Prabir Ghosh


Prabir Ghosh is the founder and president of Bharatiya Bigyan O Yuktibadi Samiti, a science and rationalists' association based in Kolkata, India. He is the author of a number of books in Bengali disputing supernatural claims and is well known for his book series titled Aloukik Noy, Loukik.

Early life and family

Prabir Ghosh born on 1 March 1945 at the Faridpur. His parents were Mr. Prabhat Chandra Ghosh and Smt. Suhasini Ghosh. His father moved to Adra, Purulia when he was six months old. He spent his early childhood in Adra. Young Prabir came to railway town Kharagpur in 1955. He completed his secondary education from Kharagpur. Later his father settled in Dum dum, Kolkata, in 1960. Ghosh completed graduation in Kolkata. He used to imitate the street magicians in those days.

₹">Indian rupee">₹5,000,000 miracle challenge

Similar to James Randi's One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge, Ghosh has offered a prize of ₹5 million to anyone who can demonstrate supernatural power of any kind without resorting to any trick, although he admitted that he personally does not possess such an amount of money.

Major works

On 18 August 1996, the members of Bharatiya Bigyan O Yuktibadi Samiti expelled Ghosh on charges of faking a doctor's degree and sexually assaulting female patients, but Calcutta City Court cleared all the charges against him.