Indian Society for Parasitology


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.

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Indian Society for Parasitology was established as a registered society under the Indian Societies Act in 1973. 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. The society has 700 life members and several Fellows honored under its Fellowship program. It is located in the CDRI campus in Lucknow, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The society is run by an elected committee and is headed by a president and a secretary; S. L. Hoti and J. K. Saxena being the incumbent office bearers. 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. The society was the host of the second Global Meet on Parasitology, held at Hyderabad in 1997.
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.
The society, besides a quarterly newsletter, publishes a bi-annual journal, Journal of Parasitic Diseases, the services of which are offered to scientists for publishing their research papers.
List of Fellows of the institute updated to 2010
YearNameInstitutePlace
1981B. P. PandeyCentral Drug Research InstituteLucknow
1982B. N. SinghLucknow
1983A. B. ChawduryCalcutta School of Tropical MedicineKolkata
1984B. B. GaitondeUniversity of MumbaiMumbai
1985V. S. AlwarChennai
1986M. AnantaramanChennai
1987J. P. DubeyAmerican Academy of MicrobiologyUSA
1988A. B. SenCentral Drug Research Institute Lucknow
1989H. D. SrivastavaBareilly
1990R. C. MahajanPost Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchChandigarh
1991S. M. AgarwalPandit Ravishankar Shukla UniversityRaipur
1992Ather H. SiddiqiAligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh
1993G. P. DuttaCentral Drug Research InstituteLucknow
1994G. N. JohriVikram UniversityUjjain
1995Virander Singh ChauhanICGEBNew Delhi
1996J. C. KatiyarCentral Drug Research InstituteLucknow
1997Vinod Prakash SharmaMalaria Research Centre New Delhi
1998M. S. JairajpuriMaulana Azad National Urdu UniversityHyderabad
1999C. M. GuptaCentral Drug Research InstituteLucknow
2000N. K. GangulyIndian Council of Medical Research New Delhi
2005Veena TandonNorth Eastern Hill UniversityShillong
2007R. MadhaviAndhra UniversityVisakhapatanam
2009J. MahantaRegional Medical Research Center, BhubaneswarAssam
2010S. L. HotiRegional Medical Research CentreKarnataka