Dr. Arup Ratan Dutta is a renowned physician in the field of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation. He has more than 32 years of experience and is currently the Director at Fortis Hospitals, Kolkata. Dr. Dutta has been instrumental in bringing and practicing new technology like Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis, CRRT and Plasmapheresis in the region. Quality of dialysis has been his focus and he is credited to be having many patients from a long term (10 to 12 years) dialysis. He was the recipient of Young Asia Investigator award at the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis Conference at Seoul, Korea in 1998. He also did a visiting fellowship in Toronto Hospitals, Canada. Dr Dutta received the Dronacharya Award 2019 by Indian Society of Interventional Nephrology.