Year: 2026
Type: other
Abstract: Prof. A K Basu [Figure 1] is no more.He breathed his last on January 27, 2026, at his home in Kolkata 6 months before his 100 th birthday.He was one of the last hematologists of the school of tropical medicine (STM) Kolkata being a part of the legendary JB Chatterjea's group.e group that put the hematology research and service in the front font of India in 1960-1980.He was born on May 22, 1927, in Calcutta (now Kolkata) and graduated from e Medical College, Bengal (Now Kolkata Medical College) in 1951.As was usual in those days a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene (DTM and H) was considered good for practice in both in laboratory and clinical practice.So after completing MBBS he finished DTM and H from Kolkata and went to England for higher studies.He joined the London STM and hygiene under University of London for a PhD programme under Prof.A W Woodroff.After finishing his PhD in 1963 probably in the area of sickle cell hemoglobinopathy he came back to India and joined the Department of Haematology at e STM, Calcutta, in 1964, as a faculty under the leadership of legendary Prof. J B Chatterjea.He remained with the institute till his retirement in 1984.Subsequently, he practiced privately in his own house in South Kolkata.
Authors: Kanjaksha Ghosh, Malay Kumar Ghosh
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7128698570
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