M. R. S. Rao
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Manchanahalli Rangaswamy Satyanarayana Rao (21 January 1948 – 13 August 2023) was an Indian scientist. He was awarded the fourth-highest civilian award, the Padma Shri,[1][2] for Science and Engineering in 2010. From 2003 to 2013 he was president of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) in Bangalore, India.[3]
Education and personal life
Rao obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in 1966 and Master's of Science degree in 1968 from
Rao was an honorary professor at
Rao was married to Padma S. Rao with whom he had two sons. Rao died on 13 August 2023, at the age of 75.[7]
Professional life
B.S. Yeddyurappa, Chief Minister of Karnataka; and C. N. R. Rao during a function at JNCASR, Bangalore.
After his University of California at San Diego (1998).
In 2003, he was appointed chair and president of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore. He was the chairperson of IISc's Department of Biochemistry (1998–2003) and Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit from 2005 to 2009. He served as president of the Society of Biological Chemists (India) for two terms between 2000 and 2004. Rao was a governing body member and scientific advisor to several research institutes in India. He was a former chairman of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He was a member of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata; chairman of the Research Council of Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata; and member of the Selection/Search Committee of CSIR Directors. Rao served as a chairperson or subject matter expert for several scientific councils and academies, such as Third World Academy of Sciences; and science policy-making committees in Government of India organisations, institutions and universities. He was the chairperson for the Task Force on Human Genetics & Genome Analysis at the Department of Biotechnology, India.[8] He was also a member of the governing body of the Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore. He served as a member of the academic council of Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific Research, Bangalore.[9]
In 2010, Rao was appointed a member of the National Science and Engineering Research Board, which supports innovation, research and development in various sciences in India.[10] Rao was on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals, including as senior member on the editorial board of the American Journal of Cancer Research (AJCR).[11] PublicationsRao was a scientific researcher and author of many peer-reviewed and oft-cited international journal articles.[citation needed] Most of his research work had been focused on Chromatin biology and Cancer biology. As of August 2023[update], his 1993 publication Awards and recognitions
Rao had received several medals, awards and fellowships both in India and abroad. He was awarded the Ranbaxy Science Foundation Award for Basic Medical Sciences, and the Sir M. Visveswaraiah Senior Scientist State award from the Government of Karnataka. He received the Prof. N. Appaji Rao Best Mentor Award in 2011,[16] an award given by the Indian Institute of Science Alumni Association (IIScAA), Bangalore.
Rao was a fellow of the Human Genome Organization .
References
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