Entry Format : Name : Born : Died : Distinction as teacher / Professional Highlights : Joining as the College teacher/ Contributions: Other achievements: Other academic achievements
Abbreviations: (Royal) Asiatic Society of Bengal : ( R ) ASB     Geological Society of London : GSLGeological Mining and Metallurgical Society of India : GMMSI Mining and Geological Institute of India :  MGII : BE College at  Shibpur BEC: Durgapur  Govt. College DGC: Jalpaiguri Engineering College JEC: Regional Engineering College Durgapur REC: Presidency College PC: Calcutta University CU: Jadavpur University JU: Burdwan  University BU:Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur IITKgp ,at Bombay(Mumbai) IITB, at Roorkee IITR : Indian School of Mines at Dhanbad ISM Geological Survey of India GSI: Indian Statistical Institute,Calcutta ISI :Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute CGCRI: Central Fuel Research Institute CFRI:  Indian  Science Congress (President, Geology Section) : ISC (Pr., Geol.)  (President, General): ISC (Pr.)
NB : Length of service of the Part-time professors has been slightly  modified from the figures  in  the Diamond Jubilee Volume of  the  Bhu-Vidya on the basis of the tenures of  respective professors as the Past President of the Geological Institute.  

HEMCHANDRA DASGUPTA : b.n.a., d.1933: alumnus: MA1900: faculty member 1903-1933: first Indian whole time teacher: Head of the department both of  the Presidency College and the Calcutta University: initiated and actively encouraged researches in geology: himself contributed in different branches of the subject, particularly paleontology and stratigraphy of different parts of India: a Foundation Fellow and the first Honorary Joint Secretary of the GMMSI:  ISC, Pr. Geol.1928.

KIRAN KUMAR SENGUPTA: b.n.a.,d.n.a.: alumnus: BSc- MSc in the same year 1906: Joined GSI 1907-10: Took BSc in Mining and MSc from Birmingham Univ. 1915: Lecturer CU Worked as consultant or in private organization or native state ( CochinDurbar): One of the founder fellow GMMSI:

SARAT LAL BISWAS : b.12.01.88.,d,18.07.48: alumnus: MSc1910: Lecturer CU 1916/17; Head PG 1933; Retd.1946:Succeeded Prof. HC Dasgupta as the HOD (PG) in 1933 : Contributions in crystallography and petrology.

BHUPENDRANATH  MAITRA: b.n.a., d.n.a.,: alumnus: MSc 1910: faculty member
1912-1946: contributions in crystallography

MANMOHAN CHATTERJEE: b.1903,d.1982: alumnus: BSc1921: had higher studies from the Imperial College, London: Faculty member 1930-1958: HOD 1933-58: doctoral thesis on Dartmoor Granite.

NIRMAL NATH CHATTERJEE : b.1900, d.1981:  alumnus: M Sc 1922 /Joined CU 1926; Head of the Department 1947 till retirement : Student  of Prof. HC Dasgupta and Mentor of a long and rich generation of geologists. Made important contributions in economic geology, coal mining, coal geology : Joint Hony. Secy. GMMSI 1928- ****; ISC (Pr., Geol.& Geog.) 1944-45.

PRAFULLA CHANDRA DUTTA: b.1898, d.1981: alumnus: MSc1924:
Faculty member 1926- 1958 ; also in CU and JU, latter after retirement: made contributions in petrology.

SAILENDRA MOHAN MUKHERJEE : b.1912, d. 1991:  alumnus : MSC 1935:
faculty member 1937-1971

SANTOSHKUMAR RAY: b. 1908, d.1976: alumnus: MSc 1931:  PG Lecturer 1938: PC faculty member 1944-1965: HOD 1958-65: subsequently HOD, Utkal University: Emeritus Scientist  PC  1969-73: made important contributions in  particularly metamorphic petrology, as also in other branches: author of several textbooks: compiled ‘Fifty Years’ Progress of Geology in India, published by the Indian Science Congress Association: initiated, encouraged and set the pace of modern researches in the department: author of several textbooks.