Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine

Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine (CSTM) is a medical institute from Kolkata, India dedicated in the field of tropical disease.[1] It was established in 1914 by Leonard Rogers (1868-1962) of the Indian Medical Service, professor of pathology at the Calcutta Medical College.[2] It was, till 2003, affiliated with the University of Calcutta. Now it is under the West Bengal University of Health Sciences.

Seal of CSTM
Established1914
DirectorSomshubhra
Location
Kolkata
,
West Bengal
,
India
Websitewww.stmkolkata.org//
Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata. October 2014.

Prominent researchers like U. N. Bramhachari, Ronald Ross, Rabindra Nath Chaudhuri,[3] Ram Narayan Chakravarti[4] and Jyoti Bhusan Chatterjea worked in this institute.[5]

Notable alumni

References
  1. David Arnold (2000). Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India. Cambridge University Press. p. 198. ISBN 9780521563192.
  2. Uma Dasgupta (2011). Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, C. 1784-1947. Pearson Education India. p. 591. ISBN 9788131728185.
  3. "Deceased Fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  4. "Deceased Fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  5. "History of CSTM". stmkolkata.org. Retrieved 20 April 2014.

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