SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR AWARD

After 39 years, Kolkata scientist wins Bhatnagar award for med research

A scholar from Bengal has received the renowned Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award for services in the medical sciences after a 39-year hiatus. The Bhatnagar award was given to Dipyaman Ganguly, a major scientist at CSIR-IICB and a medical graduate of Medical College Hospital Kolkata, for his research on autoimmunity and metaflammation. His work on plasma therapy while he was at Covid was also mentioned in the citation.