Description

A group of blind men encounter an elephant for the first time and try to
understand it by touch. Each man feels a different part: one the trunk, another the
leg, another the ear, and conclude that the elephant is like a snake, a tree,
and a fan, respectively. They argue, each believing their perception is correct.
A wise man intervenes, explaining that they each have grasped only a part of
the whole. The story teaches that individual perspectives
can be limited and incomplete.

Anjan Kr. Dasgupta joined Kalyani University in 1985 and retired as a
UGC professor from the Department of Biochemistry at Calcutta
University in 2017. He chaired the department for two years. He has
four decades of experience in research and teaching in multidisciplinary
domains spanning biophysics, biochemistry, and nanoscience. He has
over 170 papers in international journals, has guided over 20 PhD
scholars, and holds over a dozen international patents.

Prantar Chakrabarti, a graduate of Medical College Kolkata, is a
distinguished haematologist with an MD from IPGMER, a DNB in
Internal Medicine, and a DM in Clinical Haematology from AIIMS
New Delhi. Formerly the Professor and Head of Haematology at NRS
Medical College Kolkata, he played a crucial role in establishing the
Institute of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine at Medical College
Kolkata. Currently, he collaborates with Zoho Corporation to develop
affordable rural healthcare models.