Gouri Sankar Bandyopadhyay

Gouri Sankar Bandyopadhyay
গৌরী শংকর বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়
Bandyopadhyay delivering lecture at Riverside University, US in 2019
Born (1962-12-26) 26 December 1962
Other namesGouri Sankar Banerjee
SpouseDr. Santwana Banerjee
ChildrenOne,Deep Sankar Banerjee
AwardsBest Educationist Award 2015 from International Institute of Education and Management
Academic background
Alma materThe University of Burdwan
Academic advisorsSir Jack Goody
Bill Cope (academic)
Academic work
DisciplineAncestral Cult
Folk religion in Bengal
Contemporary history
InstitutionsSyamsundar College, Burdwan, India

Gouri Sankar Bandyopadhyay (born 26 December 1962) is a historian based in West Bengal, India. He was awarded as the Best Educationist 2015 from the International Institute of Education and Management, New Delhi, India. He is serving as the principal of Syamsundar College since 2015. Bandyopadhyay spent his early days serving as a lecturer and reader in the Department of History at Saldiha College and Bankura Christian College in Bankura, West Bengal, India. He is also in the scientific committee of the International Scientific Conference on Economic and Scientific Development.