Saptarshi Purkayastha
Associate Chair
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSaptarshi Purkayastha is an academic leader and researcher with 17 years of experience at the intersection of health informatics, electronic health records, and AI in medicine. As Associate Chair and Associate Professor at Indiana University Indianapolis and a research scientist affiliated with Regenstrief, he blends curriculum leadership with applied research in mHealth and health information infrastructure. He has deep, hands-on backend engineering experience in OpenMRS—contributing REST APIs, core modules, and robust unit tests for widely used open-source EMR components. His work spans global health deployments and technical architecture, from advising on mobile-first EMRs to integrating systems like DHIS2 and iHRIS. Known for turning clinical data challenges into practical implementations, he combines rigorous PhD-level research with production-grade software contributions. Based in Indianapolis, he brings a rare mix of systems-level design, classroom mentorship, and open-source engineering to healthcare technology.
17 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Computer Science, Master of Science, Computer Science at S.S & L.S Patkar Varde CollegeNorwegian University of Science and Technology
English, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Norwegian, Gujarati
Github Skills (16)
javas10
api-rest10
rest-api10
junit10
sql10
openmrs10
api-design10
java10
webservice10
restful-api10
spring9
hibernate8
medical8
ehealth8
health8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
openmrs/openmrs-core
Sep 2008 - Oct 2015
OpenMRS API and web application code
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:214 commits, 5 PRs, 4 pushes in 7 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Saptarshi primarily contributed to the OpenMRS core API, focusing on bug fixes and code improvements related to the web application. Their commits addressed issues such as fixing form links, modifying Spring code, and removing double quotes in local headers. The user also made changes to the database model, specifically updating SQL scripts for database versioning and adding missing statements. Furthermore, the user worked on resolving UI-related issues, correcting incomplete-looking dropdowns.
apij2eehospitalemropenmrs
openmrs/openmrs-module-webservices.rest
May 2011 - Jul 2015
Provides RESTful web services for OpenMRS (REST API)
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:72 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Saptarshi contributed to the development of RESTful web services for OpenMRS, focusing on user management functionality. Their work included adding UserResource and UserController classes, which enabled the creation and searching of users. The code changes demonstrate an understanding of REST API design and the OpenMRS API. The user's commits directly addressed the implementation of core backend features related to user operations.
webserviceopenmrsrestfulopenmrs-apiweb-services
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