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Tanjore S. Balganesh

Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
​Dr. Tanjore S. Balganesh was the Project Head of the Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) Unit of CSIR, the national laboratory system of India. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, University of Calcutta, India and subsequently spent post-doctoral years with Dr. Sanford Lacks at Brookhaven National Laboratories Brookhaven (NY, USA). Later he was associated with Professor Thomas Trautner at the Max Plank Institute for Molecular Genetics at Berlin (Germany). He joined Astra Research Centre India as a Senior Scientist in 1987. He took over as Head of Research at AstraZeneca R&D India in 2000 focusing the unit on discovering novel drugs for the treatment of Tuberculosis. Further as a VP Discovery Research AZ, he handled all the research activities of this R&D unit. In 2011, Dr. Balganesh was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Uppsala, Sweden.

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OSPF is a supporter of the Open Source Pharma Movement and Community
Our Locations:
OSPF NIAS Drug Discovery Lab
National Institute of Advanced Studies
Indian Institute of Science Campus
Main Block, F-24
Bangalore, KA 560012
​INDIA

OSPF-Paris
Centre de Recherches Interdiciplinaires
8bis Rue Charles V
Paris, 75004
FRANCE

OSPF-USA
188 Grand Street #236
New York, NY 10013
USA
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Open Source Pharma Foundation
Manyata Tech Park
MFAR Green Heart Building, Level 7
Hebbal, Outer Ring Road
Bangalore, KA 560045 
INDIA 
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+91 80 22185052 / +91 9880193120
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