Jyoti Bhusan Chatterjea

Jyoti Bhusan Chatterjea (1919–1972) was an Indian hematologist, medical academic and the director of Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine,[1] He was known for his hematological and clinical studies of Hemoglobin E/β-thalassaemia[2] and was an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences,[3] and the Indian National Science Academy.[4] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 1966.[5][note 1]

Jyoti Bhusan Chatterjea
Born(1919-02-16)16 February 1919
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died29 February 1972(1972-02-29) (aged 53)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forStudies on Hemoglobin E/β-thalassaemia
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions

Biography
Calcutta Medical College in 1910

J. B. Chatterjea, born on 16 February 1919 in Kolkata, the capital city of the Indian state of West Bengal, graduated in medicine from Calcutta Medical College of the University of Calcutta in 1942 and secured the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the same institution in 1949.[6] Starting his career as an assistant research officer at Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine and served as a professor of hematology from 1956 till he was appointed as the director of the institution in 1966.[7] He was holding that position when he died on 29 February 1972, at the age of 53, survived by his wife and a daughter.

Legacy

Chatterjea's researches were focused on the hematological aspects of tropical diseases and his studies on the human red blood cells widened the understanding of the etiopathogenetic aspects of hereditary disorders.[8] His work covered the roles played by iron, folic acid, vitamin B12 and conjugate foliate compounds in human system and assisted him in the discovery of Hemoglobin E in Bengali people. His inquiries led to the clinical, hematological, biochemical, biophysical and the genetical studies of Hemoglobin E/β-thalassaemia prevalent in Bengal region.[4] He documented his researches by way of several medical papers published in peer-reviewed journals[9][note 2] and his work has been cited by a number of authors and researchers.[10][11]

Chatterjea chaired the Medical and Veterinary Section of the 51st Indian Science Congress held at Kolkata in 1964 and was the Asian representative on the executive committee of the International Society of Blood Transfusion the same year.[6] He served as the president of various medical organizations;[4] at Indian Society of Hematology for two terms in 1963 and 1964, at Indian Anthropological Society during 1967–68, at Indian Public Health Association and at Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists in 1968.[12] He also served as a counselor to international organizations such as International Society of Hematology, International Society of Blood Transfusion and the Reticuloendothelial Society.

Awards and honors

Chatterjea received the Coates Medal of the University of Calcutta in 1958 and the Barclay Medal of the Asiatic Society in 1963.[13] In between, the Indian National Science Academy elected him as a fellow in 1960.[14] The Indian Council of Medical Research honored him with the Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize in 1964, the same year as he was elected as a fellow by the National Academy of Medical Sciences[3] and he received the Minto Medal the next year.[6] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, one of the highest Indian science awards in 1966.[15] He was also a fellow of a number of international medical societies which included the American College of Physicians, Royal College of Pathologists, Swiss Society of Hematology, German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists, Indian Anthropological Society and Indian Public Health Association.[4] J. B. Chatterjea Memorial Committee published a festschrift on him in 1975, titled Trends in Haematology which featured several articles including those of Chatterjea.[16]

Selected bibliography
  • Chatterjea JB (1971). "Haemoglobin Lepore. An aberrant haemoglobin variant". J Indian Med Assoc. 56 (10): 319–20. PMID 5093793.
  • Swarup-Mitra S, Ghosh SK, Chatterjea JB (1971). "Stability of erythrocytic adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and its relation to the activity of pyruvate kinase (PK) in Hb. E-thalassaemia disease". Indian J Med Res. 59 (9): 1430–4. PMID 5161569.
  • Swarup-Mitra S, Datta MC, Ghosh SK, Chatterjea JB (1972). "Observations on erythrocytic glutathione (GSH) and related enzymes during in vitro storage of blood from haemolytic anaemia patients". Indian J Pathol Bacteriol. 15 (1): 27–33. PMID 4642970.
  • Banerjee DK, Datta MC, Sarkar P, Chatterjea JB (1973). "Daily requirement of riboflavin in normal Indian subjects". Indian J Med Res. 61 (2): 199–207. PMID 4758996.
  • Rakshit MM, Chatterjea JB, Mitra SS (1973). "Observations on the intraerythrocytic distribution of foetal haemoglobin in Hb. E-thalassaemia disease". Indian J Pathol Bacteriol. 16 (4): 41–5. PMID 4791521.

Notes
  1. Long link - please select award year to see details
  2. Please see Selected bibliography section

References
  1. "Great Personalities". Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine. 2017.
  2. "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2017.
  3. "NAMS Deceased Fellows" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2017.
  4. "Deceased fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016.
  5. "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  6. "Biography" (PDF). Blood. 2017.
  7. "Past Directors". Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine. 2017.
  8. "Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  9. "Author profile". PubMed. 2017.
  10. Bed-side medicine. B. Jain Publishers. 1969. pp. 6–. GGKEY:JWULKLASF4H.
  11. Franz Gross; S.R. Naegeli; H.D. Philips (6 December 2012). Iron Metabolism: An International Symposium. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 239–. ISBN 978-3-642-87152-8.
  12. "Past presidents". Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists. 2017.
  13. A, K, Basu (2017). "Obituary". Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. "INSA Year Book 2016" (PDF). Indian National Science Academy. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  15. "Medical Sciences". Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013.

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