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Dr. R.S. Paranjape
     


Designation:  Director

Department: 

E-mail address: rparanjape@nariindia.org, rparanjape@naripune.org


Educational Qualification:

B.Sc. (Zoology) 1972Pune University
M.Sc. (Medical Microbiology) 1975All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Ph.D. 1982University of Madras



  Awards and Honours:

1 Recipient of the Certificate of Merit and the recipient of National Science Talent Scholarship From year 1969 to 1975.

Attended five summer schools of one month duration each, between 1969 and 1975.

2 Fogarty Fellowship:

July 1983-August 1984 at Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, U.S.A.

July 1994-May 1995 at The Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A.

3. WHO Fellowship: to strengthen Human Resource development in thrust areas of Medical Research under ICMR relevant to India.

April 1990-July 1990 at Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, U.S.A.,


  Research Experience:

I joined the services of Indian Council of Medical Research in 1976 as an Assistant Research Officer. I am engaged in medical research since then. The field of research was Immunology and the Initial work was in the field of Filariasis Immunology and Tuberculosis Immunology. Considering the importance of research in HIV and AIDS I was transferred to the National AIDS Research Institute and given the responsibility of establishing Serology and Immunology laboratories in the new premises of the Institute. I have also initiated a programme of Immunological studies.


Tubercolosis Research Center, Madaras.
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* Asst Research Officer (March 1976 to October 1980)

* Research Officer (October 1980 to July 1983)

* Senior Research Officer (July 1983 to June 1990)

* Assistant Director (July 1990 to May 1993)

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National AIDS Research Institute, Pune
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* Assistant Director (June 1993- June 1995)

* Deputy Director (June 1995 to October 1998)

* Officer in Charge ( October 1998 to March 2006)

* Director ( March 2006 to till date)
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