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'''Manindra Nath Ghosh''' (1924 – 28 October 2021) was an Indian pharmacologist who was the first director of [[Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research|Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research]] (JIPMER) in Puducherry, India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ex-Directors of JIPMER|url=https://jipmer.edu.in/ex-director|website=Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Prof. M. N. Ghosh: A pharmacologist beyond compare |url=https://www.jpharmacol.com/article.asp?issn=0976-500X;year=2021;volume=12;issue=4;spage=192;epage=193;aulast=Rahman# |website=www.jpharmacol.com/ |access-date=10 February 2022 |date=10 February 2022}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
After attending [[R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital]] for his undergraduate studies, Ghosh moved on to do his Ph.D. in Pharmacology at the [[University College of London|University College London]], graduating in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web|title=M.N. Biography, Fundamentals of Experimental Pharmacology, 7th Edition|url=https://www.meripustak.com/Fundamentals-Of-Experimental-Pharmacology-7Th-Edition-198825#:~:text=December%202020-,DESCRIPTION,-Hilton%20and%20Company}}</ref> His grandfather Prof. Rakhaldas Ghosh (1851-1902) was the Professor and Head of the Materia Medica (now Dept. of Pharmacology), Calcutta Medical College. His father Prof. Birendra Nath Ghosh (6. 2. 1882 - 3. 11. 1957) was also a very renowned pharmacologist of India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=End of a family of eminent pharmacologists after the sad demise of Prof. M. N. Ghosh (page 11-14)|url=https://www.ibnsinaacademy.org/pdf/NISA_Vol.22_No.1_2022_Issue84.pdf}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Ghosh was the author of ''Fundamentals of Experimental Pharmacology''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chopra|first=Kanwaljit|date=2020|title=Fundamentals of experimental pharmacology|journal=Indian Journal of Pharmacology|volume=52|issue=5|pages=443|doi=10.4103/ijp.ijp_1113_20|issn=0253-7613|pmc=8025758 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The book was originally written in 1971, and has been published in seven editions since. Ghosh's work was cited by [[Sir James Black|James Black (pharmacologist)]] in his acceptance of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Black|first=Sir James|date=December 8, 1988|title=DRUGS FROM EMASCULATED HORMONES THE PRINCIPLES OF SYNTOPIC ANTAGONISM|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/black-lecture.pdf|journal=Nobel Lecture}}</ref><br />
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As a result of his work, Ghosh was a recipient of the [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]] in 1980.<br />
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== Personal life and death ==<br />
Ghosh died at his home in [[Kolkata]], on 28 October 2021, at the age of 97. He was survived by his three daughters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Late Professor M. N. Ghosh (1924–2021) |url=https://www.ijp-online.com/article.asp?issn=0253-7613;year=2021;volume=53;issue=5;spage=422;epage=422;aulast=Tripathi |website=Indian Journal of Pharmacology |access-date=23 January 2022 |date=30 October 2021}}</ref><br />
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