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Oct 14, 1952 71 years old
Indian cell biologist
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About Chandrima Shaha
- Chandrima Shaha (born 14 October 1952) is an Indian biologist, currently Professor of Eminence at the National Institute of Immunology.
- She is the former Director of the Institute.
- She is President – Elect of the Indian National Science Academy (2020–2022).
- 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. Shaha graduated from the University of Calcutta and completed her doctoral research in 1980 from the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology and holds a Ph.D from the University of Calcutta.
- For her post doctoral work, she was at the University of Kansas Medical Centre from 1980–1982 and then from 1983–1984 at the Population Council, New York City.
- She joined the National Institute of Immunology at New Delhi in 1984 as a scientist. Shaha has served as Council Member for the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (2016–2017), Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (2013–2015) and also as Council member of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi (2015–18).
- She was a member of the Editorial Board of ‘Scientific Reports’ of Nature Publishing Group, London:‘Spermatogenesis’, Landes Bioscience, Texas and Editorial Board member of ‘Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology’ of Elsevier, PA, Austin.
- During her career, she was a member of the Steering Committee for the Task Force on Regulation of Male Fertility of the World Health Organization, Geneva (1990–1992), Switzerland and International Consortium on Male Contraception, New York (1993–1997).
- She was the Chair of the DBT Task Force on Biotechnology Based Programme for Women (2012–2014), member of Task Force on Human Genetics and Genome Analysis, Task Force on Basic Research in Modern Biology (2015–2017), Department of Biotechnology.
- She was Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, Indian Council of Medical Research (2013–2016).
- She is currently the Governing Council member of IIT Gandhinagar and a member of 2018 leadership conclave.
- She is currently serving as the Member of the Governing Council- ICMR : Executive Council – University of Hyderabad : Governing Council – InStem, Bangalore : Scientific Advisory Group – ICMR : Scientific Advisory Committee – National Institute of Animal Biotechnology : Scientific Advisory Committee – Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology, Trivandrum.
- She served on the Scientific Advisory Committee, Life Science Research Board, DRDO (2012–2016).
