Gagandeep Kang, Date of Birth

Gagandeep Kang

Indian medical researcher

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1962

Profession: biologist, researcher, medical researcher

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Gagandeep Kang FNA, FASc, FRS (born November 3, 1962) is a clinician scientist, Professor in the Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, India and currently the executive director of the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, an autonomous institute of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.
She is a leading researcher with a major research focus on viral infections in children, and the testing of rotaviral vaccines.
She also works on other enteric infections and their consequences when children are infected in early life, sanitation and water safety.
She was awarded the prestigious Infosys Prize in Life Sciences in 2016 for her contributions to understanding the natural history of rotavirus and other infectious diseases.
In 2019, she became the first Indian woman to be elected as a Royal Society Fellow.