Manindra Nath Ghosh (1924 – 28 October 2021) was an Indian pharmacologist who was the first director of
(JIPMER) in Puducherry, India.
Early life and education
After attending
R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital
R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital is a government owned medical college and hospital in Shyambazar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 1886 to ensure self-sufficiency (Swaraj) in medical education and services in the coloni ...
for his undergraduate studies, Ghosh moved on to do his Ph.D. in Pharmacology at the
University College London, graduating in 1956. His grandfather Prof. Rakhaldas Ghosh (1851-1902) was the Professor and Head of the Materia Medica (now Dept. of Pharmacology), Calcutta Medical College. His father Prof. Birendra Nath Ghosh (6. 2. 1882 - 3. 11. 1957) was also a very renowned pharmacologist of India.
Career
Ghosh was the author of ''Fundamentals of Experimental Pharmacology''. The book was originally written in 1971, and has been published in seven editions since. Ghosh's work was cited by
James Black (pharmacologist) in his acceptance of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
As a result of his work, Ghosh was a recipient of the
Dr. B. C. Roy Award
The Bidhan Chandra Roy Award was instituted in 1962 in memory of Dr. B. C. Roy by the Medical Council of India. It is presented by the President of India in New Delhi every year on July 1, National Doctors' Day. It is also the highest honour tha ...
in 1980.
Personal life and death
Ghosh died at his home in
Kolkata, on 28 October 2021, at the age of 97. He was survived by his three daughters.
References
1924 births
2021 deaths
Alumni of University College London
Indian academic administrators
Indian expatriates in the United Kingdom
Indian pharmacologists
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