Prof. Suman Chakraborty is Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur. He has built the first ever Microfluidics Lab in India of global standards and has innovated unique frugal bench-top experiments for effective teaching-learning purpose, which subsequently advanced into good quality products. He mentors a wide range of students which include Post-Docs, Ph.Ds (50+), masters, graduate and even school children. His focus is primarily on interdisciplinary areas and emerging technologies. He is also mentoring several student-driven start-ups to foster the impact of their translational research percolating to the grassroot level. He has also trained socially-challenged rural entrepreneurs, especially girls for creating sustainable enterprise models of rural healthcare. He has been bestowed with several National and International accolades, including the Fellowship of the American Physical Society, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellowship of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, Infosys Prize and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize from the Government of India. Undoubtedly, Prof. Chakraborty is a passionate teacher and a fantastic researcher, hence perceived amongst the best in the institution.