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L. S. Shashidara: SS Bhatnagar Prize 2008 for Biological Sciences

L S Shashidara obtained B. Sc. and M. Sc. (Genetics and Plants Breeding) in 1987 at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad. He received his Ph.D. in 1991 from the University of Cambridge, UK. After a period of post-doctoral work at the University of Cambride, he worked in National Centre for Biological Sciences, Banglore, as a visiting fellow. He joined CCMB (Centre of Cellular and Molecular Biology Hyderabad, one of 38 laboratories of ICSR) in 1995. Since August 2007, he is on deputation at IISER Pune as Professor and Coordinator (Biology).

He remained in the national limelight when in 2001, he along with Poonam Bandari, had reported to have developed genetically engineered fruit flies (Drosophila), which could be used for screening and validating drugs instead of employing mice. (A press report can be accessed here.)

An article by Prof. Shashidara on Drosophila Genetics & Developmental Biology can be accessed here.

The transgenic flies at CCMB were specifically bred for evaluating the efficacy of existing and new drugs against certain types of cancer.

L. S. Shashidhara has won S S Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for 2008 along with G P S Raghava of IMTECH Chandigarh. They have won the prize for Biological Sciences.

The prize consists of Rs. 5 lakhs, a citation and a plaque. It is otherwise a big honour in the field of science within India.

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Sources Used:
Article by L. S. Shashidara given on the web site of CCMB Hyderabad.

Bio date of L. S. Shashidara given on the web site of CCMB Hyderabad.

Indian Express: Healthcare Management

SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR PRIZE

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science & Technology was instituted in 1957 in the name of the founder Director General and the principal architect of CSIR. The Prize has now become the most coveted national recognition for scientists and engineers. The Bhatnagar Laureates (winners of the prize) exemplify the best of talents in Science & Technology in India.


The prize consists of cash prize of Rs. 5 lakhs, a citation and a plaque.

The prize is given by CSIR for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in Biological, Chemical, Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary, Engineering, Mathematical, Medical and Physical Sciences.

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Sources used:
Wikipedia for Photograph
A Handbook of SS Bhatnagar Prize Winner (a pdf document)

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Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH) Chandigarh

Established in 1984, the Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH) is one among the chain of 38 national laboratories functioning under the aegis of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and is its youngest laboratory. Set-up to be a fore-runner in the sun-rise area of Biotechnology, the Institute occupies an area of about 47 acres, of which the labs covered 22 acres and the residential campus 25 acres. The Institute has a built up area of about 3.60 lakh sq. ft., which is spread over five main buildings, namely, Main R&D block (~2.00 lakhs sq. ft.), Fermentation block (~0.50 lakhs sq. ft.), Animal House (~0.30 lakhs sq. ft.), Workshop, Stores and Services area (~0.50 lakhs sq. ft.), and Cafeteria (~0.10 lakhs sq. ft.). The Institute provides functionally modular and large, air-conditioned, clean research areas to all the scientists. The Institute's primary asset is a team of 48 highly motivated young scientists, 36 of whom are Ph.D.s with many of them having several years of training in world-renowned laboratories. Supported by more than 145 well-trained technicians and graduate students, these scientists are engaged in research, both basic and application-oriented, in four major areas namely:

Molecular Biology and Microbial Genetics
Cell Biology and Immunology
Protein Science and Engineering
Fermentation Technology and Applied Microbiology

It is the youngest laboratory among the 38 national laboratories functioning under the aegis of CSIR.

The present director (year 2008) is Girish Sahni. (in Photograph)

Address of the Institute:
Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39-A, Chandigarh - 160036 (INDIA)
PH: +91-172-2695215, 2695225, 2636680 - 94 (15 Lines)
Fax: +91-172-2690632 (Administration), +91-172-2690585 (Director)

Website: Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh (CSIR)

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Credit: The contents of this post are verbatim repetition of description of the Institute as given at its website mentioned above.
The photograph has been taken from the website of the institute itself.

G.P.S. Raghava: SS Bhatnagar Prize 2008 for Biological Sciences

G.P.S. Raghava is a scientist working at Bioinformatics Centre (BIC), Institute of Microbial Technology(IMTECH), Chandigarh. He joined IMTECH in 1986. His primary duty is to develop computer software, to maintain computer hardware/software and to maintain network at IMTECH. He is also looking after distributed information centre (DIC) supported by DBT under BTISNET programme, where his primary duty is to built/maintain infrastructure required for protein modeling and engineering. He is developing software in the field of bioscience since 1990.

He belongs to Village Nagla Karan, District, Bulandhshahr, Uttar Pardesh.

G.P.S. Raghava has won S S Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for 2008 along with L. S. Shashidhara, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology. They have won the prize for Biological Sciences.

The prize consists of Rs. 5 lakhs, a citation and a plaque. It is otherwise a big honour in the field of science within India.

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Sources: G. P. S. Raghava Home Page.
Photographs: G. P. S. Raghava Home Page. (Op cit)
The Hindu: CSIR names Bhatnagar Award.
The above links were retrieved on September 30, 2008 at 8.17 pm IST.

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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for 2008.

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for 2008 has been announced by Director-General Samir K. Brahmachari of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The announcement was made on Friday, September 26, 2008.


Biological sciences – G.P.S. Raghava, Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh; and L.S.Shashidara, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology.

Chemical sciences – Pradeep Thalappil, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras; and Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy, IIT, Kanpur.

Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences – P.N.Vinayachandran, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.


Engineering Sciences – Ranjan Kumar Mallik, IIT, Delhi.


Mathematical Sciences – Jaikumar Radhakrishnan, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.


Medical Sciences – Ravinder Goswami, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi.


Physical Sciences – Raghunathan Srianand, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune; and Srikanth Sastry, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Bangalore.

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Kindly note that same information is now available on CSIR site at http://csirhrdg.res.in/ssb2008.htm. This page was accessed on October 1, 2008 reached through the main site of CSIR at http://csirhrdg.res.in/

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Source and Acknowledgement:
It is word by word copy from The Hindu: CSIR names Bhatnagar winners.