Ramkrishna Bhattacharya taught English at the University of Calcutta, Kolkata and is now Emeritus Fellow, University Grants Commission, India. He was an academic author and exponent of an ancient school of Indian materialism called Carvaka/Lokayata. He authored 27 books and more than 175 research papers on Indian and European literature, textual criticism (Bangla and Sanskrit), the history of science in India, the history of modern India, and philosophy - particularly on the Carvaka/Lokayata system, materialism and rationalism.
