contributions to the field of pharmacology research, drug discovery and drug development and pharmaceutical education.
Dr. V. V. Radhakrishnan, Prof. &
Head, Dept. of Pathology, Sree Chitra
Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences
and Technology
(SCTIMST),
Thiruvananthapuram. He has conducted
research in the fields of neuropathology, i.e., infectious diseases of central nervous system (CNS), tumors of CNS, muscular and neuromuscular diseases, vascular diseases of CNS and demyelinating disease.
2003 Prof. Rentala Madhubala,
School of Life Sciences, JNU, New
Delhi. She has worked on parasite
diseases, like kala azar and malaria.
She has developed diagnostics, novel
chemotherapeutic targets, recombinant
protein and DNA vaccine against kala azar.
Dr. P. Kar, Professor of Medicine,
Maulana Azad Medical College, New
Delhi. He has
made original
contributions in the
field of liver
diseases in India, with reference to
molecular diagnosis of viral hepatitis
and the role of newer hepatotrophic viruses.
5. Outstanding Scientists/Social Scientists: Science & Society
2002 Dr. T.M. Vatsala,
Director,
Shri AMM Murugappa
Chettiar
Research Centre (MCRC), Tharamani,
Chennai. She has made contribution on
small-scale anaerobic
digestion
systems for rural
village farms,
optimization of functional biogas system in hilly areas, agricultural science, ecofriendly paper technology for women self help group, and hydrogen production from organic
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wastes using defined co-culture of bacteria.
Dr. Deepak Khare,
Associate
Professor, Water
Resource
Development Training Centre, IIT,
Roorkee. He has been involved in
creation of awareness,
providing
technical inputs and implementation of
Rain water Harvesting and Water Conservation works.
2003 Dr. Vijay Chandru, Dept. of
Computer Science and Automation,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
He has significant contributions in the
areas of optimization, logic, geometry
and graphics.
Prof. A.Jhunjhunwala, Dept.
of
Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute
of Technology, Chennai. He has made
significant contributions in the area of
Surface Acoustic Wave Theory and
Applications,
Communication
Networks, Fibre Optic Communications and Optical Signal Processing. He has worked towards building a cost-effective network. His work includes an in-depth look at Wireless Access Networks and DSL (Digital Subscriber Loop) access networks as well as V5.2 interface and Internet bypass in the access network.
SWAMI PRANAVANANDA SARASWATI
AWARDS
The names of those nominated for Swami Pranavananda Saraswati Award, each of Rs. 50,000/- in the following fields for the year 2002 & 2003 are:
1. Education
2002 Prof. Y.C. Simhadri,
Prof.
Simhadri has done pioneering work on
Tribals of the country,
particularly
Andhra Pradesh. He has been
the
Vice-Chancellor of
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