Dr. K. Vijay Raghavan

Biography

 Professor K. VijayRaghavan is the Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India since January 28, 2013.   Before that, he was the Director of the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and the interim head of The Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem) a new autonomous institute of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT).  Prof. VijayRaghavan’s contributions in science, as a developmental biologist, have been recognized widely. He was conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree by the University of Edinburgh in 2011. He is a J. C. Bose Fellow of the Department of Science and Technology. He gave the J.C. Bose Memorial Lecture at the Royal Society in 2010, was awarded the inaugural Infosys Prize in Life Sciences  2009. He is a recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, India’s most prestigious science award, in 1998. He is a fellow of The Indian National Science Academy and The Indian Academy of Sciences and served on the Council of the latter. Prof. VijayRaghavan is the only Indian elected as an Associate Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization. In 2012, Prof. VijayRaghavan was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Research Interest

 Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Regenarative medicine