Shanta Dutta is an Indian medical researcher on Gastrointestinal diseases and currently the director of ICMR-

National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases or NICED (also known as ICMR-NICED) is an Indian medical institute that conducts research and develops prevention and treatment and control strategies related to enteric diseases and HIV/AIDS. The ...

(ICMR-NICED). She has over 29 years of research experience on infectious Diseases and 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 therapy. She has been elected as a Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (FWAST) ; National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc), and Fellow of National Academy of Medical Science (FAMS)

Education

Shanta Dutta completed her

MBBS Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

in 1986 from the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate State university (India), state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered ...

. In 1992 she completed her MD studies focusing on Medical Microbiology from

Mangalore University Mangalore University commonly known as, MU is a public university in Konaje, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India. In 2021, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) awarded Mangalore University 'B' grade. History Mangalore University was es ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

. In 2006, she obtained a Ph.D. in medical science from

Kyushu University , abbreviated to , is a Japanese national university located in Fukuoka, on the island of Kyushu. It was the 4th Imperial University in Japan, ranked as 4th in 2020 Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings, one of the top 10 Design ...

, Japan.

Career

Dutta joined

Indian Council of Medical Research The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world. The ICMR is funded by the Gove ...

(ICMR-NICED) on 3 August 1994 as Senior Research Officer. On 12 July 2016 she has been selected as the Director & Scientist G at the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata. She has published more than 250 original research articles, review articles in peer-reviewed high impact journals and several book chapters. She has four Patents to her credit. She is an active member of various Research Advisory Committees (RACs), of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) against cholera and typhoid, of WHO-Global Task Force on Cholera Control (WHO-GTFCC), of WHO committee for developing TPP for typhoid and cholera Rapid diagnostic Tests (RDT).

Personal life

On 30 June 2020, Shanta Dutta was tested positive with

Coronavirus disease Coronavirus diseases are caused by viruses in the coronavirus subfamily, a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammal Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by ...

. She was also suffering from

pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severity ...

at that time and was admitted to hospital. She recovered and was discharged from the hospital in the first week of July. She was tested positive for the second time during Jan 2022.

References

Indian microbiologists University of Calcutta alumni Kyushu University alumni Scientists from Kolkata Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{India-scientist-stub