Debendranath Bandyopadhyay

Debendranath Bandyopadhyay (born 1 October 1931) is an Indian retired politician belonging to the Trinamool Congress. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha the Upper house of Indian parliament from West Bengal in 2011. Bandyopadhyay was an IAS officer and came into public life when he joined the Singur and Nandigram protests. He retired in 2017.