Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya
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Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya Net Worth

. Kumar Bhattacharyya is an Indian British engineer who was born in Dhaka, British-India in 1940. He displayed a high level of intelligence from a young age and pursued his higher education from one of the premier institutions in India before moving to Britain. He worked with Lucas Industries and then completed his doctorate degree and became a lecturer. He founded the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) at the University of Warwick, which provides research, education and knowledge transfer in engineering, manufacturing and technology. He was made a life peer of the group in 2004 and serves as a director in WMG. He is also a government adviser and sits on the Labour benches in the House of Lords.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Life peer
Birth Day June 06, 1940
Birth Place Dhaka, British
Age 83 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Cancer
Residence Birmingham, UK
Alma mater IIT Kharagpur, University of Birmingham
Occupation Professor, chairman of WMG
Known for Chairman and Founder, Warwick Manufacturing Group
Political party Labour
Awards Kt. CBE FREng FRS

💰 Net worth

Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, a well-known figure in the British business and academic world, is estimated to have a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million in 2024. He has earned recognition and accolades for his remarkable contributions in various fields throughout his career. As a Life peer in the British House of Lords, Bhattacharyya has been actively involved in shaping policies and strategies that promote innovation and advancement in industry and academia. With his extensive knowledge and expertise, he has played a crucial role in transforming the landscape of manufacturing and engineering in the United Kingdom. Baron Bhattacharyya's net worth is a testament to his successful endeavors and his reputation as a respected leader in the business community.

Biography/Timeline

1909

Kumar Bhattacharyya was born in Bangalore, the elder son of Sudhir Kumar Bhattacharyya (1909-1987) and Hemanalini Chakraborty. Of Bengali origin, the Bhattacharyyas were a zamindari family from Dhaka District (then in the Bengal Presidency of British India and now in Bangladesh). At the time, his father, a distinguished professor of physical chemistry and subsequently Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, was a professor at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, where Bhattacharyya spent the first 12 years of his life. In 1952, upon his father's appointment as head of the chemistry department at the new Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, the family moved to Kharagpur.

1960

Bhattacharyya studied Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, taking his degree in 1960. The following year, he moved to Britain where he worked for six years as a graduate apprentice at Lucas Industries, a large British Manufacturing company. During this time, he studied at the University of Birmingham where he attained an MSc in Engineering Production and Management and a PhD in Engineering Production. While completing his PhD at Birmingham, he was appointed as a Lecturer and began the process of establishing a Manufacturing education programme for industry there.

1980

In 1980 he moved to the University of Warwick and, with the support of Vice-Chancellor, Jack Butterworth, he founded WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group) of which he is now chairman. WMG is now one of the largest academic departments of the University known for its collaborative research and education programmes with industry. During this time, he has been instrumental in brokering some significant partnerships for UK Manufacturing including the takeover of Jaguar Land Rover by Indian firm Tata Motors in 2008 and the investment in the National Automotive Innovation Centre at the University of Warwick.

1990

Kumar Bhattacharyya is a past member of the UK Council for Science and Technology and a past board member of Advantage West Midlands, the West Midlands Regional Development Agency (RDA). He has also served as a scientific adviser to the government of South Africa. He sits on the Policy Advisory Council of the Institute for Public Policy Research and served on the National Consumer Council from 1990 to 1993.

2002

In 2002, Andrew Lorenz wrote a book about Bhattacharyya's career and the growth of WMG, entitled Kumar Bhattacharyya: The Unsung Guru.

2004

Bhattacharyya was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1997 New Year Honours and knighted in 2003. On 3 June 2004, he was created a life peer as Baron Bhattacharyya, of Moseley in the County of West Midlands. He sits on the Labour benches in the House of Lords.

2014

In 2014, he was elected as a Fellow of The Royal Society. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a number of other professional bodies including the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Indian National Academy of Engineering and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.

2016

In 2016 Prime Minister Theresa May visited WMG with Chancellor Philip Hammond as part of her government’s development of a UK Industrial Strategy.

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