Virander Singh Chauhan

Virander Singh Chauhan
Born3 March 1950 (1950-03-03) (age 76)
India
OccupationScientist
Years activeSince 1979
AwardsPadma Shri
Dr. MOT Iyengar Memorial Award
Ranbaxy Research Award
Om Prakash Bhasin Award
ICMR Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize
Raj Kristo Dutt Memorial Award
BioSpectrum Person of the Year Award

Virander Singh Chauhan is an Indian scientist and a Rhodes Scholar working in the fields of genetic engineering and biotechnology. He is known for his contributions to the development of a recombinant vaccine for malaria. and for synthetic structural peptides with biological functions. He was honored by the Government of India in 2012 with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri. He is the present Chancellor of the Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management.

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