Partha Majumdar

Professor and Head, Human Genetics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute
Chief Programme Officer, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics
Director, TCG-ISI Centre for Population Genomics, Kolkata


Partha Majumder is currently Professor and Head for the Human Genetics Unit, Indian statistical Institute, Kolkata, and Director of the TCG-ISI Centre for Population Genomics, Kolkata. His major scientific interests and contributions have been in the field of human population genetics and genetics of complex human disorders. He has over 200 scientific publications to his credit. He is an elected Fellow of all the three science academies of India. He has served on the Board of Directors of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES), and was the founding Chair of the Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (ELSI) Committee of IGES. He is a recipient of many awards and medals, including the G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research – 2002, Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award in Biotechnology – 2001, Ranbaxy Research Award in Applied Medical Sciences – 2000, and the New Millennium Science Medal, ISCA & CSIR, Government of India, 2000.