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