Late Professor Santimoy Ray, a veteran freedom fighter of the  Indian Freedom Movement, was the founder President of the Centre for Research in Indo-Bangladesh Relations (CRIBR).  As an advisor of the Late Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, he had been playing an important role during the Liberation Struggle of Bangladesh in 1971. Late Professor Jayanta Kumar Ray, eminent historian and Centenary Professor of International Relations, Calcutta University, was the first Director of the CRIBR.  He had been associated with the CRIBR for a long time. Another Late Professor Amalendu De, Gurunanak Professor of Indian History, Jadavpur University, was also the Director of the CRIBR. Other eminent personalities had been associated with the Governing Body of CRIBR since its inception in 1991 : Dr Phulrenu Guha, Professor Dilip Kumar Sinha, Dr Bidhu Bhusan Dutta, Shri Pranabranjan Ray,  Saradindu Chattopadhyay, IPS,  Bimal Kumar Mitra, IFS, et.al.