Two researchers from Tripura, Dr. Shatadru Chakraborty and Dr. Srijib Karmakar, have earned international recognition by securing the prestigious Emergent Ventures Grant. Their AI and graphene-based healthcare innovation aims to revolutionize early liver disease detection, making affordable and accessible diagnostics available to remote and underserved communities worldwide.
Two researchers from Tripura have brought international recognition to the state by securing the prestigious Emergent Ventures Grant for an innovative healthcare technology project aimed at revolutionising early detection of liver diseases.
Dr. Shatadru Chakraborty, Senior Programme Manager at IIT Bombay, and Dr. Srijib Karmakar, a Postdoctoral Researcher at IIT Kharagpur, have jointly received the globally acclaimed grant for their proposal to develop a portable diagnostic platform using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and graphene-based technology.
The proposed technology seeks to enable faster, affordable and accessible detection of liver-related ailments. The researchers believe that the platform, once developed, could help extend advanced healthcare facilities to people in remote and underserved communities.
The Emergent Ventures Grant, supported by the US-based Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Virginia, encourages innovative and high-impact ideas from researchers across the world. The grant will support the initial prototype development of the project, with the first phase of funding already released to the researchers.
Both Dr. Chakraborty and Dr. Karmakar are alumni of Holy Cross School, Agartala, and have pursued higher studies at leading institutions in India and abroad through academic achievements and competitive examinations.
Dr. Chakraborty has earlier brought laurels to the country by becoming the India Zone Champion of the European Eurekas Science Slam and receiving the Best Junior Engineering Scientist Award from the Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS). He completed his PhD after five years of research on 2D nanomaterials. He is the son of journalist and writer Pulak Chakraborty and retired college teacher and cultural personality Alokananda Chowdhury.
Dr. Karmakar, currently pursuing postdoctoral research at IIT Kharagpur, has also made significant contributions in the field of advanced materials. He has developed and patented a new class of quantum dots, a promising medical imaging probe technology. The quantum dots have potential applications in targeted drug delivery, enabling medicines loaded onto them to reach cells more effectively.
| Also Read: Jampui Hill ends mid-June weekend by planting over 1000 saplings |
A resident of Newnagar near Agartala airport, Dr. Karmakar is the son of late businessman Jiban Karmakar and homemaker Beena Karmakar.
