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{{Short description|Indian malaria research scientist}}
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| birth_name = Chetan Eknath Chitnis
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|3 April 1961}}
| birth_place = India
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| occupation = Scientist (Malaria research)
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| parents = [[Eknath Vasant Chitnis]]
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| awards = [[Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award]]<br>[[Infosys Prize]]<br>[[Indian Academy of Sciences|IAS Fellow]]<br>[[Indian National Science Academy|INSA Fellow]]<br>BioSpectrum Person of the Year
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'''Chetan Eknath Chitnis''' is an Indian scientist in the field of [[malaria]] research. He is the head of the ''Malaria Parasite Biology and Vaccines Unit'' at the [[Institut Pasteur]] in [[Paris]] and an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] (2009) as well as [[Indian National Science Academy]] (2014).<ref name=pasteurchitnis>{{cite web|title=Malaria Parasite Biology and Vaccines Unit|url=https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/malaria-parasite-biology-and-vaccines|publisher=Institut Pasteur|accessdate=31 March 2017}}</ref><ref name=ias>{{cite web|title=Indian Academy of Sciences - Fellowship entry for Dr. Chitnis|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Chitnis,_Dr_Chetan_Eknath|accessdate=31 March 2017}}</ref><ref name=insa>{{cite web|title=Indian National Science Academy - Academy News December 2014|url=http://www.insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/PINSA/Vol80_2014_5_Art17.pdf|accessdate=31 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081453/http://www.insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/PINSA/Vol80_2014_5_Art17.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He received the [[Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award]] in 2004 and the [[Infosys Prize]] in Life Sciences 2010.<ref name=shanti>{{cite web|title=Recipients of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize For Science And Technology-2004|url=http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/ssb2004.pdf|work=Awards|publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|accessdate=28 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927141238/http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/ssb2004.pdf|archivedate=27 September 2011}}</ref><ref name=infosyschitnis>{{cite web|title=Infosys Prize laureate in life sciences in 2010 - Dr. Chetan E. Chitnis|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/infosys-prize-2010-winners.html|accessdate=21 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117022339/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/infosys-prize-2010-winners.html|archivedate=17 November 2010}}</ref> Chitnis is the former principal investigator of the malaria research group at the [[International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology]] (ICGEB) in [[New Delhi]].<ref name=ICGEBchitnis>{{cite web|title=Profile of Chetan Chitnis on the ICGEB homepage|url=http://www.icgeb.org/pi-chetan-chitnis.html|publisher=International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology|accessdate=27 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716012024/http://www.icgeb.org/pi-chetan-chitnis.html|archive-date=16 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Education and career==
Chitnis completed his Master of Science in physics at [[Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai]] in 1983. Subsequently, he obtained a Master of Arts in physics from the [[Rice University]] in Houston, in 1985 and a doctor of philosophy (PhD) from the [[University of California-Berkeley]] in 1991<ref name=ICGEBchitnis /> after which he worked at the [[National Institutes of Health]] in [[Bethesda, Maryland]] as a Fogarty International Fellow from 1991 to 1995. Returning to India, he joined the malaria research group in ICGEB in 1996 as the principal investigator and worked there until 2014 when he was appointed as the head of the Malaria Parasite Biology and Vaccines Unit at the [[Institut Pasteur]] in [[Paris]].<ref name=pasteurchitnis />

Chitnis has published over 100 international papers and has three patents pertaining to malaria vaccines.<ref name=pubmedchitnis>{{cite web|title=Index of scientific articles by Chetan E. Chitnis on Pubmed|url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Chitnis%20CE%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=28306665|publisher=PubMed|accessdate=31 March 2017}}</ref>

== Research interest ==
Chitnis's work is predominantly in the areas of molecular [[parasitology]] and vaccine development for malaria by understanding the molecular and cellular biology aspects of host-parasite interactions. His work has assisted in the development of antibodies against ''[[Plasmodium|Plasmodium spp.]]'' and widened the understanding of the parasite-binding proteins and their interactions with the [[Duffy antigen system|Duffy blood group antigen]] of the host red blood cells. Furthermore, his research group is involved in the studies of molecular signaling during the [[Plasmodium falciparum biology#Erythrocytic stage|blood stage]] of ''[[Plasmodium falciparum]]'', especially the process of invasion and egress from [[erythrocytes]].

At ICGEB, Chitnis has also established a protein production facility for the production of malaria vaccines based on novel concepts.

== Other activities ==
* Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Member of the External Advisory Committee<ref>[https://www.isglobal.org/en/governance Governance] Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
Chitnis, who received the University of California Regents' Fellowship, Henry Kaiser Fellowship and Abraham Rosenberg Research Fellowship during his doctoral research years, was a Fogarty International Fellow at the [[National Institutes of Health]], Bethesda during 1991–96. The [[American Society for Microbiology]] awarded him the ICAAC Young Investigator Award in 1995<ref>{{cite web|title=ICAAC Young Investigator Awards Past Laureates|url=http://www.asm.org/asm/index.php/professional-development/icaac-young-investigator-awards-past-laureates.html|publisher=American Society for Microbiology|accessdate=28 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225071705/http://www.asm.org/asm/index.php/professional-development/icaac-young-investigator-awards-past-laureates.html|archivedate=25 December 2011}}</ref> and he delivered the Dr. B.N. Singh Memorial Award Oration of the [[Indian Society for Parasitology]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|title=Recipients of Dr. B.N. Singh Memorial Oration Award|url=http://www.parasitologyindia.org/awards.htm|publisher=The Indian Society of Parasitology|accessdate=28 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211163733/http://www.parasitologyindia.org/awards.htm|archive-date=11 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the same year, he also won the MOT Iyengar Award for Research on Malaria.<ref>{{cite web|title=M.O.T.Iyengar Award (1997)|url=http://icmr.nic.in/award/awards97.htm|work=List of recipients of ICMR awards and prizes for 1997|publisher=Indian Council of Medical Research|accessdate=28 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623071116/http://www.icmr.nic.in/award/awards97.htm|archive-date=23 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was International Research Scholar at [[Howard Hughes Medical Institute]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile of Chetan E. Chitnis|url=http://www.hhmi.org/research/international/chitnis_bio.html|work=HHMI Alumni International Scholars|publisher=Howard Hughes Medical Institute|accessdate=28 January 2012}}</ref> and an International Senior Research Fellow at the [[Wellcome Trust]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Past Fellows|url=http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funded-projects/Awards-made/International-funding/WTD003238.htm#past|work=Indian Senior Research Fellows|publisher=Wellcome Trust|accessdate=28 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617054500/http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funded-projects/Awards-made/International-funding/WTD003238.htm#past|archive-date=17 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> during the period 2000–05. The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] in Medical Sciences, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2004.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=434 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize}}</ref> He was a Tata Innovation Fellow from 2007 to 2009 and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] elected him as a fellow in 2009;<ref name=ias /> the same year as he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award of [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]].<ref>{{cite web|title=IIT Bombay Celebrates Foundation Day|url=http://www.iitb.ac.in/News_09/FD_09.html|work=2009 IIT-B News Archives|publisher=Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay|accessdate=28 January 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130002947/http://www.iitb.ac.in/News_09/FD_09.html|archivedate=30 January 2012}}</ref> He became an elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 2014<ref name=insa /> and in between, he received the [[Infosys Prize]] in Life Sciences in 2010<ref name=infosyschitnis /> and the BioSpectrum Person of the Year award in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=BioSpectrum Annual Awards 2011|url=http://www.euvaccine.eu/news-events/news/biospectrum-annual-awards-2011|publisher=European Vaccine Initiative|accessdate=31 March 2017|archive-date=31 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331210559/http://www.euvaccine.eu/news-events/news/biospectrum-annual-awards-2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2025, Chitnis was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] for his contribution in the field of medicine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Padma Award Winners 2025 Full List: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri |url=https://www.brutimes.com/news/social/padma-awards-2025-arijit-singh-ajith-kumar-shekhar-kapur-and-late-pankaj-udhas-honored-for-excellence |website=Bru Times News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Padma Awards 2025 announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2096285 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/photo/profile-of-top-25-scientists-in-india-366262-2011-09-11 |title=Profile of Top 25 scientists in India |date=2011-09-11 |website=India Today |language=en-US |access-date=2018-01-17}}

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