Narinder Kumar Mehra

Narinder Kumar Mehra
Narinder Mehra at INSA, 2022.
Born	(1949-11-04) 4 November 1949 (age 74) Amritsar, East Punjab, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Government Medical College, Amritsar AIIMS, Delhi Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Known for	Studies on Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
Awards	1977 H. J. Mehta Gold Medal 1983 ICMR Shakuntala Amir Chand Prize 1992 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 1995 Sher-I-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Award 1996 Ranbaxy Science Foundation Award 1999 ICMR JALMA Trust Foundation Award 2000 Om Prakash Bhasin Award 2003 Chevalier of the National Order of Merit 2003 Chief of the Army Staff Award 2004 ICMR Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize 2004 Khwarizmi International Award 2011 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Centenary Award
Scientific career
Fields	Immunogenetics
Institutions	SRL ltd, Gurgaon
Doctoral advisor	Jon van Rood John A. Hansen

Narinder Kumar Mehra (born 4 November 1949) is an Indian immunologist, head of the department of transplant immunology and immunogenetics of the SRL Limited, Gurgaon. He is a former dean of research and holds the ICMR Dr. C.G. Pandit National Chair at AIIMS. An elected fellow of the International Medical Sciences Academy, The World Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy and National Academy of Sciences, India, Mehra is known for his research on histocompatibility and immunogenetics. 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 for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 1992. He received the Chevalier of the National Order of Merit from François Mitterrand in 2003.