Background
Shanta, V. was born on March 11, 1927 in Mylapore, Chennai.
Shanta, V. was born on March 11, 1927 in Mylapore, Chennai.
Graduate, Madras Medical College, 1949. Doctor of Medicine, 1955.
Several positions with Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, Adyar, since 1955, director, 1980—1997, executive chair, professor, division medical oncology, gynaecology & breast. Member advisory committee World Health Organization. Doctoral guide in clinical oncology and allied science University Madras.
Conveyor State Advisory Board on Cancer. Member Indian Council Medical Research Committee for Coordination of Cancer Research in India, Indian Council Medical Research Task Force on Tumour Registries. Member, Teletheraphy Committee Government India.
Member scientific advisory board and council Indian Council Medical Research. Nominated member Syndicate of the Anna University, Chennai. Chairman Indo United States of America collaborative group of Lymphoid Neoplasias (Indian Chapter).
Nominated member oncology faculty Bangalore University. President Asian and Pacific Federation of Organizations for Cancer Control. Member Indo Japan Co-operative study on Breast Cancer (Epidemiological and Biochemical) University Aichi, Nagoya, Japan, 1990—1992.
Indian collaborator in the multi-centre international collaborative protocol in treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia & non Hodgkins lymphoblastic leukemia and non Hodgkins lymphoma, Pediatric Oncology Division, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, since 1989. Member of Indian Society Oncology (president).