Dwijesh Kumar Dutta Majumder
INSA (1932-2020) was a Professor Emeritus in the Computer and Communication Sciences Division of the
Indian Statistical Institute,
Kolkata and Honorary Director-Secretary of the
Institute of Cybernetics Systems and Information Technology in the same city. He is also an Emeritus Scientist of the
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
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, operated by the
Government of India.
Career
Dwijesh Kumar Dutta Majumder obtained a BSc (Hons) in physics honors (1952) with a First Class First distinction from
Guwahati University
Gauhati University, also known as GU, is a Collegiate university, collegiate public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established on 26 January 1948 under the provisions of an Act enacted by the Assam Legislative Assem ...
before studying at the
Rajabazar Science College,
University of Calcutta, where he was awarded an MSc (Tech.) in 1955 and a PhD in 1962-1963 in Radiophysics and Electronics.
Dutta Majumder worked for the Computer Development and Research Division of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) and there helped to develop magnetic memory systems and other digital electronic circuits. In particular, he had a role in building the first solid state transistorised computer in India, which was called
ISI-JU-1.
In 1964, Dutta Majumder visited the
University of Michigan, USA, to work with
N. R. Scott on computer system design,
pattern recognition and problems related to both computer and human memory, He was awarded a UNDP Fellowship for this purpose.
Upon his return to India after his post-doctoral fellowship in the United States, Dutta Majumder subsequently became Head of the Electronics and Communication Sciences Unit (ECSU), Professor-in-Charge of Physical & Earth Sciences Division, and Joint Secretary and Joint Director of ISI. Upon his retirement as the head of ECSU, he was honored to accept a Professor Emeritus position at the newly formed Knowledge-based Computer Systems (KBCS) division of ISI, which he helped build from the ground up. Dutta Majumder has published over 500 research papers and several books.
Honours & awards
Dutta Majumder has received recognition for his work, including:
*Norbert Wiener Award (1977)
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IAPR
The International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), founded in 1978 by Purdue University computer scientist King-Sun Fu, is an international association of non-profit, scientific, or professional organizations (being national, multi-natio ...
Fellow (1994): First Indian fellow.
*P. C. Mahalanobis Medal (1993)
*J. L. Nehru Birth Centenary Lecture Award of INSA (1994)
*Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award (1996)
*Frank George Research Award (1999)
*Rathindra Purashkar from Viswa Bharathi University (2001)
*Professor Jnan Chandra Ghosh Award from Bengal Science Association (2003)
*Life-time Achievement Award from INAE (2004)
*Norbert Wiener Award of Excellence from Western Oklahoma State College (WOSC) (2005)
*National Vasvik Award (2008)
He has been elected as a Fellow of the
Indian National Science Academy, the
Indian National Academy of Engineering and the
Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) is a merit-based science academy established for developing countries, uniting 1,000 scientists in some 70 countries. Its principal aim is to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable devel ...
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*http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03772063.1969.11485755
*http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03772063.1970.11486585
*http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03772063.1962.11486338
*http://library.isical.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10263/899/1/IJOP-37-1-1963-P67-100.pdf
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Living people
University of Calcutta alumni
Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy
Fellows of the Indian National Academy of Engineering
1932 births