Suman Chakraborty

Suman Chakraborty is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India and Sir J. C. Bose National Fellow as bestowed by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, and a recent winner of the National Award for Teachers presented by the Hon. President of India. He has been Institute Chair Professor, the Head of the School of Medical Science and Technology and the Dean of Research and Development. His current areas of research include microfluidics, nanofluidics, micro-nano scale transport, with particular focus on biomedical applications including medical diagnostic technology for affordable healthcare.

He is the winner of the coveted Infosys Prize in the category of Engineering & Computer Science in 2022, and the recipient of the Santi Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize in the year 2013, which is the highest Scientific Award from the Government of India. He has been elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of ASME, Fellow of all the Indian National Academies of Science and Engineering, recipient of the G. D Birla Award for Scientific Research, National Academy of Sciences India – Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award for Application Oriented Research, Rajib Goyal Prize for Young Scientists, Indo-US Research Fellowship, Scopus Young Scientist Award for high citation of his research in scientific/technical Journals, and Young Scientist/ Young Engineer Awards from various National Academies of Science and Engineering, and recipient of Outstanding Teacher Award from the Indian National Academy of Engineering.

He has also been an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, and a visiting Professor at various leading Universities abroad. He has a large volume of impactful publications in top International Journals (525+) with high citations (15000+) as well as patents/ licensed technologies and a unique expertise in technology development for the under-served population and community health-care.