Nirmal Kumar Ganguly (born 1941) is an Indian microbiologist specialising in tropical diseases, cardiovascular diseases and diarrhea. Education Ganguly is a graduate of R. G. Kar Medical College, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta. He did his MD in Microbiology from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research where he also served as Acting Director. Career Ganguly has been Emeritus Professor of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research and was Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi (1998-2007). An elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, he is currently President of the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research. Awards and honours He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2009. References 1941 births Living people Indian biochemists Scientists from Kolkata University of Calcutta alumni Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in medicine Date of birth missing (living people) Fellows of the National Academy of Medical Sciences 20th-century Indian biologists