Karuppannan Veluthambi
Karuppannan Veluthambi | |
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| Born | Molecular Biology |
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| Doctoral advisor | Professor Ramesh Maheshwari |
Karuppannan Veluthambi is an Indian
plant biotechnologist and a former Professor and INSA-Senior Scientist at the School of Biotechnology (SBT) of Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU).[1][2][3][4][5]
Education
After earning his
T-DNA transfer from Agrobacterium to plants.[1]
Career
After moving back to
Molecular Biology was created in Madurai Kamaraj University by Veluthambi under the direction of Professor A. Gnanam. He established a Technician Training Programme dedicated in Biotechnology in Madurai as part of DBT's efforts to create the human resource base to teach the Diploma Course in Methods in Biotechnology. With assistance from the Rockefeller Foundation, the United States, and the Indo-Swiss Collaboration in Biotechnology, he started international research programmes at Madurai Kamaraj University.[1] He also served as the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC)- Co-Chair for Genetically modified rice project.[6][7]
Honours[1]
- 2002: Elected as Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences
- 2002: Elected as Fellow of Guha Research Conference
- 2008: Elected as Fellow of Indian National Science Academy
References
- ^ a b c d "Indian Fellow". Indian National Science Academy. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ "Prof. Karuppanna Veluthambi Ph.D. (IISc), FNA, FNASc". Indian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ "THE IN VIVO REPORT". THE IN VIVO REPORT. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ "PLANT BIOLOGY TREE". PLANT BIOLOGY TREE. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ "campus connect". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "GM crop: Biotech regulators' career paths show conflicts of interest". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ "Panel to inspect Bt brinjal 'sowing' in Haryana farms". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 June 2019.