Govindarajan Padmanaban | |
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| Born | 20 March 1938 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi Presidency College, Chennai |
| Awards | Vignan Ratna Puraskar (2024)Padma Bhushan (2003) Padma Shri (1991) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1983) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | Indian Institute of Science St Mary's Hospital Medical School University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | P. S. Sarma |
| Doctoral students | Pundi N. Rangaran, M R Satyanarayana Rao, Chellam Rajamanickam, Varavani Dwarki, Poornima Upadhya, M.Venkateswara Rao, Varadharajan Sundaramurthy. |
Govindarajan Padmanaban (born 20 March 1938, in Madras) is an Indian biochemist and biotechnologist. He was the former director of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and presently serves as honorary professor in the department of biochemistry at IISc and Chancellor of Central University of Tamil Nadu.[1]
- ^ "Chancellor". Central University of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 27 June 2021.