Dilip Kumar Ganguly (born 4 January 1940) is an Indian neurophysiologist, neuropharmacologist, and a former head of the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and director of the

Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) is a biomedical research centre in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Established in 1935 as Indian Institute of Experimental Medicine (IIEM), it was inducted under the aegis of Council of Scientific & ...

. Born on 4 January 1940 in Kolkata, in the Indian state of

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, he is known for his researches on

Parkinsonism Parkinsonism is a clinical syndrome characterized by tremor, bradykinesia (slowed movements), rigidity, and postural instability. These are the four motor symptoms found in Parkinson's disease (PD), after which it is named, dementia with Lewy b ...

as well as for his efforts in promoting neuropharmacological studies in India, and his researches have been documented by way of several articles in per-reviewed journals. Besides, he has contributed chapters to books published by others and his work has been cited by any researchers. He is a founder fellow of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences and has served as its vice president. The

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ( IAST: ''vaigyanik tathā audyogik anusandhāna pariṣada''), abbreviated as CSIR, was established by the Government of India in September 1942 as an autonomous body that has emerged as the ...

, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, ...

, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 1985.

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