Meghnad Saha, discovered the Saha ionization equation Satyendranath Bose, discovered Bose–Einstein statistics along with Albert Einstein; Bosons; Padma Vibhushan Indrani Bose, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Bose Institute, Kolkata Chandan Dasgupta, FNA, condensed matter physicist Anita Mehta, eminent condensed matter physicist, faculty at S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, India Sisir Kumar Mitra, FRS, radio-physicist, namesake of a crater on the moon Biswa Ranjan Nag, physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri, physicist, known for Raychaudhuri's equation in general theory of relativity; former Professor and Head of Physics, Presidency College Amitava Raychaudhuri, FNA, particle physicist Somak Raychaudhury, Eminent astrophysicist, Director of IUCAA Sudhansu Datta Majumdar, Theoretical Physicist, Known for Majumdar–Papapetrou Solution Probir Roy, particle physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate Sankar Das Sarma, eminent theoretical condensed matter physicist and Richard E Prange Chaired Professor at University of Maryland, US[11] Ashoke Sen, eminent physicist; has contributed to string theory, winner of the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Bikash Sinha, Padma Bhushan, Director (retd.), Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta Palash Baran Pal, Particle Physicist, well known for his contributions to Bengali literature, receiver of Rabindra Smriti Puroshkar Chanchal Majumdar, Indian condensed matter physicist, Founder director of S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences.