Suchitra Mitra

Suchitra Mitra (19 September 1924 – 3 January 2011) was an Indian singer, composer, exponent of Rabindra Sangeet or the songs of Bengal's poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore, professor, and sheriff of Kolkata, India.As an academic, she remained a professor and the Head of Rabindra Sangeet Department at the Rabindra Bharati University for many years.Mitra was a playback singer, acted in a Bengali films as well, and was many years associated with IPTA. Mitra studied at the Scottish Church College, the University of Calcutta and at Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal, India.She was also the Sheriff of Kolkata (2001).After prolonged illness Mitra died of a cardiac ailment on 3 January 2011, in Kolkata.