Harmala Gupta
Advisory Board, India
Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
University of Montana
Norway
Biography
Harmala Gupta has a M.Phil. in Chinese Politics from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. In 1986, while studying for her Ph.D. at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, she was diagnosed with advanced Hodgkin’s disease, a cancer of the lymphatic system. Returning to New Delhi in 1987, she founded the first cancer support group in India,
Research Interest
and in 1996 ‘CanSupport’. CanSupport has pioneered the delivery of home-based palliative care, free of charge, to thousands of people living with cancer in New Delhi, the capital city of India, & it’s neighbouring areas. At any given time, 13 teams of doctors, nurses and counselors visit and care for 850 people living with cancer in their homes. Harmala is also the founder-president of a network organization of support groups called Cancer Care India (CACI). She is an advocate for the rights of cancer survivors and has received wide media attention and acclaim for her efforts in India.
