About:

• Dr Chakrabarty founded the Institute of Reproductive Medicine (IRM) in the year 1986 for artificial insemination research.
• He had handed it over to the ICMR in 2019.
• He was a pioneer in the field of IVF or artificial insemination research and treatment in India.
• The Institute of Reproductive Medicine, founded by this veteran physician, has helped countless childless couples to have children.
• The state government had also given him a Lifetime Achievement Award in the year 2019.
• In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process in which an egg is combined with the sperm in vitro or in an artificial environment for fertilization.
• After that, one or more fertilized eggs can be transferred into the woman's uterus where they may implant in the uterine lining and develop.