Subodh Chandra Sengupta, former Principal of College and English literary scholar; awarded Padma Bhushan 3rd highest civilian honor of the Government of India Ahmad Ali, British Council Visiting Professor of English, the National Central University, Nanking Jasodhara Bagchi, former Chairperson, West Bengal Women's Commission, Calcutta Swapan Kumar Chakravorty, former Director-General, National Library, Kolkata Sukanta Chaudhuri, Emeritus Professor of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta Supriya Chaudhuri, Professor of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta Malabika Sarkar, former Vice-Chancellor, Presidency University Peary Charan Sarkar, former Headmaster, Hare School, Calcutta Nabaneeta Dev Sen, former Professor of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Calcutta Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, USA