Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine (CSTM) is a medical institute from

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

dedicated in the field of

tropical disease Tropical diseases are diseases that are prevalent in or unique to tropical and subtropical regions. The diseases are less prevalent in temperate climates, due in part to the occurrence of a cold season, which controls the insect population by for ...

. It was established in 1914 by

Leonard Rogers Sir Leonard Rogers (18 January 1868 – 16 September 1962) was a founder member of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, and its President from 1933 to 1935. Biography Rogers had a wide range of interests in tropical medicine, fr ...

(1868–1962) of the Indian Medical Service, professor of pathology at the

Calcutta Medical College Calcutta Medical College, officially Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, is a public medical school and hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the oldest existing hospital in Asia. The institute was established on 28 January 1835 ...

. It was, till 2003, affiliated with the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public collegiate state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered one of best state research university all over India every year, ...

. Now it is under the

West Bengal University of Health Sciences West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS) is a Public medical university in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 2003 by an Act of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for better management of the health and medical educ ...

. Prominent researchers like U. N. Bramhachari, Ernest Muir,

Ronald Ross Sir Ronald Ross (13 May 1857 – 16 September 1932) was a British medical doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on the transmission of malaria, becoming the first British Nobel laureate, and the ...

Rabindra Nath Chaudhuri Rabindra Nath Chaudhuri (1901–1981) was an Indian physician, medical academic and the director of the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine. Early life and education Born in West Bengal in 1901, he graduated in medicine from the University of C ...

, Ram Narayan Chakravarti and Jyoti Bhusan Chatterjee worked in this institute.

Notable alumni

Ram Baran Yadav Ram Baran Yadav ( mai, डा. राम वरण यादव) is a Nepali politician and physician who served as the first president of Nepal from 23 July 2008 to 29 October 2015, following the declaration of a republic in 2008. Previously h ...

, first

president of Nepal The president of Nepal ( ne, नेपालको राष्ट्रपति, translit=Nēpālakō Rāṣṭrapati) is the head of state of Nepal and the commander-in-chief of the Nepalese Armed Forces. The president is indirectly elected ...

Baba Amte Murlidhar Devidas Amte, popularly known as Baba Amte, (26 December 1914 – 9 February 2008) was an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for his work for the rehabilitation and empowerment of people suffering from leprosy ...

, Indian Social Worker and social activist who worked for the empowerment and rehabilitation of people suffering from leprosy

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Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine-India
Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata Healthcare in Kolkata Academic institutions associated with the Bengal Renaissance Educational institutions established in 1914 Affiliates of West Bengal University of Health Sciences Tropical medicine organizations 1914 establishments in British India {{med-org-stub