Chetan Chitnis
Chetan Chitnis | |
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| Born | Chetan Eknath Chitnis 3 April 1961 (age 64) India |
| Occupation | Scientist (Malaria research) |
| Awards | Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award Infosys Prize IAS Fellow INSA Fellow BioSpectrum Person of the Year |
Chetan Eknath Chitnis is an Indian scientist in the field of malaria research. He is the head of the Malaria Parasite Biology and Vaccines Unit at the Institut Pasteur in Paris and an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2009) as well as Indian National Science Academy (2014). He received the Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award in 2004 and the Infosys Prize in Life Sciences 2010. Chitnis is the former principal investigator of the malaria research group at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in New Delhi.