Dr S Chiplunkar

Prof Shubhada Chiplunkar has been the Former Director of the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai. She obtained PhD from University of Mumbai (1983) and  post-doctoral fellowship from Max Planck Institute, Freiburg Germany (1984-86). She has over 35 years of research experience in the field of Cancer Biology and Immunology.

Her research interests are in understanding immune dysfunctions in cancer patients and development of immunotherapeutic strategies for cancer using gamma delta t cells. She has over 120 publications and has mentored 30 PhD students. She is member of several scientific advisory and review committees, Task force committees of DBT, BIRAC, CSIR, ICMR and Senate member of IIT and Academic Council of Universities. At present she is the member of the Education Committee of International Union Immunological Societies (IUIS) and President of Immuno-oncology Society of India.