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Sujoy Kumar Guha,
commonly known as Professor S K
Guha or Prof Sujoy K Guha
was born in
Patna,
India in
1939.
He did his graduation (B.Tech.)
in electrical engineering from
IIT Kharagpur. He received his
Ph.D in Medical
Physiology from
St. Louis,
USA. He then founded the
Centre for Biomedical Engineering
[1],
IIT Delhi and
AIIMS and also obtained his
MBBS degree from
Delhi University. One of the
founders of
Biomedical engineering in
India, Prof. Guha is
internationally renowned in the
areas of
Rehabilitation engineering,
Bioengineering in Reproductive
Medicine and Technology for Rural
Health Care. He has received
several
awards and has more than 100
research papers in cited
journals.
His major contributions have
been in the indigenously developed
non-hormonal polymer based
injectable male contraceptive (RISUG)
for which the Final Phase-III
Clinical trials are underway;
Problem-solving at a national
level regarding
contraceptives in mass usage,
especially
Copper T; individualized spot
air-conditioning system for
hospital patients and
rehabilitation of the blind, with
emphasis on opening automobile
repair as an employment avenue.
