions by renowned structural geologists and authored a book on her travels and work in Antarctica which has become a best seller in West Bengal.

Sudipta Sengupta was awarded the Bhatnagar Award for excellence in science by the Government of India.

Sudipta Sengupta is a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy.

Professor Sudipta Sengupta received the National Mineral Award and the Antarctica Award from the Government of India, along with numerous other awards like the Profession and Career Award of the Lady Study Group.

Professor Sudipta Sengupta was part of a forum titled 'Women in Science and Technology' at the India Internation Centre in New Delhi.