Friday, March 29, 2024
News

Dr Gagandeep Kang: Journey of 'India's Vaccine Godmother'

   SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend    Print this Page   COMMENT

New Delhi | May 22, 2023 12:10:07 AM IST
The 'Vaccine Godmother of India,' Dr Gagangdeep Kang, a famous microbiologist and virologist, has been instrumental in India's fight against Covid-19. Her commitment to learning and research made a big difference in the development of the public health industry, reported Khalsa Vox.

As the first Indian woman to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, the first to edit Manson's Textbook of Tropical Medicine, and a member of the US National Academy of Medicine since 2022, Dr Kang accomplished a lot of firsts in her professional life, as per Khalsa Vox.

Along with Dr Chandrakant Lahariya and Dr Randeep Guleria, Dr Kang penned "Till We Win: India's Fight Against The Covid-19 Pandemic." She concentrated on the chapters that traced the history of pandemics and the advancement of medications and vaccinations.

Dr Kang is a leading researcher with a major research focus on viral infections in children, and the testing of rotaviral vaccines.

She also focuses on sanitation and water safety, other enteric infections, and the effects of early childhood infection on children. She received the esteemed Infosys Prize in Life Sciences in 2016 for her contributions to the knowledge of the rotavirus and other infectious illnesses' natural histories.

She was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2019, making history as the first Indian woman to do so. She was on the Infosys Prize 2020 Life Sciences jury.

Despite her achievements in science, Dr Kang is still very much a part of her roots in Samrala, Punjab. It embodies the tenacity and willpower of her ancestors who immigrated to India after the split. She continues their tradition of devotion and service, according to Khalsa Vox. (ANI)

 
  LATEST COMMENTS (0)
POST YOUR COMMENT
Comments Not Available
 
POST YOUR COMMENT
 
 
TRENDING TOPICS
 
 
CITY NEWS
MORE CITIES
 
 
 
MORE WORLD NEWS
US destroys four drones launched by Iran...
AI used during New Delhi G20 Summit, dig...
Columbia expels Argentina's diplomats af...
45 people die after bus carrying Easter ...
Executive meddling in judicial affairs w...
Biden administration approves USD 60mn i...
More...
 
INDIA WORLD ASIA
Karnataka CM's son stirs controversy wit...
BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad backs letter b...
'Today justice has been served': Wife of...
'If you do scams, then be prepared...': ...
HC stays opening of liquor vend on Gurud...
'Mulayam Singh govt wanted to save him':...
More...    
 
 Top Stories
IPL 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders win... 
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik has worked... 
Fast Lane to Comfort: Residential B... 
52 smuggled Indonesian birds, anima... 
"I don't think we'll be able to do ... 
China concerned over US-Japan secur... 
Anger against DMK in Tamil Nadu wil... 
Ram Navami 2024: UP govt enhances s...