Samir Kumar GhoshSamir Kumar Ghosh was born in Madhepura, Bihar, in 1918. After a brilliant academic career, securing first position in the first class and gold medals in both the B.A. and M.A. examinations in History of Patna University, he joined the provincial civl service in 1942 and was subsequently inducted into the 1948 batch of the Indian Administrative Service. After an eventful career in the field administration and state secretariat, he took voluntary retirement from the IAS in 1974 and spent the next four years as Chairman of the Tripura Public Service Commission. In his retirement years he was a member of the Jamshedpur Riots Enquiry Commission and offered voluntary service as President of the Bihar Bengali Association and Secretary and Vice Chairman of the Yogoda Satsanga Mahavidyalaya in Ranchi. His variegated interests in literature, music and the performing arts invested him with a multi-faceted persona. Read More Read Less