Gopal Kundu

Gopal Kundu
Born (1959-11-02) 2 November 1959 (age 64)
Bataspur, West Bengal
NationalityIndian
Known forTherapeutics; Biomarker (cell); Angiogenesis; Nanomedicine;
AwardsN-BIOS Prize, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
Scientific career
FieldsCancer
InstitutionsNational Centre for Cell Science

Gopal Chandra Kundu (born 1959) is an Indian cell and cancer biologist and a Senior Scientist (Scientist-G) at National Centre for Cell Science.[1] He is known for his contributions towards the understanding the mechanism of cancer progression in breast, melanoma and other cancers and development of novel therapeutic targets and target-based therapy in cancers.[2]

An elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences[3] and the National Academy of Sciences, India,[4] he received the National Bioscience Award for Career Development of the Department of Biotechnology in 2003.[5] 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 2004, for his contributions to biological sciences.[6]

  1. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 1999. p. 34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Fellow profile - G C Kundu". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  4. ^ "NASI fellows". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  5. ^ "N-BIOS Prize" (PDF). Department of Biotechnology. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  6. ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.