Sudhir Kumar Sopory | |
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| Born | 7 January 1948 Ambala, Haryana, India |
| Alma mater | University of Kashmir (B.S., M.S.) University of Delhi (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Plant physiologist Educationist |
| Awards | Padma Shri Shanti Swarup Bhatangar Prize Chakravorty Award IBS Birbal Sahni Medal ISCA Birbal Sahni Birth Centenary Award NAAS Saligram Sinha Medal ASPB Corresponding Membership Award UGC Career Award ISCA Hira Lal Chakravorty Award NASI Salgram Sinha Award ISCA S. S. Katiyar Award NASI Prof. R. N. Tandon Memorial Award B. M. Johri Memorial Award INSA Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award T. N. Khoshoo Memorial Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Molecular plant physiology |
Sudhir Kumar Sopory (born on 7 January 1948) is an Indian educationist, plant physiologist, scientist and former vice chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.[1][2] He is known to be the first to purify a protein kinase C activity from plants and is credited with the identification of topoisomerase as a substrate of protein kinase C.[3] He is an elected Fellow of several major Indian science academies and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and is a recipient of many honours, including the 1987 Shanti Swarup Bhatangar Prize, the highest Indian award in the science and technology categories.[4] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2007, for his contributions to science and technology.[5]