List of vice-chancellors of the University of Calcutta
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{{Infobox official post
| post = Vice-chancellor
| body = University of Calcutta
| incumbent = Dr. Santa Datta (De) (acting)
| incumbentsince = 1 June 2023
| first = James William Colvile
| formation = 24 January 1857
}}
The vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta, a university in Kolkata, India, is the executive head of the university.{{cite web|title=Vice-Chancellors|url=http://www.caluniv.ac.in/about/vc.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603125317/https://www.caluniv.ac.in/about/vc.html|archive-date=3 June 2021|access-date=29 June 2020|website=University of Calcutta}} Following the establishment in 1857, James William Colvile served as the first vice-chancellor of the university.
List of vice-chancellors
| class="wikitable"
|+ !S. No. !Term !Image !Notes |
| 1
|1857–1859 | |
| 2
|1859–1862 | |
| 3
|1862–1863 | |
| 4
|1863–1867 | |
| 5
|W. S. Seton-Karr |1867–1869 | | |
| 6
|1869–1875 | | |
| 7
|1875–1877 | |
| 8
|1877–1878 | |
| 9
|1878–1880 | |
| 10
|1880–1884 | |
| 11
|H. J. Reynolds |1883–1886 | | |
| 12
|1886 | |
| 13
|1886–1887 | |
| 14
|1887–1889 | |
| 15
|1890–1892 |First Indian vice chancellor of the university |
| 16
|Jones Quain Pigot |1893 | | |
| 17
|1893–1896 | |
| 18
|E. J. Trevelyan |1897–1898 | | |
| 19
|1898–1900 | |
| 20
|1900–1904 | | |
| 21
|1904–1906 | |
| 22
|1906–1914 | |
| 23
|1914–1918 | |
| 24
|1918–1919 | |
| 25
|1919–1921 | |Eminent Indian physician |
| (22)
|Asutosh Mookerjee (second term) |1921–1923 | |
| 26
|1923–1924 | |
| 27
|William Ewart Greaves |1924–1926 | | |
| 28
|1926–1928 | |
| 29
|1928–1930 | |
| 30
|1930–1934 | |
| 31
|1934–1938 |Union Minister (1947–1950) & Member of Parliament (1952–1953) |
| 32
|1938–1942 |High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom (1941–1943) |
| 33
|1942–1944 |Chief Minister of West Bengal (1948–1962) |
| 34
|1944–1946 | |Member of United Nations' International Law Commission (1952–1966) |
| 35
|1946–1949 | |Member of Parliament (1957–1962) |
| 36
|1949–1950 | | |
| 37
|1950–1954 | | |
| 38
|1954–1955 | | |
| 39
|1955–1960 | | |
| 40
|1960–1961 | |Eminent Indian obstretrician and gynecologist |
| 41
|1962 | |Former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court (1959–1961) |
| 42
|Bidhubhushan Malik |1962–1968 | | |
| 43
|S. N. Sen |1968–1976 | | |
| 44
|1976–1979 | | |
| 45
|1979–1983 | |Member of Parliament (1985–1993) |
| 46
|1983–1987 | |
| 47
|Bhaskarananda Ray Chaudhuri |1987–1991 | | |
| 48
|Rathindra Narayan Basu |1991–1999 | | |
| 49
|Asis Kumar Banerjee |1999–2008 | | |
| 50
|Suranjan Das |2008–2015 | | |
| –
|Sugata Marjit (acting) |2015–2016 | |
| 51
|Ashutosh Ghosh |2016–2017 | | |
| 52
|2017–2022 | |
| 53
|Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay |2022–2023 | | |
| –
|Dr. Santa Dutta (De) (acting) |2023-Incumbent | | |
