Chetan Eknath Chitnis

Chetan Eknath Chitnis is an Indian scientist in the field of malaria research. He is the head of the Malaria Parasite Biology and Vaccines Unit at the Institut Pasteur in Paris and an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2009) as well as Indian National Science Academy (2014). He received the Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award in 2004 and the Infosys Prize in Life Sciences 2010. Chitnis is the former principal investigator of the malaria research group at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in New Delhi.

Chetan Eknath Chitnis
Born3 April 1961 (1961-04-03) (age 63)
India
OccupationScientist (Malaria research)
AwardsShanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award
Infosys Prize
IAS Fellow
INSA Fellow
BioSpectrum Person of the Year
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