Nalini Ranjan Sarkar

Trivia

• He was the Pro-Chancellor of Delhi University during the period 1941-42 as well as Benaras Hindu University.
• He was made a Fellow of the Calcutta University Senate in 1934, a Member of the Court of the University of Dacca in 1940-41 and the President of Presidency College Governing Body in 1942.
• He also acted as the Vice-President of National Council of Education, Bengal, and contributed to the spread of education in India.
• He was also a Commissioner of the Calcutta port and a trustee of the Chittaranjan Seva Sadan.
• He was a delegate to the Indo-Japanese Trade Conference in 1923.
• He was also the President of both the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) in 1933 & the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry and member of Consultation Committee for revision of Company Law, Central Banking Enquiry Committee, Board of Income Tax Referees, Railway Retrenchment Committee, Separation Council and Board of Economic Enquiry, Research Utilisation Committee and Central Jute Committee.
• In 1911, he entered the Hindusthan Cooperative Insurance Society and from a humble position rose to the high position of its General Manager and ultimately became its President, a position he held till his death.
• He was Finance Minister of West Bengal in 1948 and retired from politics in 1952 after officiating as Chief Minister of West Bengal for a few months in 1949.
• He joined the Viceroy's Executive Council (1941-42) first as Member in charge of Education, Health and Lands and then as the person in charge of Commerce, Industry and Food.
• In 1938, he resigned, but later joined the reconstituted ministry.