:Nirmal Kumar Ganguly
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Nirmal Kumar Ganguly (born 1941){{cite web|title=Nirmal Kumar Ganguly|url=http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=n93-1118|publisher=Indian National Science Academy}} is an Indian microbiologist specialising in tropical diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and diarrhea.
Education
Ganguly is a graduate of R. G. Kar Medical College, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta. He did his MD in Microbiology from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research where he also served as Acting Director.{{Cite web |url=http://www.biospectrumindia.com/content/bsawards/10512073.asp |title=Life Time Achievement by BioSpectrumIndia |access-date=9 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023234449/http://www.biospectrumindia.com/content/bsawards/10512073.asp |archive-date=23 October 2006 |url-status=dead }}
Career
Ganguly has been Emeritus Professor of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research and was Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi (1998-2007). An elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences,{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows - NAMS | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=19 March 2016}} he is currently President of the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research.
Awards and honours
He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2009.
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Category:Scientists from Kolkata
Category:University of Calcutta alumni
Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in medicine
Category:Date of birth missing (living people)
Category:Fellows of the National Academy of Medical Sciences
Category:20th-century Indian biologists
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