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  • Gagandeep Kang has got selected as a fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), London.
  • Ms. Kang has built national rotavirus and typhoid surveillance networks, established laboratories to support vaccine trials and conducted phase 1-3 clinical trials of vaccines.
  • She is the first Indian woman scientist getting selected as FRS in 359 years of history of this prestigious scientific academy.
Fellow of Royal Society
  • FRS is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of London judges to have made a 'substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge.
  • It was established in 1603.
  • Some of the famous Indian scientists who were fellows of FRS were
Srinivasa Ramanujan Mathematics Genius
S.Chandrasekahr 1983 Nobel Prize Awardee
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan 2009 Nobel Prize Awardee

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