Shanta Dutta

Dr. Shanta Dutta
Indian woman, sitting, spectacles
Shanta Dutta
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
Education
Scientific career
FieldsTropical Enteric Diseases, Infections, Medical Microbiology & Immunology
InstitutionsNational Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections

Dr. Shanta Dutta is an Indian medical researcher on Gastrointestinal diseases and currently the director of ICMR-National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections (ICMR-NIRBI).[1] She has over 35 years of research experience on infectious Diseases especially enteric diseases. Topics of her research interest include prevention and control of acute and chronic diarrheal diseases, Antimicrobial resistance, Disease pathogenesis, Developing point of care diagnostics, enteric vaccines and alternative therapeutics, AI & Analytics. She has been elected as a Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (FWAST); National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc),[2] and Fellow of National Academy of Medical Science (FAMS). In recognition to her immense contribution to the medical science she has been awarded by ICMR, IAAM (Indian Association of Applied Microbiologists), ISCA (Indian Science Congress Association), IPHA (Indian Public Health Association) etc.

  1. ^ "NICED : Scientist : Dr. Shanta Dutta". www.niced.org.in. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Shanta Dutta profile". Retrieved 30 June 2020.