Irina Chakraborty (, , born 1980 or 1981) is a Russian-Finnish-Indian scientist, an environmental engineer and a university instructor. She has lived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia since 2011. She was selected as one of BBC'S 100 Women in 2013 for her work with sanitation for floating villages.
Early life Chakraborty was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia), to Finnish-Indian parents. She is a Finnish citizen. She studied microbiology in Finland.
She was awarded a Fulbright Graduate Grant in 2004.
In 2020 she created an online sustainability group in Cambodia.
In 2024 she was part of a team which won the annual J. James R. Croes Medal.
References
External links Google Scholar website, Irina Chakraborty