Aditi Sen De
Winner of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
Presently Associate Professor G at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Allahabad. She started the quantum information and computation group (QIC) at HRI in 2009 along with Prof. Ujjwal Sen and Arun K Pati. Currently, her group consists of 3 faculty members, around 10-12 PhD students and 5 postdoctoral fellows. She did her doctoral work in the University of Gdansk under Prof. Marek Zukowski and subsequently was a Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Maciej Lewenstein in Hannover, a Ramon y Cajal fellow in ICFO- The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, and an Assistant Professor in the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. A student of the 1995 batch of Mathematics department of Bethune College, Dr. De has truly made this institution proud.
Dr. Neena Gupta
a mathematical prodigy
Stood First class First in the Mathematics Honours examination of the Calcutta University in 2006 from Bethune College, Kolkata. She completed her Post Graduation in Mathematics from the Indian Statistical Institute of Kolkata in 2008 and obtained her Ph.D. degree from the same Institute in 2011 with Algebraic Geometry as her field of specialization.
Thereafter it has been a dream journey for this budding young mathematician. She solved the "Zariski Cancellation Problem", which remained unresolved for nearly 70 years. In 2014, the Indian National Science Academy awarded her the INSA Young Scientist Award and in the citation, the Academy described her solution as "one of the best works in Algebraic Geometry in recent years done anywhere". In 2014-2015, she was awarded the prestigious "Swarna Jayanti" Fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India as a mark of recognition of her outstanding contributions in the Mathematical Sciences. A product of the Bethune College and ISI of Kolkata, she is at present a faculty of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, Mumbai. Bethune College is truly proud of this outstanding alumna of the College.
Priyadarshini Das
Indian Table tennis player
We are proud of
Priyadarshini Das, an undergraduate
student of Philosophy Honours, who has made
a mark in the Sports arena at a very young
age. Priyadarshini, aged 20, is a
National level Table Tennis Player with
World Ranking No. 331. As per
Table Tennis Federation of India
Rankings, Priyadarshini is placed 6th
among Youth Women Table Tennis players in
India.. Born on 27th November, 1997, in
Howrah, West Bengal, Priyadarshini passed
out from Bethune School before joining
Bethune College. She plays in an attacking
style with a shake-hand grip. Pursuing her
passion zealously, Priyadarshini has been
consistently winning Medals and Prizes in
several District, Zonal and Inter-State
Championships.
Priyadarshini won the Gold in Youth Girls'
Singles Championships in West Zone in
Gujarat in 2017. She was the Silver
medallist in the East Zone Youth Girls'
Singles Championships, Aizwal, in the same
year. She was a part of the Runners- up
Doubles team in 78th Junior and Youth
National and Inter State Table Tennis
Championships 2016-17. She has been selected
to play professional Indian League Table
Tennis and was a member of Champion Team in
Ultimate Table Tennis Indian League,
Chennai, July 2017.
Her recent achievements include winning All
India Inter Institution Championships, New
Delhi, Aug 2017, (Team Champion). Her team
won the Gold in Youth Girls Category and won
the Silver in Youth Girls Doubles in 79th
Junior and Youth National and Inter State
Table Tennis Championships, 2018, held in
Durgapur. In 11th Sports Senior National and
Inter-State Table Tennis Championships,
2018, held at Ranchi, the Women's Team won
Silver and the Women's Doubles Team won the
Bronze of which Priyadarshini was a part.
Together with her doubles partner they won
the Women's Doubles Gold in All India Public
Sector Championships, 2018.
Priyadarshini aspires to represent the
Country in International circuits. Her
favourite sportsperson and Role Model is Ace
Table Tennis player and Arjuna awardee
Poulami Ghatak. We wish her all success in
life.
Subhaswapna
Mukherjee
A prodigious student
Subhaswapna is an undergraduate student in the Hindi department of the college. She was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy since birth with almost total immobility in both her legs. She can only write with her left hand with much effort. She has proved, time and again, that the despite winds blowing in another direction, courage and resilience can adjust the sails to reach their destination. We wish her all success in life.
Shubhaswapna has been a very lively and prodigious student since her school life. As an orator, as an essayist or in recitation and debate, she has won a number of certificates and medals. Some of her most prestigious awards till date include :
- 1st Prize and Gold Medal awarded for acquiring 1st position in All India Essay Writing Competition organized by Ram Prasad Mission and United Nations Information Centre, India, 2018.
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Prize in Debate (sub: Society gives best support to PWD) organized by National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities, Govt. of India and PWD, 2017.
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Best Actress Award for Aashu Abhinay (instant drama enacting), Shri Sikshayatan College, 2017.
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Bethune College Intra College Competition Drama : Best Script Writing Award, 2017.
- 1st Prize in Speech Competition (sub: Contribution of Sister Nivedita in Freedom Struggle) organized by Ramakrishna Mission Advaita Ashrama Publication Centre, 2016.
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2nd Prize in Speech Competition organized by Howrah District Ramakrishna Vivekananda Bhavprachar Parishad ( under Belur Math) .
- Tagore Foundation Student's Scholarship, on Bengali Recitation 2015.
- 1st Prize in Debate held at South End Centre (E.M) School, 2015.