Kanak Kanti Barua

Kanak Kanti Barua is a Bangladeshi neurosurgeon and academic. He served as the 10th vice chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).

Early life and education Barua was born in 1953. He completed his Secondary School Certificate from the Cumilla Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education in 1968 and Higher Secondary Certificate from Dhaka College under the Dhaka board in 1970. He passed his MBBS from Dhaka Medical College in 1977.

Career Barua joined the then IPGMR (now Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University) in 1979. He also served as president of the Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) from 2017 to 2019.

Publications Barua published more than 122 papers in different national and international reputed journals.

Affiliations with professional organisations Barua served as president of the Bangladesh Society of Neurosurgeons (BSNS) for five terms and was also the founder secretary general of the society. He also worked as vice-president of the Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons from 1997 to 2004 and was secretary of the congress in 2000–2002. He was awarded by the BMA North American Chapter at New Orleans on 26 July 2018 for outstanding performance and service in the field of Neurosurgery. Barua received Atish Dipankar Peace Gold Medal in 2018. He was also awarded U Gun Meju-Krinshna Chandra Choudhury Sharnapadak in 2019. Barua was conferred Shadhinata Padak (Independence Award), the highest civil award of Bangladesh in 2022.