S.K. Ghosh

About

Born in a reputed family of doctors from West Bengal. Childhood period was nurtured by the grandfather Late Dr. K.P. Mandal who was a freedom fighter, a great philanthropist, educationist and social reformer. Later, groomed and brought under the able guidance of Dr. S.P. Mandal, maternal uncle, a renowned Orthopaedic Surgeon at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi. This year i.e. 2011, Dr. Mandal received the prestigious civilian award `PADMA SRI’ for his service to the nation. Working on malaria and other vector borne diseases. specialization on Medical Entomology and also on malaria molecular biology. Wife Dr. Chaitali Ghosh also holds PhD on mosquito genetics working in a MNC on copy editing. Two daughters, both IT engineers working in IT sector. Passion for malaria free world.

Employment

• National Institute of Malaria Research Head
  1981 - Present

Education

• University of Delhi PhD
  1982 - 1986

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (9)

• Clinical Appearance of Malaria and its Epidemiological Burden in Mangalore, India in 2002 to 2022
  2025 DOI: 10.1101/2025.08.12.25333441
  +Save
• Artemisinin-based combination therapy successfully treated two hyperparasitaemic Plasmodium falciparum cases
  The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2023 DOI: 10.3855/jidc.17652
  +Save
• Malaria Epidemiology and COVID-19 Pandemic: Are They Interrelated?
  OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology 2022 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2021.0227
  +Save
• Digitized smart surveillance and micromanagement using information technology for malaria elimination in Mangaluru, India: an analysis of five-year post-digitization data
  Malaria Journal 2021 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-021-03656-8
  +Save
• Smart Surveillance and Micromanagement Using Information Technology for Malaria Elimination in Mangaluru, India – an Analysis of Five Years Data
  2020 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-136088/v1
  +Save
• Two Hyperparasitaemic Plasmodium Falciparum Cases Successfully Treated with Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy
  2020 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-131534/v1
  +Save
• Two Hyperparasitaemic Plasmodium Falciparum Cases Successfully Treated with Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy
  2020 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-108228/v1
  +Save
• Association between Inflammatory Cytokine Levels and Thrombocytopenia duringPlasmodium falciparumandP. vivaxInfections in South-Western Coastal Region of India
  Malaria Research and Treatment 2019 DOI: 10.1155/2019/4296523
  +Save
• Differential diagnosis of malaria on Truelab Uno®, a portable, real-time, microPCR device for Point-of-Care Applications
  Plos One
  +Save