Beena Pillai

Beena Pillai
Beena Pillai
Born	Kerala, India
Alma mater	Ramnarain Ruia College; University of Mumbai; Indian Institute of Science;
Known for	Studies on transcription, non coding RNA and histone variants
Awards	2008 CSIR Young Scientist Award; 2009 INSA Young Scientist Medal; 2017–18 N-BIOS Prize;
	Scientific career
Fields	Microbiology; Genetics;
Institutions	Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology;

Beena Ramakrishnan Pillai is an Indian microbiologist, geneticist, and a scientist at the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology. She is known for her studies on gene regulation influenced by small RNA and histone variants and is a recipient of the Young Scientist Award of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and the Young Scientist Medal of the INSA. The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded her the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for her contributions to biosciences, in 2017–18.