Swapan Kumar Datta

Swapan Kumar Datta is a (Professor) of rice biotechnology who focuses on genetic engineering of Indica rice. Datta has demonstrated the development of genetically engineered Indica rice from protoplast derived from haploid embryogenic cell suspension culture. Golden Indica Rice with enriched Provitamin A and Ferritin rice with high iron content were developed by his group with a vision to meet the challenges of malnutrition in developing countries. Datta has been named as one among the top 25 Indian scientists from all fields of science by India Today.

Currently, Datta is serving as the Founder Vice-Chancellor of the Biswa Bangla Biswabidyalay, Bolpur, West Bengal. Before taking the present responsibility, he was the Vice-Chancellor of the Visva-Bharati University (a Central University founded by the great Rabindranath Tagore), Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. Datta had served as Deputy Director General (DDG-Crop Science) in Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi. He was also 'Sir Rash Behari Ghosh Chair Professor' at the Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. Provided by Wikipedia