Sudipta Sengupta Biography 
Sudipta Sengupta is a professor in structural geology in Jadavpur University, better known as one among the first two Indian women to set foot in Antarctica. Her published book in Bengali language, ‘Antarctica’ made her a popular Indian and she has also published many articles on the subject of geology. She completed both graduation and post-graduation from Jadavpur University, where she is working as faculty at present. She is a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy.
She was born in Kolkata to Jyoti Ranjan Sengupta and Pushpa Sengupta as the youngest of 3 children. Her father was a meteorologist and she spent her time both in India and Nepal, as a part of her father’s job. After post-graduation, she obtained PhD (1972) also from Jadavpur University under the supervision of Subir Ghosh. She worked as Geologist in the Geological Survey of India till 1973 and moved to London for research works. In 1977, she taught at the Institute of Geology, Uppsala University and also served as a visiting scientist at International Geodynamics Project. She returned to India in 1979 to join Geological Survey of India as Senior Geologist. In 1982, she became a lecturer at Jadavpur University and currently professor.
She trained in Advanced Mountaineering by Tenzing Norgay in the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute. She is an expert mountaineer and has participated in numerous mountaineering expeditions in India and Europe. In 1983, she along with Dr. Aditi Pant, a Marine Biologist was included in the Third Indian Expedition to Antarctica which conducted geological studies in the Schirmacher Hills of East Antarctica. In 1989, she visited Antarctica for the second time.
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Updated: March 25, 2014
