Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya

The Lord Bhattacharyya
Official portrait, March 2018
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
3 June 2004  1 March 2019
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Sushanta Kumar Bhattacharyya

(1940-06-06)6 June 1940
Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died (aged 78)
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Political partyLabour
Alma materIndian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (BTech)
University of Birmingham (MS, PhD)
Known forFounder of WMG, University of Warwick
WebsiteWMG's Founder Page

Sushanta Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya (6 June 1940 – 1 March 2019), was a British-Indian engineer, educator and government advisor. In 1980, he became Professor of Manufacturing Systems at the University of Warwick and founded the Warwick Manufacturing Group. In 2004, he was made a life peer and became a member of the House of Lords.