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Subhash Mukherjee | |
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Scientist_Subhas_Mukhopadhyay.jpg) Scientist Dr. Subhas Mukherjee | |
| Born | 16 January 1931 |
| Died | 19 June 1981 (aged 50) |
| Education | Calcutta National Medical College University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | In vitro fertilisation |
| Medical career | |
| Field | Gynaecology |
| Institutions | NRS Medical College, Kolkata |
| Research | Assisted reproductive technology IVF Reproductive Endocrinology |
Subhash Mukherjee (16 January 1931 – 19 June 1981) was an Indian scientist, physician who created the world's second and India's first child using in-vitro fertilisation. Kanupriya Agarwal (Durga), who was born in 1978, just 67 days after the first IVF baby in United Kingdom.[1] Afterwards, Dr. Subhash Mukherjee was harassed by the then West Bengal state government and Indian Government are not allowed to share his achievements with the international scientific community.[2] Dejected, he committed suicide on 19 June 1981.[3][4]
His life and death has been the subject of countless newspaper reviews and inspired the Hindi movie Ek Doctor Ki Maut (Death of a physician), directed by Tapan Sinha.[5][6]
- ^ Is an "Indian Crab Syndrome" Impeding Indian Science? sciencemag.org. Retrieved 20 August 2013
- ^ "The doctor behind the first Indian life outside the womb – Financial Express"
- ^ "IVF Pioneer Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine". TopNews.co.uk. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "Beautiful Mind: The story of Dr. Subhas Mukherjee creator of India's first test-tube baby |website=The Times of India"
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sifywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Dr. Subhas Mukhopadhyay: দড়ির সঙ্গে ঝুলছে মৃতদেহ! হটাৎ কোন রহস্যের আঁধারে নিজের প্রাণ দিয়েছিলেন সুভাষ মুখার্জি?". The Bengali Chronicle (in Bengali). 31 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.