Kusal Das
Professor Kusal Das is currently holding the position of Distinguished Chair Professor (Vascular Physiology) at BLDE University, Vijayapur, Karnataka, India. He did his post-graduation in physiology from the University of Calcutta and later joined the University of Leeds, UK for a postdoctoral fellowship. He was also the Visiting Professor at the University of Leeds, UK (2014 -2016) and Tulane University, USA (2017-2018). Dr. Das's area of research is on environmental physiology in relation to cardio and cerebrovascular health. He was conferred the 'Dr. Raja Ramanna State Scientist Award (2013)' by the Government of Karnataka, the 'G.P.Chatterjee Memorial Award (2019)' by ISCA, DST, Government of India, and the 'Plurinational Science & Technology Prize” by the Ministry of Education, Republic of Bolivia (2021).