Shanta Dutta


Shanta Dutta is an Indian microbiologist and currently the director of National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases. She has over 23 years of research experience on Enteric disease.

Education

Shanta Dutta completed her MBBS in 1986 from the University of Calcutta. In 1992 she completed her MD studies focusing on Medical Microbiology from Mangalore University, Karnataka. In 2006, she obtained a Ph.D. in Medical Science from Kyushu University, Japan.

Career

Dutta joined Indian Council of Medical Research on 3 August 1994. On 12 July 2016 she became Scientist G at National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, in the division of Bacteriology.

Personal life

On 30 June 2020, Shanta Dutta was tested positive with Coronavirus disease. She was also suffering from pneumonia at that time and was admitted to hospital. She recovered and was discharged from the hospital in the first week of July.