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<div>{{short description|Medical research institute in Kolkata, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox research institute<br />
| name = Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine<br />
| logo = CSTM logo.jpg<br />
| image = Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine - 108 Chittaranjan Avenue - Kolkata 2014-10-30 0184-0189.tif<br />
| caption = <small>''Heritage Institution for Tropical Diseases''</small><br />
| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|br=yes|1914|2|24}}<br />
| free_label = Founder<br />
| free = [[Leonard Rogers]]<br />
| type = [[Medical research]]<br />
| research_field = * [[Tropical diseases]]<br />
* [[Infectious diseases (medical specialty)|Infectious Diseases]]<br />
* [[Regenerative medicine]]<br />
* [[Translational research]]<br />
* HIV/HBV Co-infection<br />
* Hepatitis B anti-viral therapy<br />
| director = Subhasish Kamal Guha<br />
| city = [[Kolkata]]<br />
| state = [[West Bengal]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| coor = {{Coord|22.575243|N|88.359927|E|format=dms|region:IN-WB_type:edu|display=inline,title}}<br />
| campus = 108, Chittaranjan Ave, Calcutta Medical College, College Square, Kolkata, West Bengal 700073<br />
| affiliations = {{hlist| [[West Bengal University of Health Sciences|WBUHS]] | [[National Medical Commission|NMC]]}}<br />
| website = {{Official URL}}<br />
|}}<br />
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'''Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine''' ('''CSTM''') is a medical institute from [[Kolkata]], [[India]], dedicated in the field of [[tropical disease]].<ref>{{cite book|last=David Arnold|title=Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India|date=2000|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521563192|page=198|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7bAxnPwOMd8C&q=calcutta+school+of+tropical+medicine&pg=PA198}}</ref> It was established in 1914 by [[Leonard Rogers]] (1868–1962) of the Indian Medical Service, professor of pathology at the [[Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Uma Dasgupta|title=Science and Modern India: An Institutional History, C. 1784–1947|date=2011|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=9788131728185|page=591|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lrx3wLz4itkC&q=calcutta+school+of+tropical+medicine&pg=PA591}}</ref> It was, till 2003, affiliated with the [[University of Calcutta]]. Now it is under the [[West Bengal University of Health Sciences]].<br />
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Prominent researchers like [[Upendranath Brahmachari|U. N. Bramhachari]], [[Ernest Muir (leprologist)|Ernest Muir]], [[Ronald Ross]], [[Rabindra Nath Chaudhuri]],<ref name="Deceased Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.org.in/deceaseddetail.php?id=N500158 | title=Deceased Fellow | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | access-date=6 July 2016 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Ram Narayan Chakravarti]]<ref name="Deceased Fellow1">{{cite web | url=http://www.insaindia.org/deceaseddetail.php?id=N560139 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415052700/http://www.insaindia.org/deceaseddetail.php?id=N560139 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2016-04-15 | title=Deceased Fellow | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | access-date=2 April 2016 }}</ref> and [[Jyoti Bhusan Chatterjea|Jyoti Bhusan Chatterjee]] worked in this institute.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of CSTM|url=http://www.stmkolkata.org/history.html|work=stmkolkata.org|access-date=20 April 2014|archive-date=21 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421051014/http://www.stmkolkata.org/history.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Notable alumni==<br />
* [[Ram Baran Yadav]], first [[president of Nepal]]<br />
* [[Baba Amte]], Indian Social Worker and social activist who worked for the empowerment and rehabilitation of people suffering from leprosy<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.stmkolkata.org/ Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine-India] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421064134/http://www.stmkolkata.org// |date=21 April 2014 }}<br />
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[[Category:Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Healthcare in Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Academic institutions associated with the Bengal Renaissance]]<br />
[[Category:Universities and colleges established in 1914]]<br />
[[Category:Affiliates of West Bengal University of Health Sciences]]<br />
[[Category:Tropical medicine organizations]]<br />
[[Category:1914 establishments in British India]]<br />
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