Gourgopal Ghosh was an Indian footballer playing for Mohan Bagan club of Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

. He also served as a member of managing committee of central co-operative bank of Visva-Bharati since its establishment in 1927. He also worked at Silpa-Sadan for some time. Thus he played an important role in the development of Visva-Bharati.

He graduated with a degree in mathematics from the prestigious Scottish Church College, in Kolkata. He then joined Santiniketan

Santiniketan

Santiniketan is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India, approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata . It was made famous by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, whose vision became what is now a university town that attracts thousands of visitors each year...

 as a teacher of Mathematics.

In 1927 he joined Sriniketan

Sriniketan

Sriniketan is a town in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Sriniketan is located at . It has an average elevation of .-History:...

 and served the institutes in various capacities. He was in the managing committee of the Central Cooperative Bank

Central Cooperative Bank

Central Cooperative Bank , founded on 28 March 1991 is a universal commercial bank, belonging to the financial structure of CCB Group. Together with the remaining companies, the Bank comprises the full array of products and services in the field of financial intermediation, with an emphasis on SME...

of Visva Bharati since its establishment in 1927. He also served Silpa Sadana for sometime.

A ground in Santiniketan asrama campus is named Gour-Prangana after him.