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Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
About Arun Kumar Biswas
- Arun Kumar Biswas (6 July 1934 – 30 November 2015) was a professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (India) during 1963-95.
- He is well known for his contributions in the area of mineral engineering, archeaometallurgy, minerals and gems in antiquity, history of science, philosophy, science and music, etc.
- Biswas was the founding member of Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers (1969).
- Founder president of Indian Language Society in the early 1980s at IIT/K, he served several organizations in various honorary capacities: Mahendralal Sircar Research Professor in History of Science at the Asiatic Society, Kolkata (1995-2001); the AICTE Emeritus Fellow at the Jadavpur University (2001-2004); and INSA Research Fellow in Kolkata.
- He was a member of the INSA National Commission for History of Science and, the editorial board member of the Indian Journal of the History of Science.
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