Bishnupada Mukerjee

Bishnupada Mukerjee (1 March 1903, Barrackpore, India – 30 July 1979, Calcutta, India) or Bishnupada Mukhopadhyaya was an Indian pharmacologist and orthopedic surgeon, known for his contributions in the fields of pharmacological research and standardization of drugs in India. The Government of India honoured him in 1962, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth-highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation.

Biography Bishnupada Mukerjee was born on 1 March 1903 at Barrackpore in the North 24 Parganas district of the Indian state of West Bengal. He did his early schooling at Barrackpore village school and Kolkata to pass the matriculation with a scholarship for further education.

Mukerjee worked at CDRI till 1963 and moved to Chittaranjan National Cancer Research Centre, Kolkata as its director to hold the post till his retirement in 1968. and Indian Association for Biological Sciences as well as many research laboratories. He was the chairman of the committee which published the second edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia in 1966.

Mukerjee did extensive research on drugs, especially indigenous drugs.

Mukerjee was the general secretary of the Indian Science Congress Association from 1946 to 1952 and presided the 49th Congress in 1962. He was also a recipient of the Squibb International Award from Bristol-Myers Squibb in 1962, H. K. Sen Memorial Medal from the Institution of Chemists (India) in 1963 and Acharya P. C. Ray Medal from the Indian Pharmaceutical Association in 1976.

The Government of India awarded him Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1971.