Indian Society for Parasitology

Formation| 1973 (1973)
Type| Registered Society
Legal status| Tax exempted
Purpose| For exchange of information on Parasitology
Headquarters| Central Drug Research Institute Campus, Lucknow
Location|

* Lucknow

Coordinates| 26°51′37″N 80°55′51″E﻿ / ﻿26.8602°N 80.9309°E﻿ / 26.8602; 80.9309

Region

| Uttar Pradesh, India
Fields| Parasitology
Membership| 700

President

| Prof. Sukhbir Kaur

Secretary

| J. K. Saxena

Parent organization

| Central Drug Research Institute
Affiliations| World 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]

## Profile

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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 700 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; Prof. Sukhbir Kaur [4] and J. K. Saxena 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]

* Indian Society for Parasitology. "Journal of parasitic diseases". J Parasit Dis. ISSN 0971-7196.

## Fellows of the institute

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

Year  | Name  | Institute  | Place

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

## See also

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* Parasitology

* Science portal

## References

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1. ^ "WFPnet". WFPnet. 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
2. ^ a b c "PW". PW. 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
3. ^ a b c d e f "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.

## External links

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* "World Federation of Parasitologists". Web site. WFP. 2014. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.

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