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Indian Society for Parasitology

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Indian Society for Parasitology
Formation1973 (1973)
TypeRegistered Society
Legal statusTax exempted
PurposeFor exchange of information on Parasitology
HeadquartersCentral Drug Research Institute Campus, Lucknow
Location
  • Lucknow
Coordinates26°51′37″N 80°55′51″E / 26.8602°N 80.9309°E / 26.8602; 80.9309
Region
Uttar Pradesh, India
FieldsParasitology
Membership
700
President
Prof. Sukhbir Kaur
Secretary
J. K. Saxena
Parent organization
Central Drug Research Institute
AffiliationsWorld Federation of Parasitologists
WebsiteOfficial website

Indian Society for Parasitology is a non profit making registered society formed under the aegis of the Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, working as a platform for the parasitologists in India for dissemination of knowledge and exchange of research information. The society is affiliated to the World Federation of Parasitologists.[1]

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Indian Society for Parasitology was established as a registered society under the Indian Societies Act in 1973.[2] The organization serves as a platform for the parasitologists, researchers, biologists and academicians involved in the field of Parasitology related to humans and animals for promoting their activities, exchanging information and disseminating knowledge on the subject.[3] The society has 700 life members and several Fellows honored under its Fellowship program.[3] It is located in the CDRI campus in Lucknow, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[2]

The society is run by an elected committee and is headed by a president and a secretary; Prof. Sukhbir Kaur [4] and J. K. Saxena being the incumbent office bearers.[5] They organize annual conferences where keynote addresses, award lectures, presentation of research papers, guest lectures and symposia are featured. Workshops and training sessions are also organized regularly for the benefit of young scientists working in Parasitology.[2][3][6] The society was the host of the second Global Meet on Parasitology, held at Hyderabad in 1997.[3]

ISP has instituted two oration awards, B. N. Singh Memorial Oration and B. P. Pandey Memorial Oration for honoring excellence in research and teaching respectively. It has also put in place annual awards such as Young Scientist Award and M. B. Mirza Award for excellence in research paper presentation and publication.[3]

The society, besides a quarterly newsletter,[3] publishes a bi-annual journal, Journal of Parasitic Diseases (JPD),[7] the services of which are offered to scientists for publishing their research papers.[8]

  • Indian Society for Parasitology. "Journal of parasitic diseases". J Parasit Dis. ISSN 0971-7196.

Fellows of the institute

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List of Fellows of the institute updated to 2010[9]

Year Name Institute Place
1981 B. P. Pandey Central Drug Research Institute Lucknow
1982 B. N. Singh Lucknow
1983 A. B. Chawdury Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine Kolkata
1984 B. B. Gaitonde University of Mumbai Mumbai
1985 V. S. Alwar Chennai
1986 M. Anantaraman Chennai
1987 J. P. Dubey American Academy of Microbiology USA
1988 A. B. Sen Central Drug Research Institute Lucknow
1989 H. D. Srivastava Bareilly
1990 R. C. Mahajan Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh
1991 S. M. Agarwal Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur
1992 Ather H. Siddiqi Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh
1993 G. P. Dutta Central Drug Research Institute Lucknow
1994 G. N. Johri Vikram University Ujjain
1995 Virander Singh Chauhan ICGEB New Delhi
1996 J. C. Katiyar Central Drug Research Institute Lucknow
1997 Vinod Prakash Sharma Malaria Research Centre (ICMR) New Delhi
1998 M. S. Jairajpuri Maulana Azad National Urdu University Hyderabad
1999 C. M. Gupta Central Drug Research Institute Lucknow
2000 N. K. Ganguly Indian Council of Medical Research New Delhi
2005 Veena Tandon North Eastern Hill University Shillong
2007 R. Madhavi Andhra University Visakhapatanam
2009 J. Mahanta Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar Assam
2010 S. L. Hoti Regional Medical Research Centre Karnataka

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "WFPnet". WFPnet. 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "PW". PW. 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "ISP info". ISP. 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  4. ^ https://www.parasitologyindia.org/
  5. ^ "Office bearers". ISP. 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  6. ^ Sinha, Arunav (16 October 2014). "Tribal-dominated districts account for 47% of malaria deaths in India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  7. ^ Indian Society for Parasitology. "Journal of parasitic diseases". J Parasit Dis. ISSN 0971-7196.
  8. ^ "Sciencescape". Sciencescape. 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  9. ^ "ISP Fellows". ISP. 2014. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
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