Gyan Chandra Mishra obtained his BSc and MSc degrees from Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur and PhD degree from University of Udaipur, Udaipur. He joined Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow as a Pool Scientist. He obtained formal training in immunology at the Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre at Dallas, USA. He returned to India (1987) to join as a staff scientist at the Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Chandigarh and later took the responsibility as Director of National Center for Cell Science (1995). His work on the functional analysis of the effects of antibody/receptor interactions on the proliferation and differentiation of lymphokine responsive normal, neoplastic B cells and affinity maturation too have received wide appreciation. He has mentored about 8 students for their doctoral degree.
Dr Mishra is a recipient of Ranbaxy Research Foundation Award (2002) and Padma Shri. He is a Fellow of National Academy of Science (India), Allahabad; and Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.