Irina Chakraborty

Irina Chakraborty (Ирина Чакраборти, ইরিনা চক্রবর্তী, 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.