Subhash Chandra Lakhotia
Indian biologist (born 1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Subhash Chandra Lakhotia (born 4 October 1945) is an Indian cytogeneticist, academic, Distinguished Professor[1] of Zoology, and the Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) Distinguished Fellow at the Banaras Hindu University.[2] He is known for his pioneering research on Drosophila with regard to its chromosome organization and replication.[3] A Raja Ramanna fellow of the Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Atomic Energy, he is an elected fellow of all three major Indian science academies: Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Sciences, India.[4] He is a Senior Fellow of the Cell Stress Society International (USA). The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1989, for his contributions to biological sciences.[5]
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Born | (1945-10-04) 4 October 1945 (age 78) |
Nationality | Indian |
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Known for | Cellular autonomy of the hyperactive male-X for dosage compensation in Drosophila, lifetime contributions to the long-non-coding RNA 93D or the hsromega gene of Drosophila melanogaster, writings on higher education and research assessment policies |
Awards | 1975 INSA Young Scientists Medal 1979 UGC Career Award in Sciences 1989 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 1998 UGC J. C. Bose Award 2002 INSA Sunder Lal Hora Medal 2007 BHU Professor CNR Rao Education Foundation Award |
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Doctoral advisor | Prof. Ardhendu Shekhar Mukherjee |