To be a Clinician, Medical Researcher and Academician in India: The Balancing Act

Dr Biswaroop Chakraborty, RKMV 1996

The Author of the famous Harry Potter series JK Rowling once rightly said, “Destiny is a name often given to choices that had dramatic consequences.” The 34th Praktani Adda Session of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith Deoghar borrows a lot from the quote above.

The session was about the journey of a doctor who, in his current capacity, is toggling between responsibilities at India’s premier medical institute as a faculty member. The adda deals with the choices and chances of this person, which he refers to as destiny, to make him the person he is today.

Dr. Biswaroop Chakrabarty is an Additional Pediatric Neurology Professor at AIIMS, New Delhi. He has been serving as faculty of the MBBS, MD, DM, and Ph.D. curriculum at AIIMS, New Delhi, since 2014. Biswaroop completed his MBBS and MD in Pediatrics at MAMC, New Delhi and DM in Pediatric Neurology at AIIMS, New Delhi.

He has more than 100 research publications in indexed medical journals and around 30 chapters in leading textbooks. He has received numerous research grants as Principal and Co-investigator and is passionate about Pediatric Neurology health advocacy in our country.

During the adda, he took his educational and professional journey as a pivot. He deliberated over the duties and responsibilities expected of him as a researcher, doctor, academician and administrator.

Despite donning so many hats and juggling many roles, he smoothly glides through the research that keeps him going. The session gives in-depth knowledge about how he goes about it and what is expected from a person persevering to be in his position one day.

In a nutshell, the adda focused on the professional scope in India’s premier and one of the leading medical universities in the world, AIIMS, New Delhi, in the areas of clinics, academics, research, role in health advocacy, and the balancing act.