Partha Chatterjee (scholar)

Partha Chatterjee
Born (1947-11-05) 5 November 1947
Education
Alma materPresidency College, Calcutta
Calcutta University
University of Rochester

Partha Chatterjee (born 5 November 1947) is an Indian political scientist and anthropologist. He was the director of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta from 1997 to 2007 and continues as an honorary professor of political science. He is also a professor of anthropology and South Asian studies at Columbia University and a member of the Subaltern Studies Collective.

Chatterjee received the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2009.