Actor · Director

Bratya Basu

ब्रेत्ता बसु

b. 25 September 1969, Kolkata · also credited as Bratyabrata Basu Roy Chowdhury

Bratyabrata Basu Roy Chowdhury (born 25 September 1969), also known as Bratya Basu, is an Indian actor, stage director, playwright, film director, professor, educationist and politician who served as the Education Minister of West Bengal between 2021 and 2026. He held the same office in the First Mamata Banerjee ministry. In May 2016, Basu was assigned the portfolios of Tourism, Science Technology and Bio-Technology, and Information Technology and Electronics.