Kamal Ranadive
Kamal Ranadive ) | |
|---|---|
| Died | 11 April 2001 (aged 83) |
| Known for | Pioneering cancer research |
| Spouse |
Jayasing Trimbak Ranadive
(m. 1939) |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cell biology |
| Institutions | Cancer Research Centre and Tata Memorial Hospital |
Kamal Jayasing Ranadive (
In the 1960s, she established India's first tissue culture research laboratory at the Indian Cancer Research Centre in Mumbai.[4][5]
Early life
Ranadive was born in
In Bombay (now known as Mumbai), she worked at the
Professional career
Ranadive, on her return to India, rejoined ICRC and started her professional career as a Senior Research Officer. She was instrumental in establishing Experimental Biology Laboratory and Tissue Culture Laboratory in Bombay.
Special studies
When Ranadive was working for Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital in Bombay (which later became Cancer Research Centre)[9] in the department of pathology she reported on the research studies on the "Comparative morphology of normal mammary glands of four strains of mice varying in their susceptibility to breast cancer". In February 1945, she reported on the studies of cancer of the breast that had drawn special attention. She attempted to correlate the course of the disease with heredity, child-bearing, histological structure and other factors.[10] Malignancies of genetic origin in children and abnormal states of the blood, known as dyscrasias received her special attention.[9]
A major study that Ranadive and her team of the Satya Niketan (a voluntary organisation) of Ahmednagar undertook in 1989 was collection of data related to nutritional condition of tribal children in the Akola taluk of Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.[11]
Ranadive also provided advice to women in the rural villages near Rajpur and Ahmednagar on health and medical care through government sponsored projects under the aegis of the Indian Women Association.[12]
Awards and honours
Ranadive was awarded the Padma Bhushan (India's third highest civilian award) for Medicine, in 1982.[13] She was awarded the first Silver Jubilee Research Award 1964, of the Medical Council of India.[14] This award included a gold medal and a cash award of ₹15,000 (equivalent to ₹1.1 million or US$14,000 in 2023).[15] She was also awarded the G. J. Watumull Foundation Prize for 1964 in microbiology.[16]
She was an Emeritus Medical Scientist of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).[17]
Ranadive was honored with a Google Doodle on 8 November 2021, her 104th birthday.[18][19][20]
Papers published
Ranadive published more than 200 scientific research papers on cancer and leprosy.[21] Some of the papers are: (1) Betel quid chewing and oral cancer: Experimental studies on hamsters;[22] (2) Effect of Urethan on Nucleic Acids;[23] (3) Influence of splenectomy on the development of leukemia in male mice of the ICRC strain;[24] (4) Characterisation of mammary tumour virus of strain ICRC mouse.[25]
References
Citations
- ^ a b c Debus 1968, p. 1393.
- ^ a b c Bhisey 2008, pp. 24–26.
- ^ "Founder Members". Indian Women Scientists' Association. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ a b c Bhisey 2008, p. 24-26.
- ^ a b c Varde 1997, p. 39.
- ^ Bhisey, R. "Obsessed with excellence" (PDF). Indian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ a b Shearer & Shearer 1997, pp. 3213–13.
- ^ Shearer & Shearer 1997, p. 3213.
- ^ a b Rockefeller Foundation 1952, p. 83.
- ^ Sciences 1946, p. 18.
- ^ CENDIT 1989, p. 91.
- ^ Salwi, Dilip M. "Indian Women Association In India". Vigyan Prasar. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Padma Bhushan Awardees". Archives of Government of India. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ Roy 1970, p. 31.
- ^ Link. United India Periodicals. 1964.
- ^ IMDA Journal. All India Instrument Manufacturers & Dealers Association. 1965.
- ^ The Year book of the Indian National Science Academy. 1978.
- ^ "Dr. Kamal Ranadive's 104th Birthday". 8 November 2021.
- ^ Musil, Steven (7 November 2021). "Google Doodle celebrates pioneering Indian biologist Kamal Ranadive". CNET. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "Time-Line of Historical Highlights". www.apa.org. Archived from the original on 12 May 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
Introduced tissue culture technology into India and co-founded the first Indian cancer research center. In her lifetime, Ranadive has published over 200 research papers on cancer and leprosy.
- S2CID 40177672.
- S2CID 4149900.
- PMID 5089344.
- PMID 204490.
Bibliography
- Bhisey, Rajani (2008). Lilavati's Daughters: The Women Scientists of India (PDF). Bangalore: Indian Academy of Sciences.
- CENDIT (1 December 1989). Indian Social and Economic Development 1989: An Index to the Literature. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9780803996298.
- Debus, Allen G. (1968). World Who's who in Science: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Scientists from Antiquity to the Present. Marquis-Who's Who.
- Rockefeller Foundation (1952). Annual Report. The Foundation.
- Roy, Bidhan Chandra (1970). Dr. B. C. Roy national award fund and silver jubilee research award fund souvenir, 1969-70. Medical Council of India.
- Sciences, Indian Academy of (1946). Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Indian Academy of Sciences.
- Shearer, Benjamin F.; Shearer, Barbara Smith (1 January 1997). Notable Women in the Physical Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-29303-0.
- Varde, Abhijit (1997). Daughters of Maharashtra: Portraits of Women who are Building Maharastra : Interviews and Photographs. Kalnirnay.
External links
- Kamal Ranadive's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
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