Shanta Dutta
Indian woman, sitting, spectacles
Shanta Dutta
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
Education
Scientific career
FieldsTropical Enteric Diseases, Infections, Medical Microbiology & Immunology
InstitutionsNational Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases

Shanta Dutta is an Indian medical researcher on Gastrointestinal diseases and currently the director of ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (ICMR-NICED).[1] She has over 29 years of research experience on infectious Diseases and topics of her research interest include prevention and control of acute and chronic diarrheal diseases, Antimicrobial resistance, Disease pathogenesis, Developing point of care diagnostics, enteric vaccines and alternative therapy. She has been elected as a Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (FWAST) ; National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc),[2] and Fellow of National Academy of Medical Science (FAMS)

Education

Shanta Dutta completed her MBBS in 1986 from the University of Calcutta. In 1992 she completed her MD studies focusing on Medical Microbiology from Mangalore University, Karnataka. In 2006, she obtained a Ph.D. in medical science from Kyushu University, Japan.[1]

Career

Dutta joined Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR-NICED) on 3 August 1994 as Senior Research Officer. On 12 July 2016 she has been selected as the Director & Scientist G at the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata. She has published more than 250 original research articles, review articles in peer-reviewed high impact journals and several book chapters.[1] She has four Patents to her credit. She is an active member of various Research Advisory Committees (RACs), of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) against cholera and typhoid, of WHO-Global Task Force on Cholera Control (WHO-GTFCC), of WHO committee for developing TPP for typhoid and cholera Rapid diagnostic Tests (RDT).

Personal life

On 30 June 2020, Shanta Dutta was tested positive with Coronavirus disease.[3] She was also suffering from pneumonia at that time and was admitted to hospital.[4] She recovered and was discharged from the hospital in the first week of July.[5] She was tested positive for the second time during Jan 2022.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "NICED : Scientist : Dr. Shanta Dutta". www.niced.org.in. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Shanta Dutta profile". Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Niced director shanta dutta's COVID-19 tested positive". Sangbad Pratidin (in Bengali). 30 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "করোনার সঙ্গে নিউমোনিয়ার হানা,বেসরকারি হাসপাতালে ভর্তি NICED অধিকর্তা শান্তা দত্ত". Hindustan Times (in Bengali). 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "করোনামুক্ত বেলেঘাটা NICED-এর ডিরেক্টর শান্তা দত্ত". Hindustan Times (in Bengali). 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.


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