14 Notable alumni of Sanskrit College and University
Updated: June 05, 2026 EliteDegrees
Sanskrit College and University is ranked #12,004 in the world and #806 in India by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from Sanskrit College and University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Sanskrit College and University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Bhudev Mukhopadhyay
1827-1894 (aged 67)
civil servant
teacher
editor
writer
Bhudev Mukhopadhyay was a writer and intellectual in 19th century Bengal. His works were considered ardent displays of nationalism and philosophy in the period of the Bengal renaissance. His novel Anguriya Binimoy (1857) was the first historical novel written in Bengal.
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2. Bimal Krishna Matilal
1935-1991 (aged 56)
philosopher
Bimal Krishna Matilal was an eminent philosopher whose writings presented the Indian philosophical tradition as a comprehensive system of logic incorporating most issues addressed by themes in Western philosophy. Born in Calcutta, he lived and worked in Calcutta, Harvard, Toronto and Oxford. From 1977 to 1991, he served as the Spalding Professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics at the University...
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3. Saradaranjan Ray
1858-1925 (aged 67)
cricketer
teacher
Sanskrit scholar
Saradaranjan Ray was a Bengali teacher of mathematics and Sanskrit who worked at Aligarh University and at Calcutta. He was also a cricket enthusiast and promoter who has been called the "W.G. Grace of India" and as the father of cricket in Bengal. He founded "The Town Club", a cricket club in Calcutta that played against European teams in the...
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4. Jamini Bhushan Ray
1879-1926 (aged 47)
scientist
Ayurvedacharya
Jamini Bhushan Ray was an Indian physician, as well as an Ayurvedic doctor (Kabiraj), an erudite Sanskrit scholar, and a philanthropist.
5. Jogendranath Bandyopadhyay
1845-1904 (aged 59)
judge
university teacher
editor
writer
journalist
Yogendra Vidyabhushan (Banerjee) (1845–1904) was an Indian Bengali scholar in Sanskrit, thinker, journalist and popular author of biographies which stirred patriotic zeal in the readers' heart. Loved by Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar, admired by Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo, he helped the rise of militant nationalism.
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6. Haraprasad Shastri
1853-1931 (aged 78)
teacher
scholar
writer
Hara Prasad Shastri, also known as Hara Prasad Bhattacharya, was an Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist, and historian of Bengali literature. He is most known for discovering the Charyapada, the earliest known examples of Bengali literature.
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7. Bijoy Krishna Goswami
1841-1899 (aged 58)
writer
Bijoy Krishna Goswami, also known by the honorific Gosaiji, was a Hindu social reformer and religious figure in India during the British period.
8. Surendranath Dasgupta
1887-1952 (aged 65)
teacher
writer
historian of religion
botanist
poet
Surendranath Dasgupta was an Indian scholar of Sanskrit and Indian philosophy.
9. Madhusudan Gupta
1800-1856 (aged 56)
anatomist
physician
Pandit Madhusudan Gupta was a Bengali Baidya translator and Ayurvedic practitioner who was also trained in Western medicine and is credited with having performed India's first human dissection at Calcutta Medical College (CMC) in 1836, almost 3,000 years after Susruta.
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10. Madan Mohan Tarkalankar
1817-1858 (aged 41)
poet
professor
editor
judge
Madanmohan Tarkalankar is one of the Sanskrit scholars of the Indian subcontinent in the nineteenth century who has made a special contribution to the development of the written Bengali language. He is also considered one of the pioneers of the Bengali renaissance. He was a professor at Fort William College and authored several textbooks on early childhood education.
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11. Shibnath Shastri
1847-1919 (aged 72)
editor
head teacher
writer
Sivanath Shastri or Sibanath Sastri was a Bengali social reformer, writer, translator, scholar, editor philoshoper and historian.
12. Abanindranath Tagore
1871-1951 (aged 80)
writer
painter
Abanindranath Tagore CIE was an Indian painter who was the principal artist and creator of the Indian Society of Oriental Art in 1907. He was also the first major exponent of Swadeshi values in Indian art. He founded the influential Bengal school of art, which led to the development of modern Indian painting. He was also a noted writer, particularly...
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13. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
1820-1891 (aged 71)
professor
head teacher
writer
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, popularly known as Ishwar Chandra 'Vidyasagar' (lit. 'Vidya-Sagar, the Ocean of Knowledge'), was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth century. His efforts to simplify and modernise Bengali prose were significant. He also rationalised and simplified the Bengali alphabet and type, which had remained unchanged since Charles Wilkins and Panchanan Karmakar had cut the first (wooden)...
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14. Kumaran Asan
1873-1924 (aged 51)
poet
writer
Mahakavi Kumaran Asan was a poet of Malayalam literature, Indian social reformer and a philosopher. He is known to have initiated a revolution in Malayalam poetry during the first quarter of the 20th century, transforming it from the metaphysical to the lyrical and his poetry is characterised by its moral and spiritual content, poetic concentration and dramatic contextualisation. He is...
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