Jayanta Kumar Ray (born 9 December 1934 (East Bengal, Undivided India); died 18 December 2021 (Kolkata, India)) was an Indian historian and

National Research Professor The National Research Professorship is an Indian award given to scholars who have made exceptional contribution in their fields. Notable recipients * Satyendra Nath Bose * Suniti Kumar Chatterji * Jayanta Kumar Ray * C.S. Seshadri * S.R. Rangana ...

Awards and recognition

* Eminent Teacher Awards, University of Calcutta, 2014 *

, 2015

Selected publications

*''Transfer of Power in Indonesia 1942-49'', Bombay: Manaktalas, 1967. *''Security in the Missile Age'', Bombay: Allied, 1967. *''Democracy and Nationalism on Trial: A Study of East Pakistan'', Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1968. *''Portraits of Thai Politics'', New Delhi: Orient Longman, 1972. *''Public Policy and Global Reality'', New Delhi: Radiant, 1977. *''Administrators in a Mixed Polity'', New Delhi: Macmillan, 1981. *''Organizing Villagers for Self-Reliance: A Study of Deedar in Bangladesh'', Comilla: Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development, 1983. *''Organizing Villagers for Self-Reliance: A Study of Gonoshasthya Kendra in Bangladesh'', Calcutta: Orient Longman, 1986. *''Centre-State Financial Relations in India'' (Co-author: Hiroshi Sato), Tokyo: Institute of Developing Economies, 1987. *''To Chase a Miracle: A Study of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh'', Dhaka: The University Press Ltd, 1987. *''India : In Search of Good Governance'', Kolkata: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, 2001. *''India’s Foreign Relations, 1947-2007'', New Delhi: Routledge, 2011.

References

20th-century Indian historians Academic staff of the University of Calcutta 1934 births Living people {{India-historian-stub