Professor A. N. Basu is Chairman, West Bengal Pollution Control Board. He is also Member, State Planning Board of Government of West Bengal. He was Vice Chancellor of Jadavpur University for 8 years, 1998-2006.
Born in 1943, Prof. Basu graduated with Physics Honours from the Presidency College, Kolkata, subsequently did his Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Physics from the Calcutta University.
He has published about one hundred papers in different national and international scientific journals and has lectured in many conferences and seminars. He has worked in different areas of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science including Phonon Physics, Amorphous materials at low temperature, Semicrystalline polymers, and Disorder and Non-Linearity. His recent contributions and interest are in the areas of High Temperature Superconductors, Low temperature (liquid nitrogen) instrumentation, Organic electronics and organic photodetectors and Foundational problems in quantum mechanics.
He is also member of different learned societies including the Indian Physical Society and Material Research Society of India and others.
Of the many distinctions earned by Jadavpur University during his tenure as Vice Chancellor, the University Grants Commission’s identification of the University as a centre of excellence – one of the first five Universities in the country with ‘Potential for excellence’ stands most prominently. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council accorded the highest grading and accredited the University with a ‘Five Star’ status.

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