November 21, 2022 10:40 to 17:00
Head Quarters, Goa
N.K. Panikkar Hall / Seminar Hall (HQ)
About the speaker : Prof. Chandrima Shaha is an Indian biologist, currently President of
Indian National Science Academy (2020–22) and JC Bose distinguished Chair Professor of
National Academy of Sciences at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata. She is
Former Director and Former Professor of Eminence at the National Institute of
Immunology. She was the Vice President (International) of the Indian National Science
Academy (2016–2018). She is an elected fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, Indian
National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences and
the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology.
Prof. Shaha's research programme is geared towards the understanding of cell death
pathways and cellular defense processes in unicellular and multicellular organisms that
have important bearing on designing of therapies for various diseases. Kala-azar, a
neglected tropical disease remains a huge problem being endemic in certain parts of the
country and is caused by the Leishmania parasite. Understanding of how parasite death
occurs is important as successful killing of the parasite would reduce disease burden.
Dr. Shaha has received several prestigious awards such as Biopharma Awards, Lifetime
Achievement Award, 2021, D.P. Burma Memorial Lecture Award – 2019, Shanti Swarup
Bhatnagar Medal, INSA, 2019, Sectional President, Biological Sciences, National Academy
of Sciences, 2017, Elected Council Member, National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad,
2016, Elected, Vice-president of the Indian National Science Academy, 2016, Sunday
Standard Devi Award for Excellence in the field of science, 2015, Om Prakash Bhasin
Award, 2015, Elected Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy, 2014
etc