Deepak T. Nair

Deepak T. Nair
Prof . Deepak T. Nair
Born (1973-10-25) 25 October 1973 (age 51)
Pune, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forStudies on DNA polymerases and RNA polymerases
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Deepak Thankappan Nair (born 25 October 1973) is an Indian Structural Biologist and a scientist at Regional Centre for Biotechnology. He is known for his studies on DNA and RNA polymerases. Deepak was a Ramanujan fellow of the Science and Engineering Research Board (2008–2013) and a recipient of the National BioScience Award for Career Development (Dept. of Biotechnology). 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, for his contributions to biological sciences in 2017.[1][note 1][2] He was inducted as a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (New Delhi, India) in December, 2022.

  1. ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  2. ^ "10 scientists receive Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize". The Hindu. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.


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