Shanta Dutta

Dr. Shanta Dutta is an Indian medical researcher of gastrointestinal diseases and served ICMR National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections as the director during 2016 to 2024. She joined the then ICMR National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases in 1994 and had over 30 years of experiences in infectious Diseases especially enteric disease research. Her research interest included both basic and applied field encompassing prevention and control of acute diarrheal diseases, characterization of emerging pathogens, antimicrobial resistance, disease pathogenesis, developing vaccines, alternative therapeutics and point of care in-vitro diagnostics for enteric infections, application of AI & Analytics.

In recognition to her immense contribution to the medical science she has been elected as a Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (FWAST) in 2017; National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc) in 2019, Fellow of National Academy of Medical Science (FAMS) in 2023, and awarded by ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) in 2014, IAAM (Indian Association of Applied Microbiologists) in 2017, ISCA (Indian Science Congress Association) in 2018, IPHA (Indian Public Health Association) in 2016 etc. Provided by Wikipedia