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{{short description|Indian molecular biologist (born 1944)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = C. M. Gupta
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1944|9|1}}
| birth_place = [[Rajasthan]], India
| death_date =
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| residence = [[Jaipur]], Rajasthan, India
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Membrane biology]] | [[Bioorganic chemistry]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Central Drug Research Institute]] | [[Institute of Microbial Technology]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Rajasthan University]] | [[Agra University]] | Institute of Molecular Biology, Syntex Research | [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] }}
| doctoral_advisor = [[Nitya Anand]] [[Har Gobind Khorana]]
| doctoral_students = [[Vinod Bhakuni]]
| known_for = Studies on transbilayer [[phospholipid]] asymmetry in [[biological membranes]]
| awards = 1974 [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Young Scientists Medal 1985 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] 1985 Ranbaxy Research Foundation Award 1995 FICCI Award 1999 Om Prakash Bhasin Award 2000 Goyal Prize 2001 [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Golden Jubilee Commemoration Medal
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'''Chhitar Mal Gupta''' (born 1944) is an Indian molecular biologist and academic, known for researches on transbilayer phospholipid asymmetry in biological membranes.,<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=474 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=28 September 2016}}</ref> drug targeting in parasitic diseases and characterization of structure and function of Leishmania actin and actin binding proteins. He is former director of the Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow and the Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh.<ref name="Indian Fellow - C. M. Gupta">{{cite web | url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N89-1018 | title=Indian Fellow - C. M. Gupta | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | accessdate=30 September 2016}}</ref> A Distinguished Biotechnology Fellow and Distinguished Biotechnology Research Professor of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, he is an elected fellow of [[The World Academy of Sciences]], [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], [[Indian National Science Academy]], [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] and the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]]. The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1985, for his contributions to biological sciences.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=19 September 2016}}</ref>

==Education and research==
Gupta graduated in medicinal chemistry from the [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Lucknow, [[India]] with the degrees [[Master of Science|MSc]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]. He served as the director of the [[Institute of Microbial Technology]], [[Chandigarh]] for five years, and director of the [[Central Drug Research Institute]] (CDRI), [[Lucknow]] for over ten years.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

After his superannuation, he continued to work at CDRI first as distinguished biotechnologist and then as distinguished biotechnology research professor up to the age of 70 years, and thereafter, he joined the Institute of Bioinformatics & Applied Biotechnology in Bengaluru, Karnataka, where he is still working as Distinguished Professor( Hon.) & Infosys Chair . His areas of specialization are membrane biochemistry/biophysics and medicinal & pharmaceutical chemistry.<ref name="Indian Fellow - C. M. Gupta" />

He has extensively contributed in the areas of drug targeting in parasitic diseases and membrane phospholipids transbilayer dynamics, and is working on elucidation of actin cytoskeletal network in [[Leishmania]]. These studies have resulted in publication of about 136 original research papers, 10 review articles, 5 book chapters and 6 patents. Besides this, he is also responsible for planning, design and initiating construction of new campus at the Sitapur Road for CDRI. He has received several honors and awards and has served as a member of a number of important national and international committees. He along with CDRI scientists have been accused of attempted fraud bid for a clinical isolates that was published in an International journal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/cdri-scientists-accused-of-fraud-bid/story-ZSePRuxe1m6QpFiogu6s7I.html|title = CDRI scientists accused of fraud bid|date = 25 April 2006}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
The Indian National Science Academy awarded Gupta the Young Scientists Medal in 1974.<ref name="INSA Young Scientists Meda">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/youngmedal.php | title=INSA Young Scientists Meda | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | accessdate=3 October 2016}}</ref> He received the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] in 1985,<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | accessdate=28 September 2016 | pages=30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> the same year as he received the Ranbaxy Research Foundation Award.<ref name="Indian Fellow - C. M. Gupta" /> He has also received the FICCI Award (1994–95), [[Om Prakash Bhasin Award]] (1999),<ref name="Om Prakash Bhasin Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.opbfawards.com/biotechnology.html | title=Om Prakash Bhasin Award | publisher=Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation | date=2016 | accessdate=3 October 2016}}</ref> Goyal Prize (2000) and the Golden Jubilee Commemoration Medal (2001) of the Indian National Science Academy.

The [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] elected him as a fellow in 1987<ref name="Fellow profile - Indian Academy of Sciences">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Gupta,_Dr_Chhitar_Mal | title=Fellow profile - Indian Academy of Sciences | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2016 | accessdate=30 September 2016}}</ref> and the Indian National Science Academy followed suit in 1989. Two years later, the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] elected him as their fellow.<ref name="NASI fellows">{{cite web | url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=G | title=NASI fellows | publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India | date=2016 | accessdate=3 October 2016 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021102942/http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=G | archivedate=21 October 2014 }}</ref> With his election in 2000, Gupta became one of the few people from outside medical profession to be elected as a fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]].<ref name="NAMS fellows">{{cite web | url=http://nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=NAMS fellows | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | accessdate=3 October 2016}}</ref> The same year, The [[World Academy of Sciences]] also elected him as a fellow.<ref name="TWAS fellow">{{cite web | url=http://twas.org/member/gupta-chhitar-mal | title=TWAS fellow | publisher=TWAS | date=2016 | accessdate=3 October 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* https://web.archive.org/web/20071119135543/http://biospectrumindia.ciol.com/content/careers/104010801.asp
* https://web.archive.org/web/20100613031630/http://cdriindia.org/museumpic6.htm
* http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/cdri-scientists-accused-of-fraud-bid/story-ZSePRuxe1m6QpFiogu6s7I.html

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