Editing Satyendra Nath Bose (section)

===Calcutta===
When the [[partition of India]] became imminent (1947), he returned to [[Calcutta]] (now known as Kolkata) and taught there until 1956. He insisted every student design their own equipment using local materials and local technicians. He was made [[Emeritus|professor emeritus]] on his retirement.<ref name="shanbhag"/>{{sfn|Wali|2009|pp = xxx, xxiv}}<ref name=SMahanti/> He then became Vice-Chancellor of [[Visva-Bharati University]] in [[Santiniketan]]. He returned to the University of Calcutta to continue research in nuclear physics and complete earlier works in organic chemistry. In subsequent years, he worked in applied research such as extraction of [[helium]] in hot springs of [[Bakreshwar]].{{sfn|Wali|2009|pp =xxxvi, xxxviii}}