Basu

Basu (বসু), also Bose, Boshu, Bosu, or Bosh, is a Bengali Kulin Kayastha surname originating from the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. The name stems from Vāsu (वसु), which has many meanings including 'wealth gem radiance'.

History
Basus belong to the Bengali Kayastha caste, its component elements being putative Kshatriyas and mostly Brahmins, according to André Wink. Basus are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Gautam gotra, along with Ghoshes, Mitras and Guhas.

Notable people

 * Amrita Basu, (b. 1953) American scholar
 * Amar Bose, (1929 – 2013) Founder and chairman of Bose Corporation which make Bose home audio products. Indian American entrepreneur and academic. Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
 * Anurag Basu film director
 * Bani Basu, (b. 1939), Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic, and poet
 * Benoy Basu, (1908-1930), Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter
 * Bipasha Basu, Bollywood actress and model
 * Buddhadeb Bosu, (1908–1974), Bengali writer
 * Chandranath Basu, (1844-1910), Bengali conservative litterateur
 * Debabrata Basu, (1924 - 2001) Indian statistician who proved Basu's theorem
 * Durga Das Basu, (1910 - 1997), Indian jurist and lawyer who wrote the Commentary on the Constitution of India and Casebook on the Indian Constitutional Law
 * Jagadish Chandra Bose, (1858 - 1937), Biologist, physicist, botanist and an early writer of science fiction. One of the fathers of radio science, inventor of  crescograph, founder of Bose Institute.
 * Jyoti Basu, (1914-2010), founding member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) . Barrister, longest serving chief minister of West Bengal.
 * Jyotirmoy Basu, (1920-1982), Indian politician for CPM party.
 * Kaushik Basu, (b. 1952), Indian economist
 * Khudiram Bose, (1889-1908), Indian Freedom Fighter
 * Kunal Basu, author of the novel Racists
 * Maladhar Basu, a poet of the Hossain-Shahi period in Bengal history, writer of Sri Krishna Vijaya (শ্রীকৃষ্ণবিজয়, Triumph of Lord Krishna)
 * Mankumari Basu (1863–1943), Bengali poet
 * Neil Basu (b. 1968), senior British police officer.
 * Nagendranath Basu (1866-1938), encyclopedia compiler, archaeologist, and historian
 * Nandita Basu, Indian-born American environmental engineer
 * Nandalal Bose, seminal painter and sculptor
 * Pam Basu (1958–1992), victim of carjacking and murder
 * Rajnarayan Basu, (1826-1899), writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance
 * Rajshekhar Basu (1880–1960), Bengali writer, chemist and lexicographer
 * Samaresh Basu, writer; winner of the 1980 Sahitya Akademi Award
 * Samit Basu, (b. 1979), Indian author
 * Sankar Basu, electrical engineer
 * Satyendra Nath Bose, (1894 – 1974), Indian mathematician and physicist. Best known for his work on quantum mechanics, Bose–Einstein statistics and Bose–Einstein condensate. Elementary particles Bosons were named after him.
 * Satyendranath Bosu, (1882-1908), Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter
 * Sekhar Basu, (1952-2020), Indian nuclear scientist who served as the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Awarded the Padma Shri in 2014
 * Siddhartha Basu, Indian television producer-director and quiz show host
 * Sreyashi Jhumki Basu, (1977-2008) American science educator
 * Subhas Chandra Bose, (1897-1945), Indian nationalist leader