Quick Info
| Profession | Actor, Director, Entrepreneur |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Date of Birth | 29/12/1984 |
| Age | 41 years |
| Birthplace | Kolkata, India |
Latest News about Pritish Chakraborty
31/01/2026
Pritish Chakraborty announced that a paper titled A Dense Subset Index for Collective Query Coverage (DISCo) was accepted to ICLR 2026. The update indicates continued research activity during his doctoral work at IIT Bombay.
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Bio/Wiki
| Real Name | Pritish Chakraborty |
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| Nickname | Chakraborty Pritish, Pritish, PC, Pritish S Chakraborty, Acharya Chakraborty Pritish, ACP |
Physical Stats & More
| Height | 170 cm |
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| Weight | 65 kg |
| Eye Color | Dark Brown |
| Hair Color | Light Brown |
Educational Qualification(s)
| College | Manav Rachna International University, Delhi NCR; Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay |
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| Education | Post Graduate |
| Degree | BTech in Computer Science and Engineering; MS + PhD (dual degree) in Computer Science |
Personal Life
| Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Capricorn |
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Family
| Father | Sankar Chakraborty |
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| Mother | Alo Chakraborty |
Career
| Debut |
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| Current Position | Student Researcher at IIT Bombay (MS + PhD dual degree in Computer Science) |
Favourites
| Food | Chicken, Papad, Indo-Pacific King Mackerel (Fish), 'Boondi-Raita', 'Rajma', Chicken Biryani |
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| Actor | Charlie Chaplin |
| Musician | Michael Jackson, Kishore Kumar |
| Film Director | Stanley Kubrick, Federico Fellini, François Truffaut, Billy Wilder, Woody Allen, Alfred Hitchcock, Francis Ford Coppola, Jean-Luc Godard, Akira Kurosawa, Steven Spielberg, Satyajit Ray, Guru Dutt |
| Colour | White |
| Sport | Cricket, Basketball |
| Book | The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda |
Social Media
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/pritishc/ |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. Pritish Chakraborty was born in a Bengali Brahmin family in Kolkata. | |
| 2. He was brought up partly in Kolkata and partly in Mumbai. | |
| 3. In 1996, during his school vacations, he visited Mumbai and later convinced his parents to move there in 2001. | |
| 4. He is currently the Group CEO and MD of Ascent Group Of Companies. | |
| 5. Pritish Chakraborty is multi-talented in business, sports, movies, and studies. | |
| 6. He has been practicing yoga since the age of 12. | |
| 7. At the age of 18, he started his first business venture. | |
| 8. Inspired by Michael Jackson, he entered the showbiz industry. | |
| 9. Pritish Chakraborty is trained in Western, Bollywood & Latin Dances, and Hindustani Classical Music. | |
| 10. His grandfather served as a head priest in Kali Temples in Kolkata. | |
| 11. Before venturing into feature films, he wrote and directed short films. | |
| 12. He is also a producer, writer, singer, composer, and songwriter. | |
| 13. He completed his MS + PhD (dual degree) in Computer Science from IIT Bombay with a GPA of 9.14/10. | |
| 14. He won the Qualcomm Fellowship in the 2025 cycle. | |
| 15. His research interests include machine learning, influence maximization, and foundation models. |