Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya

The Right Honourable
The Lord Bhattacharyya
CBE FRS FREng FIMechE
Official portrait, March 2018
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
3 June 2004 – 1 March 2019
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Sushanta Kumar Bhattacharyya

(1940-06-06)6 June 1940[1]
Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died (aged 78)
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Political partyLabour
Alma materIndian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (BTech)
University of Birmingham (MS, PhD)
Known forFounder of WMG, University of Warwick
WebsiteWMG's Founder Page

Sushanta Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, CBE, FRS, FREng, FIMechE[2][3] (6 June 1940[1] – 1 March 2019), was a British-Indian engineer, educator and government advisor.[4] In 1980, he became Professor of Manufacturing Systems at the University of Warwick and founded the Warwick Manufacturing Group.[5] In 2004, he was made a life peer and became a member of the House of Lords.[6][7]

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  3. ^ "Kumar Bhattacharyya". Royal Society. 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2018. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:

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  5. ^ "Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya: Chairman of WMG". University of Warwick. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya :: Chairman of WMG". Warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Engine for change: Industrialist and educator Lord Bhattacharyya". Financial Times. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2018.