Prof. Nirmal Kumar Ganguly, ‘Padma Bhushan’

Elected Fellow (FISC) – 2019, Indian Science Congress Association, KolkataFormer Director General ICMR, IndiaFormer General President, Indian Science Congress AssociationFormer President, National Academy of Medical Sciences, New DelhiFormer President of the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)Former Director-in-Charge, National Institute of  Biologicals,  New DelhiFormer Acting Director, PGIMER, ChandigarhPlanning Committee Chandigarh Medical CollegeBhopal Gas Hospital, HIMSER DelhiFellow National Academy of Medical Sciences,Fellow National Academy of Sciences Delhi, Allahabad and Bangalore,Fellow Royal College of Pathologists, Fellow Imperial College LondonFellow Tropical School LondonFellow Third World Academy TriesteFellow Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, CanadaFellow Indian Science Congress
Current Affiliations:Honorary Senior Research Professor (Clinical Research), Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences, New Delhi,India&Professor (GRIPMER), The Ganga Ram Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New DelhiVisiting Professor of Eminence, Translational Health Science & Technology Institute, Faridabad, IndiaSenior Scientific Advisor, Global Health StrategiesPresident, Apollo Hospitals Educational and Research FoundationPresident of the Immunology Foundation of India

President of theGut Microbiota and Probiotic Science Foundation (India), and President, Indian Society of Translational ResearchEmeritus Professor, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, ChandigarhEmeritus Professor, National Academy of Medical Sciences, New DelhiDistinguished Professor, SRM University, Sonepat, Haryana Chairman of Scientific Body of Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Chairman, Expert committee of National Institute of Biologicals (NIB) to guide R & D activities,  Preparation of Reference Standards and Academic Activities of NIBChairman, Research Council of the Institute of Advanced Virology, ThiruvananthapuramMember, Advisory Committee, Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH)Member of the International Advisory Committee for (ITAP-2020)“Integrative, Translational and Applied Physiology: IUPS Initiative (ITAP-2020)”                   

Co-chairman, Task Force for High Level Scientific Committee (HLSC) for elimination of Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis (STH)-  2019. SAC Advisory Board Rosche Diagnostics, Chairman Scientific Committee Pfizer.Prof. Ganguly has been in Advisory Board of Fogarty NIH, National Vaccine Centre NIH, Chairman Acclerated Elimination of Filariasis (Ministry of Health), Chairman High level Advisory Committee to the Minister of Health on COVID – 19, Grand Challenges Canada, Bill and Mellinda Gates Foundation, Canada Innovative Fund, Public Health Innovative Fund, Advisory Board for Global Health CDC Atlanta, Public Health Advisory Board UCLA, USA, Chair ACHR Searo, Member of ACHR Geneva, Member CHOVI Board, SAG TDR Geneva, SAG NTD Geneva, Member IVR, Board of SAG ICDDRB, SAG IVI Korea, Chaired Research Council IMTECH Chandigarh, CCMB and CDFD, LVPEI Hyderabad, NCCS Pune, KEM Pune, CDRI (Lucknow), RMRI (Patna), Bose Insttitute, NICED Calcutta, Visitors Nominee Delhi University, Punjab University, Jamia Hamdard University, Board of Management Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Executive Committee Central University of Tamil Nadu, Scientific Committee Central University Punjab, Scientific Committee ACTREC (Tata Memorial Hospital).Prof. Ganguly was also Past President of Following societies: Indian Society of Medical Microbiology, Indian Society of Parasitology, Indian Society of Immunology, Indian Society of Applied Immunology and Allergy, Indian Chapter of Academy Cardiovascular Sciences. He was also the Chairman Asian Society of Diarrhoeal Diseases and nutrition, International Lancefield Society.Prof. Nirmal KumarGanguly,M.D. is the former Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). He was formerly President of the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), as well as that of the Asian Institute of Public Health, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, New Delhi; former Director, PGIMER (Chandigarh); and former Director,National Institute of Biologicals (Noida).He has been General President, Indian Science Congress Association, 2004-05 and Former President, National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.He has recently been appointed as Commissioners – Lancet Commission for intervention of Aedes-transmitted viral diseases since February’ 2019 and as a Member – Advisory Board, Post-Polio World – supported by Sanofi-Pasteur since 2019.

Prof. Ganguly is MBBS from R. G. Kar Medical College, Calcutta University, MD (Microbiology) from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, and has been conferred with six Doctorate of Science (D. Sc (honoris causa) degrees by Indian universities. Prof. Ganguly has published more than 775 research papers and has supervised 130 Ph.D. theses as Supervisor/Co-Supervisor.  In 2015 he has been selected for the award of Helmholtz International Fellow by Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Germany for significant contribution to the field of infectious diseases. In 2016 he has received Distinguished Scientific Award by Yakult Central University. He has been conferred with several prestigious awards, including 7 International and more than hundred national awards – (113 National Awards).  He has been honored with the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award by Her Excellency, the President of India on 26thJanuary, 2008 in the field of “Medicine”.