Suman Chakraborty| TWAS award 2026|

Описание: UNESCO TWAS award 2026
Professor Suman Chakraborty

Professor of IIT Kharagpur
Awarded in Engineering and Computer Sciences for developing low-cost medical diagnostic solutions


***Awards and Honour
Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer Science category in 2022
GD Birla Award in 2020
JC Bose Fellowship in 2018
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 2013


Professor Chakraborty is currently a J.C. Bose National Fellow.
Professor Chakraborty is an alumnus of Jadavpur University
Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru

Visiting professor at Stanford University US
He has also been an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow in Germany
Fellow of the American Physical Society American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Royal Society of Chemistry


His notable innovations include Oroscreen, a torch-like imaging device for the early detection of oral cancer, and Covirap, a rapid COVID-19 detection test kit. The latter has been granted a U.S. patent for its rapid nucleic acid testing technology using DNA RNA samples.


He has also developed PrepapQR, a home test for women to accurately test vaginal Ph with the help of a strip, and HemoQR, a simplified anaemia screening technology. Both these tests are currently available commercially.




***The TWAS Awards, formerly known as TWAS Prizes, are prestigious awards given in every two years by
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS),
a program unit of UNESCO, to recognize outstanding scientific contributions and the application of science and technology to sustainable development in developing countries.



***TWAS provides nine awards of USD 10,000 each
Agriculture, Nutrition & Food Systems Sciences
Biological Sciences
Chemical Sciences
Earth, Climate & Environmental Sciences Engineering & Computer Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
Medical & Health Sciences
Physics, Astronomy & Space Sciences
Social Sciences



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