Shanta Dutta

Dr. Shanta Dutta is an Indian medical researcher of gastrointestinal diseases and served ICMR- National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections (former ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases) as the director during July 2016 to November 2024. She joined the then ICMR- NICED in 1994 and acquired over 30 years of research experiences in infectious Diseases especially enteric disease (especially cholera and typhoid fever) research. Her research interests included both basic and applied field encompassing prevention and control of acute diarrheal diseases, characterization of emerging pathogens, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), disease pathogenesis, developing alternative therapeutics and point of care in-vitro diagnostics for enteric infections, application of AI & Analytics. Additionally she has experience working on Viral infectious diseases, HIV/ AIDS, environmental surveillance for infectious disease research, Vaccine development and implementation research through trials, Public Health and clinical research.

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