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{{short description|Professor at IIT Kharagpur}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Partha Pratim Chakrabarti
| image = [[File:Partha_at_ICTACEM_International_Conference,_December_2014.JPG|220px|wide]]
| caption =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| residence = [[Kharagpur]], India
| nationality = [[File:Flag of India.svg|20px]] [[India]]n
| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]]
| website = {{url|http://cse.iitkgp.ac.in/~ppchak/|Official website}}<br>{{url|http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/department/CS/faculty/cs-director|Institute website}}
| field = [[Computer Science and Engineering]]
| awards = Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
| known_for = [[Artificial Intelligence]], [[CAD]] for [[VLSI]] & [[Embedded Systems]]
| office2 = [[Professor]] at [[IIT Kharagpur|Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]]
| profession = Professor<br>Author<br>Consultant|
| office3 = Director [[IIT Kharagpur]]
| term_start3 = 27 July 2013
| term_end3 = 01 July 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Grateful Thanks on Completion of Tenure as Director, IIT Kharagpur |url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=571956719877577&id=100011897616155&__tn__=C-R |website=www.facebook.com |accessdate=2 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
| predecessor3 = [[Damodar Acharya]]
| successor3 = [[Virendra Kumar Tewari]]
| office4 = [[Director (education)|Mentor Director]] at [[Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani|IIIT Kalyani]]
| term_start4 = 2017<ref>{{cite web |title=Message from Mentor Director |url=http://iiitkalyani.ac.in/images/administrationimg/Message-of-Mentor-Director.pdf |website=iiitkalyani.ac.in}}</ref>
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}}

'''Partha Pratim Chakrabarti (Chakraborty)''' is an Indian computer scientist. He is a distinguished professor and the former director of [[IIT Kharagpur]].<ref name = director/> Dr. Chakrabarti has made pioneering research contributions and has solved a number of open problems. His work has been incorporated in standard text books as well as industry level tools of major international companies. He has published more than 200 papers in international journals and conferences and supervised two dozen PhD students. He is also an honorary awardee of [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], the highest science award in [[India]], for the engineering category in 2000.<ref name=directoriitkgp>{{cite web|url=http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/institute/?page=director |title=Director - Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|accessdate=February 2, 2017 |archivedate=February 28, 2013|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228054742/http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/institute/?page=director}}</ref><ref name=ssbprize>{{cite web|url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=417|title=Partha Pratim Chakraborty - Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|publisher= CSIR Human Resource Development Group, Govt. of India|accessdate=July 12, 2015}}</ref>

==Education==
He did his schooling from St.Patrick's Higher Secondary School, Asansol. Following this, he completed his B.Tech in 1985 and PhD in 1988 from the Dept of Computer Science & Engineering, [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]]. He joined the same department as a faculty member in 1988 and is currently a Professor.<ref name="directoriitkgp"/><ref name=csdepartmentiitkgp>{{cite web|url=http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/fac-profiles/showprofile.php?empcode=ZZmVV&depts_name=CS|title=Department of Computer Science & Engineering|publisher=[[IIT Kharagpur]]|accessdate=February 2, 2017|archivedate=July 6, 2010|url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706223421/http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/fac-profiles/showprofile.php?empcode=ZZmVV&depts_name=CS}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==

*President of India Gold Medal (1985)
*INSA Young Scientist Award (1991)
*INAE Young Engineer Award (1994)
*Anil K Bose Award (1995)
*Swarnajayanti Fellowship (1998)
*Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (2000)
*INAE Viswesvarya Chair Professor (2007)
*Rotary Award for Science & Technology (2010)
*S Ramanujam Memorial Lecture of IE (2012)
*J C Bose Fellowship (2013)

==Academic career==

He was the professor-in-charge of the state of the art VLSI Design Laboratory which he helped set up and has been the Dean of Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy at IIT Kharagpur and Head of the Advanced Technology Development Centre. He was also the co-Director of the strategic General Motors-IIT Kharagpur Collaborative Research Laboratory on Electronics, Control and Software. He pioneered the development of the Incubation Programme at IIT Kharagpur. His areas of interest include Artificial Intelligence (AI), Formal Methods, CAD for VLSI & Embedded Systems, Fault Tolerance and Algorithm Design.

He has worked closely with Govt as well as industry on various problems and has successfully led and completed large projects and programmes at national and international levels. Important among them include DST, CSIR, IGSTC, Volkswagen Foundation, National Semiconductor Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Intel Corporation, Synopsys, General Motors, Xerox, etc. He is a well-known teacher and mentor who has not only graduated a large number of students and developed well appreciated teaching modules but has also motivated and championed many student innovation and entrepreneurial activities which have achieved unique successes.

Dr Chakrabarti received the President of India Gold Medal (1985), the INSA Young Scientist Award (1991), Anil K Bose Award (1995), INAE Young Engineer's Award (1997) and the Swarnajayanti Fellowship (1997–98),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dst.gov.in/scientific-programme/ser-hr-deve-awards.htm|accessdate=2013-08-04|title=Swarnajayanti Fellowship Awards (1997 - 2005)|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912180638/http://www.dst.gov.in/scientific-programme/ser-hr-deve-awards.htm|archivedate=2013-09-12}}</ref> [[Bhatnagar Award|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] (2000),<ref name="ssbprize"/> INAE Visweswarya Chair Professorship (2007-9), J. C. Bose National Fellowship (2013) and many other awards. He has been elected a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi and the Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore, Indian National Academy of Engineering and the West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology.

He was appointed director of [[IIT Kharagpur]] on 27 July 2013 following official clearance of allegations that he had been involved in the Coalnet scam (not to be confused with [[Indian coal allocation scam]] a.k.a. Coalgate scam).<ref name = director>{{cite web|author=Shreya Biswas, ET Bureau Jul 26, 2013, 10.24PM IST |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-07-26/news/40815161_1_coalnet-iit-kharagpur-cvc-clearance |title=PP Chakrabarty to be new director of IIT Kharagpur |publisher=Economic Times |date=2013-07-26 |accessdate=2013-07-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/prof-chakraborty-s-name-cleared-as-iit-kharagpur-director-113072601080_1.html |title=Prof Chakraborty's name cleared as IIT Kharagpur director |publisher=Business Standard |date=29 July 2013 |accessdate=2013-07-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-26/india/40814622_1_iit-kharagpur-iit-kharagpur-coalnet |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130727104537/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-26/india/40814622_1_iit-kharagpur-iit-kharagpur-coalnet |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-07-27 |title=CVC clears PP Chakraborty as IIT-Kharagpur director|date= |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2013-07-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=TNN Jul 21, 2013, 02.07AM IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-21/news/40708459_1_iit-kharagpur-iit-kharagpur-alumni-protest |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725005556/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-21/news/40708459_1_iit-kharagpur-iit-kharagpur-alumni-protest |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-07-25 |title=IIT-Kharagpur without a head, alumni protest in capital|date=2013-07-21 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2013-07-29}}</ref>

Chakraborti was one of the three IIT professors who had been named by the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] in the Coalnet scam in which work given to institute was outsourced. The CBI had recommended a minor penalty against Chakraborti and more serious penalties for his colleagues, A. K. Bhowmick and R. N. Banerjee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-04/india/37436123_1_iit-kharagpur-iit-professors-vigilance-clearance |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802122046/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-04/india/37436123_1_iit-kharagpur-iit-professors-vigilance-clearance |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-08-02 |title=Coalnet scam: CVC for action on 3 IIT professors|date=2013-03-04 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2013-07-29}}</ref> The IIT Kharagpur Board of Governors (BOG) gave Chakrabarti a clean chit on 23 March 2013.<ref>{{cite web|author=Our Special Correspondent |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130727/jsp/nation/story_17163211.jsp#.UfOqL9Iwerw |title=Vigilance clears IIT director |publisher=Telegraphindia.com |date=1999-03-01 |accessdate=2013-07-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/pressreleases/1814055/press-release-iit-kharagpur-alumni-support-prof-p-p-chakrabarti-s-candidature-for-director-iit-kharagpur |title=IIT Kharagpur Alumni Support Prof P.P.Chakrabarti's Candidature for Director, IIT Kharagpur |publisher=DNA India |date= 21 March 2013|accessdate=2013-07-29}}</ref>

==Career==
The Chairman of the Board of Governors have been informed about the decision of Human Development Ministry that Professor Chakraborti be given the appointment, sources said.
The members and a large number of alumni of IIT Kharagpur took a protest march on July 20 to demand appointment of Professor Chakraborti as the Director.
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiaamericatoday.com/article/pp-chakrabarti-director-iit-kharagpur-outlines-his-vision-video|title = PP Chakrabarti, Director IIT Kharagpur Outlines his Vision (Video)|date = 20 November 2013}}</ref>
Union Human Development Ministry has cleared the appointment of Professor Chakraborti as director of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/partha-pratim-chakraborty-appointed-as-iit-kharagpur-director-529613|title=Partha Pratim Chakraborty appointed as IIT Kharagpur director}}</ref>

==See also==
* [http://www.sac.iitkgp.ac.in/ Alumni Cell, IIT Kharagpur]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/fac-profiles/showprofile.php?empcode=ZZmVV Profile]

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