Born in Kolkata, he earned BA and MA degrees in economics at Stanford University and then went on to earn a doctorate in medicine and a PhD in economics from the same university

Earlier this week, US President-elect Donald Trump has named the Kolkata-born Jay Bhattacharya as the head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the medical research powerhouse. With origins in India, here's all you need to know about the Indian-American scientist