Ranajit Chakraborty
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Professor Ranajit Chakraborty is a human geneticist
and currently the Robert A. Kehoe Professor and Director of Center for Genome Information at College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati
. He was born in West Bengal
, India
.
He received his B.Stat.(H) in 1967 and M.Stat (Math. Genetics) in 1968 from the Indian Statistical Institute
, Calcutta. There, he also received his PhD
(Biostatistics
) in 1971.
Geneticist
A geneticist is a biologist who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms. A geneticist can be employed as a researcher or lecturer. Some geneticists perform experiments and analyze data to interpret the inheritance of skills. A geneticist is also a Consultant or...
and currently the Robert A. Kehoe Professor and Director of Center for Genome Information at College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
. He was born in West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
He received his B.Stat.(H) in 1967 and M.Stat (Math. Genetics) in 1968 from the Indian Statistical Institute
Indian Statistical Institute
Indian Statistical Institute is a public research institute and university in Kolkata's northern outskirt of Baranagar, India founded by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in 1931...
, Calcutta. There, he also received his PhD
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
(Biostatistics
Biostatistics
Biostatistics is the application of statistics to a wide range of topics in biology...
) in 1971.