Govindarajan Padmanaban (born 20 March 1938, in Madras) is an Indian biochemist and biotechnologist. He was the former director of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and presently serves as honorary professor in the department of biochemistry at IISc and Chancellor of Central University of Tamil Nadu.[1]
Govindarajan Padmanaban | |
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| Born | 20 March 1938 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi Presidency College, Chennai |
| Awards | Vignan Ratna Puraskar (2024)Padma Bhushan (2003) Padma Shri (1991) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1983) |
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| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | Indian Institute of Science St Mary's Hospital Medical School University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | P. S. Sarma |
| Doctoral students | Pundi N. Rangaran, M R Satyanarayana Rao, Chellam Rajamanickam, Varavani Dwarki, Poornima Upadhya, M.Venkateswara Rao, Varadharajan Sundaramurthy. |
Early life and education
editPadmanaban was brought up in a family of engineers. He belongs to Tanjore district of Tamil Nadu but had settled in Bangalore. After completing his schooling in Bangalore, he joined an Engineering College. However, he found engineering uninteresting, and he joined the Presidency College in Madras to complete a bachelor's degree in chemistry. He completed his master's degree in Soil Chemistry at Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and Ph.D. in biochemistry at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore in 1966.[2]
Research
editIn the early years of his research, he primarily worked in the transcriptional regulation of Eukaryotic genes in the liver. He was interested in elucidating the multifaceted role of heme in cellular processes. His group discovered the heme-biosynthetic pathway in the malarial parasite and showed it to be a drug target. He has also been interested in the area of vaccine development. His team was successful in showing the antimalarial property of Curcumin and its efficacy in combination therapy in 2004.[3]
Awards
edit- Vigyan Ratna Award (2024)[4][5]
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (1983)[citation needed]
- Padma Shri (1991)[6]
- Padma Bhushan (2003)[6]
- Elected Fellowship of the National Academy of Medical Sciences[7]
References
edit- ^ "Chancellor". Central University of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ Diamond, Bruce (2003). "Profile: Govindarajan Padmanaban". Nature Medicine. 9 (8): 985. doi:10.1038/nm0803-985. PMID 12894150. S2CID 29954165.
- ^ Reddy, Raju C.; Vatsala, Palakkodu G.; Keshamouni, Venkateshwar G.; Padmanaban, Govindarajan; Rangarajan, Pundi N. (2005). "Curcumin for malaria therapy". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 326 (2): 472–4. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.11.051. PMID 15582601.
- ^ "Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP) - 2024 : Final List of Awardees" (PDF). awards.gov.in. CASU, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar: Chandrayaan-3 team and 32 others selected for first ever edition". The Economic Times. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "List of Fellows NAMS" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- Siddharthan, Rahul (2007). "The case of the Padmanaban Committee". Current Science. 93 (3): 281–2.
- Search Results for author Padmanaban G on PubMed.