Veena Tandon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Veena Tandon

Indian parasitologist

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1949

Place of Birth: Kashipur, Uttarakhand, India

Profession: zoologist, biologist, parasitologist, ecologist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Veena Tandon is an Indian parasitologist, academic and a NASI senior scientist at Biotech Park, Lucknow.
She is a former professor of zoology at the North Eastern Hill University and serves as the chief instigator for the North-East India Helminth Parasite Information Database.
She is known for her researches on worm infections afflicting the animals of food value and is the author of two books and several articles on parasitology.The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2016, for her contributions to science.