Govindarajan Padmanaban
Govindarajan Padmanaban | |
|---|---|
| File:Photo G Padmanabhan.jpg | |
| Born | 20 March 1938 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Indian Agricultural Research Institute,New Delhi Presidency College, Chennai |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan (2003) Padma Shri (1991) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1983) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | Indian Institute of Science St Mary's Hospital Medical School University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | P. S. Sarma |
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.
Early life and education
Padmanaban was brought up in a family of engineers. His 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 masters 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.[1]
Research
In 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.[2]
Awards
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (1983)
- Padma Shri (1991)[3]
- Padma Bhushan (2003)[3]
- Elected Fellowship of the National Academy of Medical Sciences[4]
References
- ^ Diamond, Bruce (2003). "Profile: Govindarajan Padmanaban". Nature Medicine. 9 (8): 985. doi:10.1038/nm0803-985. PMID 12894150.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ^ "List of Fellows NAMS" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- Siddharthan, Rahul (2007). "The case of the Padmanaban Committee". Current Science. 93 (3): 281–2.
- Search Results for author Padmanaban G on PubMed.
External links
- Living people
- 1938 births
- Indian biochemists
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering
- Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering
- Indian Institute of Science alumni
- Directors of the Indian Institute of Science
- Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Biological Science
- Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy
- Fellows of The National Academy of Sciences, India
- Indian biotechnologists
- Fellows of the National Academy of Medical Sciences
- Indian Institute of Science faculty
- 20th-century Indian biologists
- 20th-century Indian chemists
- Scientists from Chennai