Suman Chakraborty (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suman_Chakraborty) is currently serving as the Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He is also an Institute Chair Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and Sir J. C. Bose National Fellow as bestowed by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He has previously been the Head of the School of Medical Science and Technology and the Dean of Research and Development of the Institute.  His current areas of research include microfluidics, nanofluidics, micro-nano scale transport, with particular focus on biomedical applications including novel diagnostic technologies for affordable healthcare. Prof. Chakraborty is a recent winner of the National Award for Teachers presented by the Honourable President of India, and prestigious international accolades including the UNESCO-TWAS Award bestowed by the World   Academy of Science in the domain of Engineering & Computer Science, Freeman Scholar Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the coveted Infosys Prize (in category of Engineering & Computer Science). Based on his outstanding research contributions, he has also featured in the list of top 100 Researchers across all disciplines in Asia in 2024 by the Asian Scientist Magazine and the top-ranked researcher in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering in India as per research.com. He has been the recipient of the Santi Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize in the year 2013, which is among the highest Scientific Awards from the Government of India. He has been elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of the ASME – 3 of the leading International Academic Bodies. He is also a Fellow of all the Indian National Academies of Science and Engineering. He has been the recipient of the G. D Birla Award for Scientific Research, National Academy of Sciences India – Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award for Application Oriented Research, Rajib Goyal Prize for Young Scientists, Indo-US Research Fellowship, Scopus Young Scientist Award given by Elsevier for high citation of his research in scientific/technical Journals, and Young Scientist/ Young Engineer Awards from various National Academies of Science and Engineering, and recipient of Outstanding Teacher Award from the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He has also been an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, and a visiting Professor at various leading Universities abroad. He has a large volume of impactful publications in top International Journals (570+) with high citations (18000+) as well as patents/ licensed technologies and a unique expertise in technology development for the under-served population and community health-care, with particular focus on point of care diagnostics.