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Revision as of 18:32, 30 July 2016
C. M. Gupta (born, Sept 1, 1944) is a scientist from India.
Education and research
Gupta graduated in medicinal chemistry from the Central Drug Research Institute (Lucknow, India with the degrees MSc and PhD. He served as the director of the Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh for five years, and director of the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow for over ten years.
After his superannuation, he continued to work at CDRI first as distinguished biotechnologist and then as distinguished biotechnology research professor up to the age of 70 years,and thereafter, he joined the Institute of Bioinformatics & Applied Biotechnology in Bengaluru,Karnataka,where he is still working as Distinguished Professor( Hon.) & Infosys Chair . His areas of specialization are membrane biochemistry/biophysics and medicinal & pharmaceutical chemistry [citation needed].
He has extensively contributed in the areas of drug targeting in parasitic diseases and membrane phospholipids transbilayer dynamics, and is working on elucidation of actin cytoskeletal network in Leishmania. These studies have resulted in publication of about 136 original research papers, 10 review articles, 5 book chapters and 6 patents. He has received several honors and awards and has served as a member of a number of important national and international committees. He along with CDRI scientists have been accused of attempted fraud bid for a clinical isolates that was published in an International journal1.