Tapas Kumar Kundu
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Tapas Kumar Kundu (born 2 January 1962) is an Indian molecular biologist, academician and at present the Director[1] of Central Drug Research Institute, a prestigious research institute of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research at Lucknow. He is the head of the Transcription and Disease Laboratory of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.[2] He is known for his studies on the regulation of Gene expression and his contributions in cancer diagnostics and the development of new drug candidates for cancer and AIDS therapeutics.[3] He is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences,[4] Indian National Science Academy[5] and the National Academy of Sciences, India[6] and a J. C. Bose National Fellow of the Department of Science and Technology. 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 2005, for his contributions to biological sciences.[7] He is also a recipient of the National Bioscience Award for Career Development of the Department of Biotechnology.[8]
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Born | (1962-01-02) 2 January 1962 (age 62) Hili, West Bengal, India |
Nationality | Indian |
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Known for | Studies on regulation of Gene expression |
Awards | 1993 International Council of Scientific Union Award 1995 IISc Giri Memorial Award 2005 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2005 N-BIOS Prize 2008 NASI-Reliance Platinum Jubilee Award 2011 G. D. Birla Award for Scientific Research 2011 Ranbaxy Research Award 2012 MM India Innovation Award |
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Doctoral advisor | M. R. S. Rao |