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Prof. (Dr.) Prantar Chakrabarti

Prof.(Dr.) Prantar Chakrabarti

Honorary Professor

Qualification:

  • D.M. in Clinical Hematology from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
  • M.D. in General Medicine from Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata, Calcutta University
  • D.N.B. in General Medicine, National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
  • M.B.B.S from Medical College, Kolkata under Calcutta University

Subject you teach:

Anatomy, Haematology, Histology

Interests:

  • Community control of Thalassemias, Hemoglobinopathies and Hemophilias
  • Point-of-care devices for noninvasive diagnostics
  • Electronic Medical Records and Clinical Decision Support Systems
  • Digital Health and Telemedicine
  • Artificial Intelligence

Awards:

  1. 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award
  2. 2022 Prof. K.L. Mukherjee Memorial Lecture, Central Calcutta Society for Advancement of Human Development & Research, Kolkata
  3. 2022 50th Prof. J B Chatterjea Memorial Oration, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata
  4. 2018 Prof. J B Chatterjea Memorial Oration, Calcutta Medical Club, Kolkata
  5. 2008 Royal College of Physicians International Bursary for a study visit to Department of Haematological Medicine & Bone Marrow Transplantation, King’s College Hospital, London
  6. 2008 Best Oral Presentation Award at the ESO Inside Track Conference on “Leukaemias: Molecular Insights to Treatment Paradigms” at Mumbai
  7. 2007: Marie Curie Action Fellowship for Oral Presentation At 11th ESH-EBMT Training Course: Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation at Alicante, Spain
  8. 2001 Medal for Proficiency in M.D. Thesis (General Medicine)
  9. 2001 First Certificate of Honour in Medicine for the session 1998-2001

Journals:

  1. Motiur Rahaman, Shatarupa Bhattacharya, Ramya Vaddi, Mandrita Mukherjee, Doyel Mani, Manisha Jain, Tuphan Kanti Dolai, Prantar Chakrabarti, Shashank Purwar, Bhavna Dhingra, Praphulla Chandra Shukla, Gayatri Mukherjee, Budhaditya Mukherjee, Nishant Chakravorty. Two missense mutations (p.H63D and p.C282Y) in HFE gene elevate the risk of iron-overload in HbE/β-thalassemia disease. Gene Reports, Volume 39, 2025, 102165, ISSN 2452-0144, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genrep.2025.102165.
  2. Das M, Mondal S, Ghosh R, Roy L, Kumar Das A, Sankar Bhattacharya S, Pal D, Bhattacharya D, Chakrabarti P, Kumar Mallick A, Kumar Kundu J, Kumar Pal S. A Pleiotropic Nanomedicine Mitigates Splenic Hyperplasia, Ineffective Erythropoiesis, G6PDH Anomaly through Redox Buffering in Preclinical Mice Model. ChemMedChem. 2025 Mar 3;20(5):e202400698. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.202400698. Epub 2024 Dec 9. PMID: 39544113.
  3. Goswami, B., Somaraj, A.B., Chakrabarti, P., Gudi, R., Punjabi, N. (2025). Classifier Enhanced Deep Learning Model for Erythroblast Differentiation with Limited Data. In: Antonacopoulos, A., Chaudhuri, S., Chellappa, R., Liu, CL., Bhattacharya, S., Pal, U. (eds) Pattern Recognition. ICPR 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 15303. Springer, Cham.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78122-3_2
  4. 4. Seth, T., John, M. J., Chakrabarti, P., Shanmukhaiah, C., Verma, S. P., Radhakrishnan, N., & Dolai, T. K. Cost-effectiveness analysis of emicizumab prophylaxis in patients with haemophilia A in India. Haemophilia. https://doi.org/10.1111/hae.14921 \
  5. Pal, A. S., Biswas, D., Mahapatra, J., Banerjee, D., Chakrabarti, P., & Garain, U.”Pathologist-Like Explanations Unveiled: An Explainable Deep Learning System for White Blood Cell Classification,” 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), Athens, Greece, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ISBI56570.2024.10635140.
  6. Nabanita Dasgupta, Abhishek Seth, Arnab Koley, Kajal Kumar Patra*,Pradip Kumar Banerjee, Prantar Chakrabarti. A prospective, observational study to evaluate fetal & maternal outcome in thrombocytopenia with pregnancy at a tertiary care centre. Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research. 14, Issue 02, 2023
  7. Dasgupta, Nabanita; Dubey, Pankhuri; Patra, Kajal Kumar; Dube, Madhulika; Chakrabarti, Prantar; Madhwani, Kiahore P. Chronic ITP in pregnancy: a prospective study in a tertiary care centre of West Bengal India. European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023, Vol 13, Issue 3, p1614
  8. Prantar Chakrabarti. Life beyond blood disorders. Lancet Haematology.VOLUME 10, ISSUE 5, E320-E321, MAY 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3026(23)00093-5
  9. Prantar Chakrabarti. What ails Medical Research in India? ERWEJ. 2022; 2(4):165-167. 10.54136/ERWEJ0204-10037
  10. Tulika Seth, Abhay Bhave, Prantar Chakrabarti, Claire Harrison, Disha Shetty, Neha Gurha, Manish Mistry, Vikram Mathews; In-Clinic Management, Disease Discussion and Impact on Patient Perception Regarding Myelofibrosis in India: Inland Survey Insights. Blood 2022; 140 (Supplement 1): 12189–12191. doi: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2022-159468

Other Accomplishments:

1) 01.07.2023 – present: Consultant Hematologist, Zoho Corporation, Tenkasi
2) 9.09.2020 – 30.06.2023: Senior Consultant, Research & Training, Center for Digital Healthcare Technologies, Maulana Abul Kalam University of Technology, West Bengal
3)1.05.2021 – 30.06.2023: Head, Clinical Content and Healthcare Data, Novel Medicare Solutions Private Limited, Kolkata
4)16.11.2021-15.05.2023: Adjunct Faculty, School of Biological Sciences, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational & Research Institute (RKMVERI), Deemed University, Belur, Howrah
5)1.01.2021 – 15.05.2023: Director, Department of Hematology and BMT, AMRI Hospital, Mukundapur, Kolkata
6)1.05.2011 – 15.05.2023: Consultant Hematologist, Fortis Hospital, Anandapur, Kolkata
7)1.07.2019 – 15.05.2023: Consultant Hematologist, Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences and RKMSP, Kolkata
8)16.8.2014-30.6.2019: Professor and Head, Department of Haematology, NRS Medical College, Kolkata
9) 2013-2014: Professor, Institute of Haematology & Transfusion Medicine, Medical College, Kolkata
10) 2009-2013: Associate Professor, Institute of Haematology & Transfusion Medicine, Medical College, Kolkata
11) 2003-2009: Assistant Professor, Institute of Haematology & Transfusion Medicine, Medical College, Kolkata
12) Chief of Digital Health and Augmented Intelligence Advisory, Lymphomap Biotech (India) Pvt. Ltd.
13) Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, National Institute of ImmunoHaematology (ICMR), Mumbai
14)Member, National Committee for the development of framework of the policy-guidelines for the prevention, treatment and management of Hemophilia, Government of India
15) Ex-Member, Institutional Ethics Committee, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur
16) Ex- Honorary Advisor, Center for Biomedical Engineering and Health Analytics, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Government of West Bengal
17) Ex-Nodal Officer, NRSMC Multidisciplinary Research Unit, Department of Health Research, Government of India
18) Ex-Nodal Officer, NRSMC National Knowledge Network, National Informatics Center, Government of India
19) Ex- Principal Investigator, DBT NIDAAN, Genetic Diagnosis Center of Excellence, Department of BioTechnology (DBT), Government of India
20) Ex-Subject Expert, Haematology and Oncology Subject Expert Committee, CDSCO, (FDA)
Government of India
21) Ex-Nodal Officer, State Thalassaemia Control Programme, Government of West Bengal