Sujan Chakraborty
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Sujan Chakraborty is an India
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n politician and a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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 political party. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha
14th Lok Sabha
The 14th Lok Sabha was convened after the Indian general election, 2004 held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of First Manmohan Singh Cabinet...

 representing Jadavpur constituency
Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
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 in West Bengal
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 state. He is a biomedical engineer
Biomedical engineering
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 by profession and presented research on a tumor marker
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 at the International Cancer Research Institute in Greece
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 in 1995.

Early life, education and personal life

Chakraborty was born on 16 March 1959 to Kanailal Chakraborty and Binapani Chakraborty at Kalikapur
Kalikapur
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 in South 24 Parganas district
South 24 Parganas district
South 24 Parganas district is an important district of West Bengal State with its district headquarters in Alipore. It has the urban fringe of Calcutta on one side and the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans....

 in West Bengal
West Bengal
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. He completed his graduation and post-graduation in the Pharmaceutical Engineering
Pharmaceutical engineering
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 from Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University
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. Later, he earned his PhD
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 from the same university. On 15 December 1987, he married Mili.

Political career

Chakraborty was the editor of Chhatra Sangram (Students' Struggle), the Bengali organ of the state unit of the Students Federation of India
Students Federation of India
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 from 1986-88. He was the secretary of the state unit of the organization from 1988–93 and general secretary of its central body from 1993-94. From 1996-2000 Chakraborty was a member of the state unit of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Centre of Indian Trade Unions
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. Later, he became a member of the General Council of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Centre of Indian Trade Unions
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.

Chakraborty was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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 from 1998-2001. In 2004, he was elected to 14th Lok Sabha
14th Lok Sabha
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. He was a member of the Committee on Human Resource Development, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests, Consultative Committee Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries and Ministry of Small Scale Industries, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests (5 August 2007 onwards) in the 14th Lok Sabha.

Social and administrative activities

Chakraborty is involved in various social and cultural activities like Paschimbanga Vignan Manch, and All India People's Science Network. He is associated with a number of clubs at district level. He has visited countries like Bangladesh
Bangladesh
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, Cuba
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, France
France
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, Greece, UK and US.

He was a member of the Court (Governing Body) of Jadavpur University from 1994-1998. He was the Chairman of the West Bengal Pharmaceutical and Photochemical Development Corporation Ltd, from 1996–2001, the Chairman of the Infusion India Ltd. from 1998–1999 and the Chairman of the West Bengal Rural Energy Development Corporation Ltd. from 1999-2004.

Awards and honors

Chakraborty was awarded the "Acharya Prafulla Chandra Roy Gold Medal"`for the year 1999-2000.

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