Dr. Charles Kamalam Job (1923–2012) was a leading Indian medical surgeon.
[1] His research interests were related to pathology and immunology of leprosy and its transmission.
He was the earliest scientist to use the electron microscope in India, particularly for leprosy research, which was installed at the Christian Medical College in 1963.
After a short stint as a school teacher, he obtained an MBBS degree in 1953 from Christian Medical College, Vellore and was appointed as a physician subsequently in the newly-started Schieffelin Leprosy Research Sanatorium at Karigiri.
[2] Until his death, he remained as Scientist Emeritus at Karigiri and in St. Thomas Leprosy Centre and Hospital at Chettupattu.