conducted research on radio valve circuitry before returning to India in late 1923. Research in India Prior to returning to India, Mitra had corresponded with Ashutosh Mukherjee about the growing importance of wireless science and the need to include it in the post-graduate physics curriculum at the Rajabazar Science College, University of Calcutta. Upon his return to Kolkata, he was appointed the university's Khaira Professor of Physics. With Mukherjee's support, in 1924 a "Wireless" course was introduced as an elective in the Physics MSc. curriculum and a Wireless Laboratory established for research in electron tubes and radio wave propagation. He also initiated a new department at the University of Calcutta that later became the Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics. Mitra was the Guide to many Ph.D students, prominent among them was Arun Kumar Choudhury. Awards and honors Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), 1938 Fellowship of the Royal Society, 1958 Fellow of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (FASB) Fellow of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (FIAS; 1943) Presidency of The Asiatic Society, 1951–53. Presidency of the Indian National Science Academy, 1959–60. National Professorship, 1962. Padma Bhushan, 1962. S. K. Mitra Center for Research in Space Environment of the University of Calcutta is named for him. The crater Mitra on the Moon is named after him. References External links Biography Shri Shishirkumar Mitra Legends Resonance Vigyan Prasar 1890 births 1963 deaths Brahmos Bengali physicists 19th-century Indian physicists People from Bhagalpur Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy University of Calcutta alumni Academic staff of the University of Calcutta Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education Members of the Order of the British Empire Academic staff of Nancy-Université 20th-century Indian physicists Scientists from Kolkata Presidents of The Asiatic Society