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{{About|the Indian biologist|the cricketer|Amit Sharma}}
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| residence = [[New Delhi]], India
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| known_for = Studies on [[malaria]]
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'''Amit Prakash Sharma''' (born April 12, 1968) is an Indian [[Parasitology|parasitologist]] and Director of [[National Institute of Malaria Research]], New Delhi. He is known for his studies on the disease of [[malaria]] and is an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] , [[Indian National Science Academy]], [[The World Academy of Sciences]] and the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]]. He has been awarded the [[ Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Biological Sciences]], [[JC Bose Fellowship]], [[Ranbaxy Science Research Award]], [[Infosys Science Award in Biological Sciences]], [[Om Prakash Bhasin Award in Biological Sciences]] and [[Lakshmipat Singhania- IIM Lucknow National Leadership Award]].

== Biography ==
Amit Sharma was born on April 12, 1968 in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. He grew up in New Delhi and attended [[ Delhi Public School, Mathura Road]]. Later, he went to USA for his undergraduate studies to [[Purdue University]], did his master's and PhD at [[Northwestern University]] in protein crystallography in 1995. Sharma went on to do his post-doctoral work at [[St. John's College, University of Oxford]] and also served as faculty till 2000. On his return to India in 2004, he joined [[International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology]] as a staff scientist. Since 2019, Sharma has assumed the post of Director of [[National Institute of Malaria Research]] in New Delhi.

== Legacy ==
[[File:Life Cycle of the Malaria Parasite.jpg|thumb|235px|Life cycle of the malaria parasite]]
Sharma's research is focused in the field of [[structural parasitology]], and he has carried out advanced research in [[malaria]] parasite biology.<ref name="Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=352 |title=Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |date=2017-12-28 |website=ssbprize.gov.in |access-date=2017-12-28}}</ref> He led the ICGEB group of scientists who collaborated with the researchers from the [[Broad Institute]] who discovered a new compound, [[Bicyclic molecule|bicyclic]] [[azetidine]], which showed potential against the [[Plasmodium]] parasite that caused malaria.<ref name="New single-dose treatment shows promise in anti-malaria battle">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/policy-and-issues/New-single-dose-treatment-shows-promise-in-anti-malaria-battle/article14634909.ece |title=New single-dose treatment shows promise in anti-malaria battle |last=Prasad |first=R. |date=2016-09-13 |work=The Hindu |access-date=2017-12-28 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.labome.org/expert/india/international/sharma/amit-sharma-501912.html |title=Amit Sharma on Labome |last=labome.org |date=2017-12-28 |language=en |access-date=2017-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228232529/https://www.labome.org/expert/india/international/sharma/amit-sharma-501912.html |archive-date=2017-12-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} ''PublicationsList'', an online repository of scientific articles, has listed several of them.<ref name="Amit Sharma - Publications List">{{Cite web |url=http://publicationslist.org/amit.sharma |title=Amit Sharma - Publications List |date=2017-12-28 |website=publicationslist.org |access-date=2017-12-28}}</ref>

Sharma has delivered keynote or invited speeches at many conferences<ref name="2005 Malaria Conference GRC">{{Cite web |url=https://www.grc.org/malaria-conference/2005/ |title=2005 Malaria Conference GRC |date=2005 |website=www.grc.org |language=en |access-date=2017-12-28}}</ref><ref name="Programme - CSIR Foundation Day 2012">{{Cite web |url=http://sap.csir.res.in/foundationday2012/Programme.aspx |title=Programme - CSIR Foundation Day 2012 |date=2012 |website=sap.csir.res.in |access-date=2017-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229052135/http://sap.csir.res.in/foundationday2012/Programme.aspx |archive-date=2017-12-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and sits on the editorial board of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India for Section B - Biological Sciences.<ref name="The National Academy of Sciences, India - Editorial">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/edtboard-b.htm |title=The National Academy of Sciences, India - Editorial |date=2017-12-28 |website=www.nasi.org.in |access-date=2017-12-28}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded Sharma the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2007.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development">{{Cite web |url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=2017-11-20}}</ref> He received the Goyal Prize in 2009.<ref name="7 scientists to get Goyal Prize">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090314/haryana.htm#5 |title=7 scientists to get Goyal Prize |date=March 13, 2009 |website=www.tribuneindia.com |access-date=2017-12-28}}</ref> In 2011, Sharma was awarded the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], the highest science award in India, in the biological sciences category,<ref>"11 scientists selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award" ibn live, Sep 26, 2011 {{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/11-scientists-selected-for-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-award/836081.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-12-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104061539/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/11-scientists-selected-for-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-award/836081.html |archive-date=2012-01-04 }}</ref> He was selected for the Infosys Prize in 2015 for his contribution to life sciences.<ref name="Amit Sharma, ICGEB New Delhi wins this year's Infosys Award in Life Sciences - ICGEB">{{Cite web |url=https://www.icgeb.org/news_English/items/amit-sharma-icgeb-new-delhi-wins-this-years-infosys-award-in-life-sciences.html |title=Amit Sharma, ICGEB New Delhi wins this year's Infosys Award in Life Sciences - ICGEB |website=www.icgeb.org |language=en |access-date=2017-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228232730/https://www.icgeb.org/news_English/items/amit-sharma-icgeb-new-delhi-wins-this-years-infosys-award-in-life-sciences.html |archive-date=2017-12-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The 2015 RCSB PDB Poster Prize of the Asian Crystallographic Association was secured by Vitul Jain for his poster,<ref name="RCSB PDB">{{Cite web |url=https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/static.do?p=general_information/about_pdb/poster_prize_2015.html |title=RCSB PDB |last=Bank |first=RCSB Protein Data |language=en |access-date=2017-12-28}}</ref> based on an article, ''Structure of Prolyl-tRNA Synthetase-Halofuginone Complex Provides Basis for Development of Drugs against Malaria and Toxoplasmosis''. which he co-wrote with Sharma.<ref name="Structure of Prolyl-tRNA Synthetase-Halofuginone Complex Provides Basis for Development of Drugs against Malaria and Toxoplasmosis">{{Cite journal |last=Jain |first=Vitul |last2=Yogavel |first2=Manickam |last3=Oshima |first3=Yoshiteru |last4=Kikuchi |first4=Haruhisa |last5=Touquet |first5=Bastien |last6=Hakimi |first6=Mohamed-Ali |last7=Sharma |first7=Amit |title=Structure of Prolyl-tRNA Synthetase-Halofuginone Complex Provides Basis for Development of Drugs against Malaria and Toxoplasmosis |journal=Structure |volume=23 |issue=5 |pages=819–829 |doi=10.1016/j.str.2015.02.011|pmid=25817387 |year=2015 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

The [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] elected Sharma as a fellow in 2006<ref name="NASI Year Book 2015">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |title=NASI Year Book 2015 |date=2017-12-17 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |access-date=2017-12-17}}</ref> and he received the elected fellowship of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] in 2012.<ref name="Fellowship - Indian Academy of Sciences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/listing/fellows/S |title=Fellowship - Indian Academy of Sciences |date=2017-12-28 |website=www.ias.ac.in |language=en |access-date=2017-12-28}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=http://scm.niscair.res.in/videos/328/dr.-amit-sharma,-group-leader-and-staff-scientist,-icgeb |title=Dr. Amit Sharma, Group Leader and Staff Scientist, ICGEB |date=2017-12-28 |website=scm.niscair.res.in |access-date=2017-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229052242/http://scm.niscair.res.in/videos/328/dr.-amit-sharma,-group-leader-and-staff-scientist,-icgeb |archive-date=2017-12-29 |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite journal |title=Author profile - PubMed - NCBI |journal = Gigiena I Sanitariia|issue = 4|pages = 6–12|date=2017-12-28 |pmid = 2520|last1 = Trofimov|first1 = V. V.}}

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