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Meet Suman Chakraborty (Every time a poor family gets a medical test for 2 rupees, he made that possible.) > In 2025 he became Director of IIT Kharagpur, one of India's most prestigious institutions > But this is not a story about that title > This is a story about what he built before anyone was watching > An Indian mechanical engineer born in West Bengal > B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur University, 1996, secured 2nd rank > Appeared for GATE 1997, secured All India Rank 1 > Joined IISc Bangalore for his M.E., emerged as faculty topper, won the Gold Medal and Senate Commendation > Completed his PhD from IISc in 2002, won the Best Thesis Award Also won the Best International CFD Thesis Award in a worldwide competition > The same year joined IIT Kharagpur as Assistant Professor > Never left. > Became full Professor by 2008. > Built the first ever Microfluidics Lab in India of global standards > Invented Paper and Pencil Microfluidics, a technology that runs medical diagnostic tests on simple paper strips > No fancy lab. No expensive equipment. Just paper and physics. > Developed COVIRAP, India's own rapid molecular diagnostic test for COVID-19 > Invented a hand held device that detects oral cancer on the spot > Built a blood test kit that costs less than 2 rupees per test > All built for the people who cannot afford hospitals > Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 2013, India's highest science award Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer Science, 2022 > Over 525 published research papers. 25 patented technologies. 50 PhD students trained A man who could have chased research glory chose to build 2 rupee tests for villages instead. He turned the most complex physics in the world into tools the poorest people on earth can use "The purpose of science is not just to publish papers. It is to change lives." He did not just say that. He proved it. One paper strip at a time.

@marimo_li @Swapzz6 @Fateh_E_Bangla I look like this btw. This is what dipu das saw before getting bbqed by me

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#WATCH | Kolkata | TMC MP Mahua Moitra says, "Bengalis are a very proud race. We led the war for independence against the British. Who were the Gujaratis?... 68% of the names of the people who were killed and incarcerated in Kala Pani were Bengalis, followed by Punjabis. Can you name me one Gujarati who was there, apart from your big hero, Veer Savarkar, who only wanted to sit and write apology letters? Please let us know..."

@CodeInTheVoid @SonarBangla2026 never really went personal but alas your community so inbred that it's your official language