Soumyabrata Chakraborty
| Grant Category: | Fulbright-Nehru International Education Administrators Seminar |
| Project Title: | NA |
| Field of Study: | Higher Education Administration |
| Home Institution: | Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan |
| Host Institution: | University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame, IN |
| Grant Start Month: | October 2024 |
| Duration of Grant: | Two weeks |
Brief Bio:
Prof. Soumyabrata Chakraborty is serving as the registrar of Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, a leading private university recognized as an “Institution of Eminence” by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. As an academic administrator he has also served as the founding registrar of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad, and as the chief executive (Administration and Finance) of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Kolkata. Prof. Chakraborty is actively involved in international collaborations and is a signatory of the institute in Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) executed with foreign universities.
As a civil engineer, Prof. Chakraborty has industrial and combat engineering experience having worked at Tata Steel and later in the Indian Army. He made significant contributions to counter insurgency operations and led infrastructure projects, including bridge and road construction in India and Bhutan, housing societies and habitat development. His recent international academic engagements include being a speaker at the international seminar on “Space, Time, Civilization” in Egypt (October, 2023), participating in the Annual Legal Meet of the Aditya Birla Group in Bangkok (December, 2023), and participating in the government’s ‘Study in India’ mission in Bangladesh (February 2024).