Upinder Singh Bhalla

Upinder Singh Bhalla
Born (1963-06-21) 21 June 1963 (age 61)
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forComputational and experimental studies on neuronal and Synaptic signalling
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Upinder Singh Bhalla (born 1963) is an Indian computational neuroscientist, academic and a professor at National Centre for Biological Sciences of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.[1] He is known for his studies on neuronal and synaptic signalling in memory and olfactory coding using computational and experimental methods[2] and is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences[3] and the Indian National Science Academy.[4] 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, in 2007, for his contributions to biological sciences.[5] The Infosys Science Foundation[6] awarded him the Infosys Prize 2017 in Life Sciences for his pioneering contributions to the understanding of the brain's computational machinery.[7]

  1. ^ "The Code Breaker: Upinder S. Bhalla". India Today. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Fellow profile – Bhalla". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Indian fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  5. ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Infosys Prize". infosys-science-foundation.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Infosys Prize – Laureates 2017 – Prof. Upinder S. Bhalla". infosys-science-foundation.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.