Shekhar C. Mande

Shekhar C. Mande
Born (1962-04-05) 5 April 1962
Pune, India
Alma materUniversity of Nagpur
Indian Institute of Science
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
ChildrenNikhil S. Mande
Scientific career
FieldsBiology
InstitutionsNational Centre for Cell Science
WebsiteCSIR Profile

Shekhar C. Mande (born 5 April 1962) is Structural and Computational Biologist. He was the Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India, and the Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology. Prior to this, he was the Director of National Centre for Cell Science, Pune.

He was awarded in 2005 the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, the highest science award in India, in the Biological sciences category.