Education and Research

Gupta, graduated in medicinal chemistry from the Central Drug Research Institute

Central Drug Research Institute

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 (Lucknow

Lucknow

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, India

India

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 with the degrees MSc

Master of Science

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 and PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

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. After serving as the director of Institute of Microbial Technology

Imtech

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, Chandigarh

Chandigarh

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, India for five years and director, Central Drug Research Institute

Central Drug Research Institute

The Central Drug Research Institute is one of the first laboratories to be established in India right after its independence. CDRI is among the thirty nine laboratories that are functioning under the aegis of the council of scientific and Industrial Research CSIR of India...

, Lucknow

Lucknow

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 for over ten years, he is currently working as distinguished biotechnologist at the Central Drug Research Institute. His areas of specialization are membrane biochemistry/biophysics and medicinal chemistry .

He has extensively contributed in the areas of drug targeting in parasitic diseases and membrane phospholipids transbilayer dynamics, and is currently working on elucidation of actin cytoskeletal network in Leishmania

Leishmania

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. These studies have resulted in publication of about 131 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 is presently the DBT distinguished fellow at CDRI.

External links

• http://biospectrumindia.ciol.com/content/careers/104010801.asp
• http://www.cdriindia.org/museumpic6.htm