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
Headquarters Central Drug Research Institute Campus, Lucknow
Location
  • Lucknow
Coordinates 26°51′37″N80°55′51″E / 26.8602°N 80.9309°E / 26.8602; 80.9309
Region
Uttar Pradesh, India
FieldsParasitology
Membership1000
President
Dr. A.M Khan
Secretary
Dr. Satish Mishra
Parent organization
 Central Drug Research Institute
AffiliationsWorld Federation of Parasitologists
Website Official 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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Profile

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 1000 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; Dr. A.M Khan [4] and Dr. Satish Mishra 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]

Fellows of the institute

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

YearNameInstitutePlace
1981B. P. Pandey Central Drug Research Institute Lucknow
1982B. N. SinghLucknow
1983A. B. Chawdury Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine Kolkata
1984B. B. Gaitonde University of Mumbai Mumbai
1985V. S. AlwarChennai
1986M. AnantaramanChennai
1987J. P. Dubey American Academy of Microbiology USA
1988A. B. Sen Central Drug Research Institute Lucknow
1989H. D. SrivastavaBareilly
1990R. C. Mahajan Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh
1991S. M. Agarwal Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur
1992Ather H. Siddiqi Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh
1993G. P. Dutta Central Drug Research Institute Lucknow
1994G. N. Johri Vikram University Ujjain
1995 Virander Singh Chauhan ICGEB New Delhi
1996J. 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
2007R. Madhavi Andhra University Visakhapatanam
2009J. Mahanta Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar Assam
2010S. L. HotiRegional Medical Research CentreKarnataka

See also

References

  1. ↑ "WFPnet". WFPnet. 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "PW". PW. 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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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