Pran Gopal Datta | |
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প্রাণ গোপাল দত্ত | |
Member of Parliament | |
Assumed office 30 September 2021 [1] | |
Preceded by | Ali Ashraf |
Constituency | Comilla-7 |
Vice-Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University | |
In office 25 Mar 2009 –24 Mar 2015 | |
Preceded by | Md. Nazrul Islam |
Succeeded by | Kamrul Hasan Khan |
Personal details | |
Born | Chandina,Comilla District,East Pakistan (now in Bangladesh) | 1 October 1953
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Awards | Independence Day Award for medicine in 2012 |
Pran Gopal Datta (born 1 October 1953) [2] is a Bangladeshi physician,university administrator and politician. In September 2021,he won the candidacy of membership of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Comilla-7 constituency in a by-election unopposed. The membership of the constituency had become vacant after Ali Ashraf died in office in July 2021. [3]
Datta was awarded the Independence Day Award,the highest civilian award in Bangladesh,for his contributions to the medical field in 2012. [4] [5] He is an ear,nose and throat (ENT) specialist. He also served as the personal physician to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [3]
Datta was born on 1 October 1953 in Mahichail village,Chandina,Comilla District,the second of seven brothers and sisters. He matriculated from Chandina Pilot High School in 1968 and attended Comilla Victoria College. [6] He earned his MBBS degree at Chittagong Medical College in 1976,PhD degree from Odessa State Medical University in 1983,and an MSc in audiological medicine from University of Manchester in 1993. [7]
Datta regularly provides treatment to his patients at Green Life Hospital. [8] He is a Professor of Department of ENT at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. [9] He also works as an 'Ear,Nose &Throat Specialist &Head Neck surgeon' in the same organization. [10] In 2021,he was nominated by Awami League to contest by-elections for Jatiya Sangsad from Comilla-7 constituency after the death of Ali Ashraf. [11]
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