Sandip Kumar Basu

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Sandip Kumar Basu
Born1944
FICCI Life Sciences Award
Bhasin Foundation Biotechnology Award
ICMR
B. R. Ambedkar Award
ISCA R. K. Dutt Memorial Award
Goyal Prize

Sandip Kumar Basu (born 1944) is an Indian molecular biologist and the holder of the J. C. Bose Chair of the

Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.[2]

Biography

Sandip Kumar Basu was born in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Basu has been involved with research on the receptor based intracellular delivery of drugs.

statins, the cholesterol lowering drug.[1][9][10]

Basu is also credited with administrative achievements such as the establishment of a permanent campus at the Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh.[1] A former member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Government of India, he has served as the council member of Indian National Science Academy, the Indian Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Sciences, India and has also been the general secretary and vice president of NASI.[1]

Awards and honors

Sandip Kumar Basu is an elected Fellow of the

FICCI Life Sciences Award in 1996 and Bhasin Foundation Biotechnology Award, the next year. The year 1999 brought him two awards, the B. R. Ambedkar Award of the Indian Council of Medical Research and the R. K. Dutt Memorial Award of the International Science Congress Associations.[1] A recipient of the Goyal Prize in 2003, Basu was awarded the civilian honour of Padma Shri by the Government of India
in 2001.

See also

References

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