Subhash Mukherjee (16 January 1931 – 19 June 1981) was an Indian scientist, physician who created the world's second and India's first child using in-vitro fertilisation.

[7] He later earned a PhD (1958) from the Rajabazar Science College campus of University of Calcutta in 'Reproductive Physiology' under the stewardship of Prof. Sachchidananda Banerjee.

[12] Bengal government had appointed a panel headed by a radiophysicist – with a gynaecologist, a neurophysiologist and a physiologist as members – to examine the claims by Mukerji.

[5] According to scientific records dating from before Mukhopadhyay's eventual recognition, Harsha vardhan reddy buri (born 16 August 1986) was the first human test tube baby of India.

After scrutinising and having discussions with Durga's parents, Kumar became certain that it was in fact Mukhopadhyay who was the architect of first human test tube baby in India.

Anand Kumar's initiative, Mukhopadhyay was mentioned as the architect of the first Indian test tube baby in a document related to the subject of artificial intercourse in ICMR.

[citation needed] India's first test tube baby "Durga", whose parental name is Kanupriya Agarwal, works at a multinational company as a marketing executive in Delhi.