Background
Gupta, Purshottam Das was born on August 10, 1939 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Son of Kalyan Baksh and Jamuna Devi Gupta.
Gupta, Purshottam Das was born on August 10, 1939 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Son of Kalyan Baksh and Jamuna Devi Gupta.
Bachelor of Science, Maharaja's College, Jaipur, 1961. Master of Science, University Rajasthan, Jaipur, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, 1968.
Research associate Medical School University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1970—1972. Assistant professor All India Institute Medical Science, New Delhi, 1972—1979. Assistant director Center Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, 1979—1989, deputy director, 1989—1995, director, 1995—1999, Iladevi Cataract and IOL Research Center, Ahmedabad, 1999—2006.
Founder Atmiya Institute Gerontology Research, Gujarat, India, since 2006, director, since 2006. Visiting professor Tottori University, Yonago, Japan, since 1987.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, Royal Microscopic Society England, New York Academy of Sciences India. Member: Society Endocrinology.
Married C. K. Gupta, July 4, 1961 (deceased December 1998). Children: Kalpana, Sanjay, Alpana.