IIT-Kgp gets full-time director after 6 months
A winner of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Chakraborty is currently a J C Bose National fellow.
He was awarded the 2026 TWAS Award in Engineering and Computer Sciences by Unesco for his work in micro- and nanoscale flows, enabling innovations in diagnostic technologies and improving rural livelihood and healthcare access.
Chakraborty confirmed he had received the appointment letter for the IIT-Kgp director's post. "The institute needs a cultural transformation. A healthy environment with positive thinking and free flow of ideas should prevail and the environment of intimidation should be eliminated.
Young students lost their lives. Despite the institute's efforts, we have not been able to address the matter. If we can collectively work, things will change for the better," he said.
"My biggest happiness will be to work for IIT-Kgp's academic progress."
After V K Tewari's retirement in Dec 2024, the campus was being run by IIT-Varanasi director Amit Patra.
Chakraborty graduated from JU in mechanical engineering in 1996 and did his ME at IISc. He joined JU as a lecturer. He received his PhD from IISc in 2002. He joined IIT-Kgp in 2002 as an assistant professor.
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