C. M. Gupta

C. M. Gupta
Born (1944-09-01)September 1, 1944
Rajasthan, India
Residence Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Nationality Indian
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Institutions
Alma mater
Doctoral advisor Nitya Anand
Har Gobind Khorana
Doctoral students Vinod Bhakuni
Known for Studies on transbilayer phospholipid asymmetry in biological membranes
Notable awards 1974 INSA Young Scientists Medal
1985 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
1985 Ranbaxy Research Foundation Award
1995 FICCI Award
1999 Om Prakash Bhasin Award
2000 Goyal Prize
2001 INSA Golden Jubilee Commemoration Medal

Chhitar Mal Gupta (born 1944) is an Indian molecular biologist and academic, known for researches on transbilayer phospholipid asymmetry in biological membranes.[1] He is former director of the Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh.[2] A Distinguished Biotechnology Fellow of the Central Drug Research Institute, he is an elected fellow of the The World Academy of Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Sciences, India and the National Academy of Medical Sciences. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1985, for his contributions to biological sciences.[3]

Education and research

Gupta graduated in medicinal chemistry from the Central Drug Research Institute (Lucknow, India with the degrees MSc and PhD. He served as the director of the Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh for five years, and director of the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow for over ten years.

After his superannuation, he continued to work at CDRI first as distinguished biotechnologist and then as distinguished biotechnology research professor up to the age of 70 years,and thereafter, he joined the Institute of Bioinformatics & Applied Biotechnology in Bengaluru,Karnataka,where he is still working as Distinguished Professor( Hon.) & Infosys Chair . His areas of specialization are membrane biochemistry/biophysics and medicinal & pharmaceutical chemistry.[2]

He has extensively contributed in the areas of drug targeting in parasitic diseases and membrane phospholipids transbilayer dynamics, and is working on elucidation of actin cytoskeletal network in Leishmania. These studies have resulted in publication of about 136 original research papers, 10 review articles, 5 book chapters and 6 patents. He has received several honors and awards and has served as a member of a number of important national and international committees. He along with CDRI scientists have been accused of attempted fraud bid for a clinical isolates that was published in an International journal1.

Awards and honors

The Indian National Science Academy awarded Gupta the Young Scientists Medal in 1974.[4] He received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 1985,[5] the same year as he received the Ranbaxy Research Foundation Award.[2] He has also received the FICCI Award (1994-95), Om Prakash Bhasin Award (1999),[6] Goyal Prize (2000) and the Golden Jubilee Commemoration Medal (2001) of the Indian National Science Academy.

The Indian Academy of Sciences elected him as a fellow in 1987[7] and the Indian National Science Academy followed suit in 1989. Two years later, the National Academy of Sciences, India elected him as their fellow.[8] With his election in 2000, Gupta became one of the few people from outside medical profession to be elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences.[9] The same year, The World Academy of Sciences also elected him as a fellow.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Indian Fellow - C. M. Gupta". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ "INSA Young Scientists Meda". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 1999. p. 30. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Om Prakash Bhasin Award". Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation. 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Fellow profile - Indian Academy of Sciences". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  8. ↑ "NASI fellows". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  9. ↑ "NAMS fellows" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  10. ↑ "TWAS fellow". TWAS. 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

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