Dinakar Mashnu Salunke
immunology
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
India
Biography
Dinakar Mashnu Salunke (Kannada: ದಿನಕರ್ ಮಷ್ಣು ಸಾಳುಂಕೆ, Hindi: दिनकर मश्नु सालुंके) (Dinkar M. Salunke) is an eminent immunologist and a structural biologist[1]born and brought up at Belgaum, Karnataka, India. Presently, he is the Director of International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) New Delhi. Earlier he was the Executive Director[2] of newly established Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), an institution jointly set up by Department of Biotechnology(India) and UNESCO at Faridabad. He is the recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in the category of biological sciences (year 2000) and Fellow of all major science academies in India.
Research Interest
immune recognition
