Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya

Sushanta Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, (6 June 1940 – 1 March 2019) was a British-Indian engineer, educator and government advisor. 
In 1980, he became Professor of Manufacturing Systems at the University of Warwick and founded the Warwick Manufacturing Group. In 2004 he was made a Life Peer and became a member of the House of Lords.
Bhattacharyya died on 1 March 2019 following a short illness, aged 78.