Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan

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Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan
Born(1913-05-22)22 May 1913
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany Jubilee Medal
INSA
Sunder Lal Hora Medal
Birbal Sahni Birth Centenary Medal

Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan (May 22, 1913 – August 18, 2001) was an Indian plant pathologist, academic and the director of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany of the

Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1974, for his contributions to science.[3]

Biography

Presidency College, Chennai

Toppur Sadasivan was born on 22 May 1913, at

University of Agriculture, Faisalabad) to start his career as a microbiologist, in 1941. Soon, he shifted to the University Botany Laboratory (UBL) of the University of Madras, and took up the position of a Reader, to eventually succeed M. O. P. Iyengar as its Director in 1944, .[5]

At UBL, Sadasivan formed a research group to pursue studies soil-borne diseases affecting

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient, who would later succeed him as the head of the Centre for Advanced Study.[8] He also established the School of Physiological Plant Pathology at Madras University and served as a consultant to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on plant-based laboratories.[1]

Sadasivan served as the President of the

Indian Science Congress of 1958 and was the vice president of the International Botanical Congress (1959, 1964, 1969 and 1975). When the first International Plant Pathology Congress held in London in 1966, he chaired the convention. He also served as the president of the Indian Phytopathological Society for the year 1964.[1]

Sadasivan was married to Radha and the couple had three daughters.[7] He died on 18 August 2001, at the age of 88, at Gokulam, his residence along Mundagakanniamman Koil Street in Mylapore.[5]

Awards and honors

The

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany Jubilee Medal in 1971.[7] The Indian National Science Academy awarded him the Sunder Lal Hora Medal in 1973 and the Birbal Sahni Birth Centenary Medal reached him two years before his death in 1999.[1] The Indian National Science Academy has instituted an annual oration, Professor T. S. Sadasivan Endowment Lecture in his honor.[12]

Trivia

Sadasivan was reported to have donated a part of his property in Kodaikanal to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan for establishing a school where he served as the chairman for nearly fifteen years.[4] He was known to have had a fascination for photography.[6] He wore Khadi and used to wash his own clothes till his health failed a month before his death.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Deceased Fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b "He promoted experimental botany in an inter-disciplinary manner". Madras Musings. 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Elected Fellow" (PDF). Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "T. S. Sadasivan – a centennial remembrance" (PDF). Current Science. 1972. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  7. ^ a b c "T. S. Sadasivan – A tribute" (PDF). Indian Institute of Science. 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  8. ^ D. Jayarama Bhat; J. Muthumary; C. Rajendran; S. Raghu Kumar & B. P. R. Vittal (May 2014). "Living Legends in Indian Science" (PDF). Current Science. 106 (10).
  9. ^ a b "Fellow Profile - Sadasivan, Prof. Toppur Sethapathy". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  10. ^ "Members Directory". Leopoldina.org. 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  11. ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  12. ^ R. Misra (1985). "Professor T. S. Sadasivan Endowment Lecture 1984" (PDF). Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Acad. B55 (5): 641–644.
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