Summary:
Huge cutouts have been put up at Esplanade and along Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, welcoming the Nobel Laureate. Banerjee's father Dipak Banerjee, a renowned teacher in Economics at Presidency College, passed away a few years ago. He passed out from South Point High School and graduated from Presidency College. It has been learnt that Vice-Chancellor of CU Sonali Chakravarti Banerjee spoke with the Nobel Laureate, soon after his arrival in the city. The CU V-C and Banerjee had been batch mates at Presidency College..