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Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
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WHO Collaborating Centre For Research and Training On Diarrhoeal Diseases

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Dr. Debjit Chakraborty

Dr. Debjit Chakraborty

 

 

General Information
Name Dr. Debjit Chakraborty
Designation Scientist E (Medical)
Date of joining ICMR 31st May 2019
Date of joining present post: 31st May 2019
Discipline: Epidemiology
Email : drdebjitepi@gmail.com  / djsmile_1979@yahoo.com / chakraborty.d@icmr.gov.in
   
Academic Qualification  
Graduation MBBS
Post Graduation: MPH (Epidemiology)
Diploma in Industrial Health (DIH)
MBA (Healthcare and Hospital Management)
PG Diploma in Clinical Research (PGDCR)
PG Diploma in Public Health Nutrition (PGDPHN)
PG Diploma in Medico legal System (PGDMLS)
   

Profile

Research Experience

Major research experiences include epidemiology of chronic diseases such as HIV, Cancer etc in synergy with implementation of ongoing national programmes in India. Within HIV Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission (PPTCT) interventions remained the focal research points where effectiveness of different regimen was assessed. Clinical epidemiology of HIV particularly nutritional and metabolic derangements are presently the major area of research work. Antimicrobial Resistance research is another domain where many activities are ongoing at present including epidemiological, public health and rational use of medicine perspective. In order to develop a holistic solution to AMR problem, stewardship implementation, AMR surveillance program framework assessment and environmental dimensions are also being explored. 

Research Interests

Key areas of interest remain Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance research including surveillance, implementation research, assessment of effectiveness of interventions etc. Other areas of interest include Environmental Health, Occupational Health and Vector Borne Diseases

Memberships

National

  • Epidemiology Foundation of India
  • Life member- Indian Public Health Association (IPHA)
  • Life member- Indian Medical Association (IMA)
  • Life Member - Indian Science Congress Association (ISC)

Awards

  • Awarded Junior Class Assistant (Community Medicine) in MBBS course
  • Awarded Silver Medal for standing First in MBA course

Projects

Intramural

  1. A facility based cross sectional study on status of nutrition, immunization and chemoprophylaxis in Children Living with HIV/ AIDS (CLHIV) aged 1- 14 years in a tertiary hospital, Kolkata, India (PI)
  2. Anti-Microbial Resistance Research & Evidence Synthesis for Stewardship implementation and Surveillance program development framework assessment (AMRES) (PI)

Extramural

  1. Evaluation of Prescription Patterns of Drugs for Diarrheal Diseases and Acute Respiratory Infection in Medicine and Pediatrics OPDs of Tertiary Care Hospitals in West Bengal, India (ICMR funded ) (Co-I)
  2. Impact of improved diagnostic tools, practices, training and communication on acute fever case management and antibiotic prescriptions for children and adolescents presenting at outpatient facilities in the Community Clinics of ICMR-NICED, India. ( Multicentric Study funded by ICMR & FIND) (Co-I)
  3. Evaluation of a Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) Introduction Program ? Navi Mumbai, India. (Funded by WHO- India) (Co-I)
  4. Strengthening laboratory surveillance for pneumococcal meningitis in India to understand the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) rollout (Funded by ICMR ) (Co-I)
  5. Estimation of Vibrio cholera O1 infection in India: a step towards identification of cholera hotspots. (Funded by ICMR) ( Co-I)

Publications

2025

  1. Ganguly S, Chakraborty D*, Debnath F, Biswas S, Bhatta M, Majumdar A, Deb AK. Effectiveness of dolutegravir based antiretroviral treatment in preventing vertical transmission of HIV in West Bengal, India: A retrospective cohort study. Int J STD AIDS. 2025 Aug 1:9564624251361183. Pubmed
  2. Sahai N, John Jacob J, Kumar Arunachalam D, Kumar Das B, Kapil A, Pandey S, Dutta S, Chakraborty D, Sen Gupta A, Gupta M, Bansal A, Shah B, Iyer V, Panchal C, Qureshi S, Saigal K, Saikia D, Gupta D, Nagaraj S, Jose S, Thomas M, Mohan S, Veeraraghavan B, Kang G, John J. Antimicrobial susceptibility trends of S. Typhi and S. Paratyphi in a post-COVID-19 pandemic India, from a multicenter surveillance network. Sci Rep. 2025 Apr 21;15(1):13777. Pubmed
  3. Bhatta M, Bhumika TV, Ghosh U, Aridoss S, Biswas S, Banerjee P, Ghosh P, Khan P, Royal A, Das N, Majumdar A , Chakraborty D, Debnath F, Deb AK, Ray P, Bagepally BS, Saikia L, Goswami P, NarsimhaPrasad T, Medhi GK, Bhattacharjya C, Dutta S, Adhikary R. Sexually transmitted infections among key populations in India: systematic review with spatiotemporal distribution. Archives of Clinical and Biomedical Research 9 (2025): 135-155.
  4. Banerjee S, Bandyopadhyay K, Chakraborty D, Bhatta M. Sampling Strategies for Assessing Male Clients of Female Sex Workers in Public Health Research: A Compilation of Global Evidence. AIDS Behav. 2025 Jan;29(1):211-227 Pubmed

2024

  1. Kanungo S, Nandy RK, Talukdar R, Murhekar M, Azman AS, Hegde ST, Chatterjee P, Chakraborty D, Das M, Kamaraj P, Kumar MS; Dengue Serosurvey Group; Dutta S. Analysis of Cholera Risk in India: Insights from 2017-18 Serosurvey Data Integrated with Epidemiologic data and Societal Determinants from 2015-2019. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024 Sep 3;18(9):e0012450.  Pubmed
  2. Borhade P, LeBoa C, Jayaprasad N, Date K, Haldar P, Harvey P, Shimpi R, An Q, Zhang C, Horng L, Fagerli K, Yewale VN, Daruwalla S, Dharmapalan D, Gavhane J, Joshi S, Rai R, Rathod V, Shetty K, Warrier DS, Yadav S, Chakraborty D, Bahl S, Katkar A, Kunwar A, Andrews JR, Bhatnagar P, Dutta S, Luby SP, Hoffman SA. Factors Influencing Vaccine Receipt During a 2018 Pediatric Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine Campaign in Navi Mumbai, India. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Sep 3;111(5):1060-1065. Pubmed
  3. Debnath F, De RG, Chakraborty D*, Majumdar A, Mukhopadhyay S, Sarkar MD, Singh T, Patra SK, Saha S, Rehman J, Roy D, Chakrabarti A, Basu S, Mukhopadhyay AK, Mondal A, Soren S, Datta K, Pain S, Mondal SB, Mondal P, Walia K, Maji D, Deb AK, Dutta S. Antimicrobial stewardship implementation in primary and secondary tier hospitals in India: interim findings from a need assessment study using mixed method design. Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 14;14(1):28068. Pubmed
  4. Date K, LeBoa C, Hoffman SA, Haldar P, Harvey P, An Q, Zhang C, Yewale VN, Daruwalla S, Dharmapalan D, Gavhane J, Joshi S, Rai R, Rathod V, Shetty K, Warrier DS, Yadav S, Shimpi R, Jayaprasad N, Horng L, Fagerli K, Borhade P, Chakraborty D, Katkar A, Kunwar A, Andrews JR, Bahl S, Bhatnagar P, Dutta S, Luby SP. Field Effectiveness of a Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine: The 2018 Navi Mumbai Pediatric TCV Campaign. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Aug 13;111(4):848-852. Pubmed
  5. Chakraborty D, Debnath F, Giri S, Saha S, Pyne S, Chakraverty R, Majumdar A, Deb AK, Bhatia R, Dutta S. Contribution of veterinary sector to antimicrobial resistance in One Health compendium: an insight from available Indian evidence. Front Vet Sci. 2024 Aug 27;11:1411160. Pubmed
  6. Chakraborty D, Debnath F, Majumdar A, Chakrabarti A, Sharma M, Walia K, Deb AK, Dutta S. Diagnostic validation study of rapid urinary tract infection diagnosis kit at peripheral health facilities of West Bengal, India. Sci Rep. 2024 Jan 2;14(1):297.  Pubmed

2023

  1. Giridharan P, Selvaraju S, Rao R, Rade K, Thiruvengadam K, Asthana S, Balachandar R, Dipak Bangar S, Bansal AK, Bhat J, Chakraborty D, Chopra V, Das D, Dutta S, Rekha Devi K, Kumar S, Laxmaiah A, Madhukar M, Mahapatra A, Mohanty SS, Rangaraju C, Turuk J, Zaman K, Krishnan R, Shanmugam S, Kumar N, Panduranga Joshi R, Narasimhaiah S, Chandrasekaran P, Gangakhedkar RR, Bhargava B. Recurrence of pulmonary tuberculosis in India: Findings from the 2019-2021 nationwide community-based TB prevalence survey. PLoS One. 2023 Dec 21;18(12):e0294254.   Pubmed
  2. Chakraborty D, Majumdar A, Debnath F, Naskar S, Dutta S. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health-care delivery system for other diseases and antimicrobial resistance threat in India. Indian J Public Health. 2023 Apr-Jun;67(2):328-330.  Pubmed
  3. da Silva KE, Date K, Hirani N, LeBoa C, Jayaprasad N, Borhade P, Warren J, Shimpi R, Hoffman SA, Mikoleit M, Bhatnagar P, Cao Y, Haldar P, Harvey P, Zhang C, Daruwalla S, Dharmapalan D, Gavhane J, Joshi S, Rai R, Rathod V, Shetty K, Warrier DS, Yadav S, Chakraborty D, Bahl S, Katkar A, Kunwar A, Yewale V, Dutta S, Luby SP, Andrews JR. Population structure and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi A amid a phased municipal vaccination campaign in Navi Mumbai, India. mBio. 2023 Aug 31;14(4):e0117923. Pubmed
  4. Hoffman SA, LeBoa C, Date K, Haldar P, Harvey P, Shimpi R, An Q, Zhang C, Jayaprasad N, Horng L, Fagerli K, Borhade P, Daruwalla S, Dharmapalan D, Gavhane J, Joshi S, Rai R, Rathod V, Shetty K, Warrier DS, Yadav S, Chakraborty D, Bahl S, Katkar A, Kunwar A, Yewale V, Andrews JR, Bhatnagar P, Dutta S, Luby SP. Programmatic Effectiveness of a Pediatric Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine Campaign in Navi Mumbai, India. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Jul 5;77(1):138-144.   Pubmed
  5. Chakraborty D, Debnath F, Kanungo S, Mukhopadhyay S, Chakraborty N, Basu R, Das P, Datta K, Ganguly S, Banerjee P, Kshirsagar N, Dutta S. Rationality of Prescriptions by Rational Use of Medicine Consensus Approach in Common Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Infections: An Outpatient Department Based Cross-Sectional Study from India. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2023 Jan 28;8(2):88.  Pubmed

2022

  1. Debnath F, Chakraborty D*, Giri S, Saha S, Pyne S, Chakraverty R, Majumdar A, Deb AK, Diwan V, Bhatia R, Dutta S. Existing Policies/Guidelines on the Environmental Dimension of Antimicrobial Resistance in India: An Insight into the Key Facets through Review and SWOT Analysis. Trop Med Infect Dis. 2022 Oct 29;7(11):336.  Pubmed
  2. Ganguly S, Chakraborty D, Banerjee S, Debnath F, Biswas S, Majumdar A, Dutta S. Vertical Transmission Rate of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Exposed Twin Pregnancies and Associated Factors in West Bengal, India: a Retrospective Cohort Study. Jpn J Infect Dis. 2023 Mar 24;76(2):145-150.
     Pubmed
  3. Saxena RM, Pawar Chandrashekara Rao D, Nisha S, Sharma M, Chakraborty D, Ojha M. Comparative evaluation of periodontal disease progression with and without highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV-positive patients. J Int Oral Health 2022;15:151-7
  4. Ganguly S, Chakraborty D*, Debnath F, Biswas S, Majumdar A, Saha MK, Dutta S. Epidemiological drivers of mother to child HIV transmission in West Bengal, India: A retrospective cohort study. Int J STD AIDS. 2022 Apr;33(5):472-478.  Pubmed
  5. Biswas S, Ghosh P, Debnath F, Chakraborty D*, Saha MK, Dutta S. Prevalence of syphilis infection and associated sociodemographic factors among antenatal-care attendees in Meghalaya, India: Revisiting HIV Sentinel Surveillance data. Int J STD AIDS. 2022 Feb;33(2):173-179.  Pubmed

2021

  1. Debnath, F., Mondal, N., Deb, A.K. Chakraborty D et al. Determinants of optimum exclusive breastfeeding duration in rural India: a mixed method approach using cohort and content analysis design. Int Breastfeed J 16, 13 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-021-00359-3  
  2. Murhekar MV Bhatnagar T Selvaraju S et al. SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in India, August-September, 2020: findings from the second nationwide household serosurvey.Lancet Glob Health. 2021; (published online Jan 27.) https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30544-1  
  3. Ganguly S, Chakraborty D, Debnath F, Goswami DN. Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency virus Infection Among Tea Garden Workers In West Bengal, India; A Cross Sectional Study. Ind J Appl Res. 2020;10(4):11-12  
  4. Ganguly S, Chakraborty D, Goswami DN, Biswas S, Debnath F, Saha MK. High Stillbirth among HIV-infected pregnancy in West Bengal, India; A retrospectivecohort study. https://doi.org/10.7883/yoken.JJID.2020.811  

2020

  1. Biswas S, Ghosh P, Chakraborty D, Chatterjee A, Dutta S, and Saha MK. COVID-19 Infection: Data Gaps for Diagnostic Laboratory Preparedness and Tasks on Hand. Viral Immunology.ahead of print http://doi.org/10.1089/vim.2020.0147 
  2. Chakraborty A, Guha S, Chakraborty D. Micronutrients in Preventing Cancer: A Critical Review of Research. Asian Pac J Cancer Biol, 5 (3), 119-125.
  3. Murhekar MV, Bhatnagar T, Selvaraju S?.. Chakraborty D?.Bhargava B. Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in India: Findings from the national serosurvey, May-June 2020. Indian J Med Res Epub ahead of print DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_3290_20.
  4. Chakraborty A, Chakraborty A, Smith K, Chakraborty D, Guha S. Physical Therapy for Neurodegenerative Diseases: An Educational Approach. Neurology and Neurobiology doi: 10.31487/j.NNB.2020.03.11..
  5. Chakraborty D, Debnath F, Biswas S, et al. Exploring Repurposing Potential of Existing Drugs in the Management of COVID-19 Epidemic: A Critical Review. J Clin Med Res. 2020;12(8):463-471. doi:10.14740/jocmr4241 ..
  6. Ganguly S, Chakraborty D. Utility of Sms Based Reporting For Supply Chain Management and Fast Tracking PMTCT Intervention- A Pilot Study in West Bengal. Ind J Appl Res. 2020;10(4):11-12..
  7. Debnath F, Chakraborty D, and Deb AK. Clinical Skill Building Among Providers Versus Community Skill Building for Optimizing Exclusive Breastfeeding Duration. Breastfeeding Medicine. ahead of printhttp://doi.org/10.1089/bfm.2020.0049
  8. Biswas S, Chakraborty D, Ghosh P, Kumar P, Adhikary R, Saha MK. HIV Risk profile and its socio-demographic correlates among long-distance truckers in West Bengal, India: Evidence from national HIV sentinel surveillance 2017. Indian J Public Health 2020;64:S8-14.
  9. Biswas S, Ghosh P, Chakraborty D, Kumar A, Aggarwal S, Saha MK. Variation in injecting drug use behavior across different North-eastern States in India. Indian J Public Health 2020;64:S71-5..
  10. Chakraborty D, Guha S, Chakraborty AK. Critical Review on Role of Some Nutritional Components in Prevention of Cancer in India: An Educators Role. J Cancer Res Therap Oncol 2020;8: 1-8..
  11. Pramanick S, Chakraborty D, Bera S, Dutta K, Chauduri RN, et al. A Case-Control Study on Risk Factors of Breast Cancer among Women Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kolkata, India. J Cell Biol Cell Metab 2020; 7:020.
  12. Ganguly S, Chakraborty D, Goswami DN. A retrospective study on adverse obstetric outcomes in HIV-infected pregnancy in West Bengal, India. HIV AIDS Rev 2020; 19, 1: 39-42 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/hivar.2020.93189 ..

2018

  1. Chakraborty D, Ganguly S. Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission of HIV- a brief chronology. ISBN-13: 978-620-2-31877-8, Published on 2018 Nov 9. Scholars? Press, Mauritaus. (Book Publication).
  2. Ganguly S, Chakraborty D, Goswami DN. HIV/AIDS Epidemic in West Bengal - An overview. J Family Med Primary Care. 2018 Oct; 7(5): 898- 902
  3. Goswami DN, Ganguly S, Chakraborty D. Trend Analysis of HIV and Syphilis Prevalence of Most at Risk Population and Its Future Projection in West Bengal. Int J Scientific Res. 2018 Nov; 7(2): 689- 691.
  4. Ganguly S, Goswami DN, Chakraborty D, Samanta S, Jana J. Prevalence of HIV infection among the prison inmates in West Bengal. Global Journal for Research Analysis. 2018 August; 7(8): 439- 440 
  5. Chakraborty D, Rangamani S, Kulothungan V, Chaturvedi M, Stephen S, Das P, Sudarshan KL, Janani Surya R, Sathish Kumar K, John A, Manoharan N, Koyande SS, Swaminathan R, Ramesh C, Shrivastava A, Ganesh B, Mathur P, Nandakumar A. Trends in incidence of Ewing sarcoma of bone in India - Evidence from the National Cancer Registry Programme (1982-2011). J Bone Oncol. 2018 May 17;12:49-53. Pubmed
  6. Ganguly S, Chakraborty D, Goswami DN "
    A retrospective cohort study on protective efficacy of multidrug antiretroviral treatment in reduction of HIV transmission through vertical route, West Bengal, India.HIV AIDS Rev 2018 May 21;17(2):128-133

2017

  1. Ganguly S, Goswami DN, Chakraborty D .Webbased intervention to increase uptake of prevention of parent to child transmission (PPTCT) service - An experience from the state of West Bengal, India. East J Med Sci. 2017 Jun 18;2(2):33-36 

2016

  1. Chakraborty D, Ganguly S, Pramanick S, et al. A Retrospective Cohort Study on Protective Efficacy of Intrapartum Nevirapine Prophylaxis to Prevent Parent to Child Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in West Bengal. Annals Int Med Dental Res, 2016 July; 2(5): CM01-CM05

2015

  1. Chakraborty D, Mondal T, Mojumdar M, Naskar NN. An intervention Study on Knowledge of Global Warming among School Students of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. IOSR J Dental Med Sci (IOSR-JDMS). 2015 Dec;14(12):1- 4.
  2. Mitra (Chaudhury) S, Basu M, Paul BK, Maji D, Dey KK, Chakraborty D. Prevalence of X-Ray Positive Silicosis Cases among Workers in a Stone Crushing Factory: A Clinic-Based Retrospective Cohort Study. Int J Prevent Public Health Sci 2015 Oct;1(3):21-24
  3. Mitra (Chaudhury) S, Basu M, Paul BK, Maji D, Dey KK, Chakraborty D. Prevalence of X-Ray Positive Silicosis Cases among Workers in a Stone Crushing Factory: A Clinic-Based Retrospective Cohort Study. Int J Prevent Public Health Sci 2015 Oct;1(3):21-24
  4. Chakraborty D, Banerjee S, Maji D, Dey TK, Mondal P, Basu M. A Descriptive study of Japanese Encephalitis in West Bengal, India, based on surveillance data : Changing pattern observed in recent years. Scholars J Appl Med Sci 2015 Feb; 3(1E):320-328
  5. Bandyopadhyay B , Chakraborty D , Ghosh S et al. Epidemiological Investigation of an Outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Malda District of West Bengal, India. Clin Microbial 2015 Jan 25; 4: 181

2010

  1. Guha P, Ghosal M, Pal Chowdhury S, Chakraborty D. The Effect of Psychiatric comorbidity on hypertensive Patients? Perception of Medication Side Effects. J Indian Med Assoc. 2010 Sept ;108(9):576 - 582.  Pubmed

2006

  1. Chakraborty AK, Sousa Jde F, Chakraborty D, Funasaka Y, Bhattacharya M, Chatterjee A, Pawelek J. GnT-V expression and metastatic phenotypes in macrophage-melanoma fusion hybrids is down-regulated by 5-Aza-dC: evidence for methylation sensitive, extragenic regulation of GnT-V transcription. Gene. 2006 Jun 7;374:166-73. . Pubmed