Sujoy K. Guha

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Sujoy Kumar Guha is an Indian biomedical engineer. He 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, United States. 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.