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
