A.F. Salahuddin Ahmed, Professor (retd) of History, Dhaka University; awarded the Ekushe Padak by the Government of Bangladesh Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay, discoverer of Mohenjodaro, the principal site of the Harappa Culture Gautam Bhadra, Professor (retd.) of History, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University, US Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Professor of South Asian History, University of Chicago Barun De, Former Chairman, West Bengal Heritage Commission and Founder-Director, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta.[14] Ranajit Guha, Reader (retd.) in History, University of Sussex Dwijendra Narayan Jha, Professor (retd) of History, University of Delhi Romesh Chandra Majumdar, Former Vice Chancellor, University of Dacca Rajat Kanta Ray, Vice Chancellor (retd), Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan Hemchandra Raychaudhuri, Charmichael Professor (retd.) of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta Tapan Raychaudhuri, Padma Bhushan, Ad Hominem Professor (retd) of Indian History and Civilization, University of Oxford Jadunath Sarkar, Kt.,Vice Chancellor (retd), University of Calcutta Tanika Sarkar, Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University Sumit Sarkar, Professor (retd) of History, University of Delhi Susobhan Chandra Sarkar, Professor (retd) of History, Presidency College, Calcutta