awards nationality ethnicity fields workplaces name birth_date known_for residence article_title citizenship
padma shri , indian hindu immunology all of sciences , india india institute of medical sciences , national academy indira nath 14 january 1938 immunology research , leprosy eradication in india new delhi , india indira nath
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indira nath

indira nath -lrb- born 14 january 1938 -rrb- is an indian immunologist .
her major contribution in medical science deals with mechanisms underlying immune unresponsiveness in man , reactions and nerve damage in leprosy and a search for markers for viability of the leprosy bacillus .
prof. nath 's fields of specialisations are immunology , pathology , medical biotechnology and communicable diseases .
