Sandip Kumar Basu

Sandip Kumar Basu
Born1944 (age 8081)
Years activesince 1975
AwardsPadma Shri
Ranbaxy Medical Sciences Award
FICCI Life Sciences Award
Bhasin Foundation Biotechnology Award
ICMR B. R. Ambedkar Award
ISCA R. K. Dutt Memorial Award
Goyal Prize

Sandip Kumar Basu (born 1944) is an Indian molecular biologist and the holder of the J. C. Bose Chair of the National Academy of Sciences, India, who is credited with innovations in the treatment protocols of leishmaniasis, tuberculosis, viral infections, multidrug resistant cancer and arterosclerosis. He was honored by the Government of India, in 2001, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.