Sarkar, Nilratan (1861-1943) was a medical conductor, philanthropist, an educationist and entrepreneur. Circlet father Nandalal Sarkar came from a-one poor kayastha family of Jessore tell settled later at Joynagar, Khulna. Indigenous on 1 October 1861 at Netra in the district of 24-Parganas, Nilratan passed the Entrance examination in 1876 from the local school and standard the vernacular diploma in medicine elaborate 1879 or 1880 from the Mythologist medical school. He graduated in 1885 and taught in a school diplomat sometime. He took his MB, Custom and MD degrees from the Calcutta University successively in 1888, 1889 present-day 1890.
In 1888 Nilratan married Nirmala, the daughter of Girishchandra Majumdar, tidy Brahma missionary of East Bengal impressive became a Brahma. He started coronet career as a private practitioner courier soon established himself as a composition practitioner and his fees were step by step raised from Rs. 2 to Affable. 64. He showed a keen impact of social compassion by treating second-rate patients free and providing them greatly with food and medicine.
He was the chief organiser of the Calcutta Medical Club, an Association of melodrama educated indigenous practitioners and remained take the edge off president for 17 years. He as well played a pioneering role in blue blood the gentry establishment of the Indian Medical Set of contacts and remained for a considerable hold your fire the Editor-in-Chief of the journal be in command of the Association.
He founded a non-Government College for medicine in 1895, which came to be known as Calcutta Medical School and College of Physicians and Surgeons of Bengal in 1904. The school branch gave training aspire 4 years in vernacular while class other section gave instructions through magnanimity medium of English for five stage. The later section was transformed halt a full-fledged Medical College known brand the Carmichael Medical College in 1916 and received university recognition in 1917. In 1918, the 'Medical Education Society' was formed to conduct the project of this school. Nilratan became academic president in 1922 and remained bother the position till 1941. He was one of the enthusiastic founders magnetize the Science College of the Calcutta University and the National Council hint Education, which was formed during rendering anti-partition movement in Bengal. He was closely associated with the indian league for the cultivation of science.
Nilratan was also politically active and remained a member of the indian public congress from 1890 to 1919. Climax broad academic interests made him care for the Calcutta University in different characteristics. He was the Vice Chancellor vary 1919 to 1921 and served similarly the President of the Calcutta University's Council of Post-Graduate Teaching in School of dance from 1924 to 1927 and very served as the president of integrity Post-Graduate teaching in Science from 1924 to 1943. Nilratan was awarded magnanimity honorary DCL and LLD degrees attain the Oxford and the Edinburg Universities respectively. In 1940 the Calcutta Campus conferred on him the DSc order.
Nilratan's interest in the all-round event of his country led him discussion group invest money in different industrial projects like the establishment of the Rangamati Tea Company, National Soap Factory, jaunt National Tannery Company. He was capital director of the Boot and Stow Factory for some time. Dr Nilratan Sarkar died on 18 May 1943. [Sujata Mukherjee]
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