Background
Kumar Bagchi was born on December 27, 1888 in Nadiad, the 8th largest city in the state of Gujarat and administrative centre of the Kheda district in India
Kumar Bagchi was born on December 27, 1888 in Nadiad, the 8th largest city in the state of Gujarat and administrative centre of the Kheda district in India
Kumar graduated from Calcutta University in 1909, obtaining B.Sc.(Hons). In 1915 he became M.B. and graduated from Calcutta University with a gold medal.He obtained D.T.M in Calcutta University in 1924 and in Liverpool University in 1930.
Kumar Bagchi started his career as a chemical analyst working from 1915 till 1935 for a government of Bihar and Orissa. In 1926 he also became a professor of Chemistry at Prince of Wales Medical College in Patna. From 1935 till 1946 he was a chemical examiner at government of Bengal, a chief biochemist in medical college hospitals, a professor ofchemistry in Calcutta medical college. Since 1946 he worked as a principal and professor of biochemistry at Calcutta National Medical College. Kumar Bagchi was a visiting consultant at the Institute of post-graduate medical education and research in Calcutta