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Satish Kumar (born 00 Month year) is and Indian Scientist and as of January 2015 serves as Chief Scientist at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India. He is primarily known for his contributions on the creation of first gene knockout mouse in the laboratory in India. Satish is also a member of Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and International Society of Animal Genetics (ISAG) Advisory group on animal genetic diversity since .....

Education and career

Satish Kumar was born and brought up in a small farmer family in a small village of Kalnal district in Haryana, India. His father, shri.......was a farmer and involved in animal husbandry work. Satish did his primary education and schooling at .....and subsequently obtained his Master of Science in Animal Genetics and Breeding from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India in 1979. In 1994, Satish went on to do his doctoral studies at Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, England. in 1982 Satish returned to India and joined Agricultural Research Services of Indian Council of Agricultural Research at ........, India, where he worked until 1999. In 1999, Satish joined Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad as Scientist and group leader.

Gene targeting technology and knock out mouse

In ...... Satish and his colleagues created the first gene knock out mouse in laboratory in India using the gene targeting technology. Using this mouse, the group investigated the role of casein in lactation and discovered the novel functions of Wdr13 gene established that ..........These fundamental contributions further led to the understanding of........enabling India to ............

Satish has published more than ...........and has written ....books. He is also associated .............