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Publications

286

Patents

12

Honours & Awards

47

About Samir K Brahmachari

Pioneering Scientist in Biophysics, Genomics, and Open Source Drug Discovery

Samir Kumar Brahmachari (born 1 January 1952) is an Indian biophysicist and Former Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and Former Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India. He is the Founder Director of Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi and the Chief Mentor of Open Source for Drug Discovery (OSDD)Project. He is the recipient of J.C Bose Fellowship Award, DST (2012). In addition, he is one of the featured researchers in the India Cancer Research Database developed by Institute of Bioinformatics (IOB), Bangalore with support from the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.

Present Role

Founder Director, CSIR- Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
Academy Professor, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi
Chief Mentor, Open Source Drug Discovery
Founder and Chairman, Sahaj Path Knowledge Foundation, Kolkata
Board of Governors, ERA Foundation, Bangalore
Scholar in Residence, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur

Academic Discipline

1972

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (Hons), University of Calcutta.

1974

Master of Science in Chemistry (Specialisation, Physical Chemistry), University of Calcutta

1978

Ph.D, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

1978-1979

Post Doctoral Research, French Govt. Fellowship, Institute de Recherche en Biologie Moleculaire, CNRS, University of Paris VIII.

1979-1981

Research Associate, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

2013-2015

Chairman, West Bengal Education Commission.

2014-present

Chief Mentor Health Technology Innovation, Indian Centre for Social Transformation, Bangalore

2022-present

Scholar-in-Residence, IIT Jodhpur.

1981-1997

Lecturer/ Assistant/Associate Professor, Molecular Biophysics Unit and Associated Faculty, Centre for Genetic Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

1971-2001

Professor, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

1997-2007

Director, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi.

2003

Adjunct Professor, Bioinformatics Centre, University of Pune, Pune.

2007-2013

Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi.

2013-present

Academy Professor, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi

2012-2017

J.C. Bose National Fellow.

2023-present

The Erudite Scholar, Scholar-in-Residence Programme, Govt. of Kerala.

2022-present

GNR-Fellow, Open Source Pharma Foundation, Bangalore.

Industry Interactions and Technology Transfer

Industry and Start-up Mentorship