Cms Dass

Biography

CMS Dass did his BSc (Hons) and MSc in Zoology from Central College (University of Mysore) in Bangalore. He joined the department as Lecturer in Zoology (1947). He started his research career in Central College under Professor BR Seshachar and worked on the nuclear organization and post-conjugation development of macronuclear anlagen in Peritrichous Ciliate Protozoa to obtain his PhD from Mysore University. In 1954, on Fulbright Fellowship for further studies and research, he joined the University of Wisconsin, USA as Graduate student in the Zoology Department and worked for his PhD (1957) under Professor Hans Ris. He returned to Central College and continued as Lecturer, and then joined Zoology Department of Delhi University (DU) as Lecturer (1958). He was awarded International Post-graduate Fellowship (1961) by National Research Council (NRC), Ottawa, Canada, to work in the Biophysics Department. He returned to DU as Reader in Zoology (1963) and later appointed as Professor of Zoology in the Centre of Advanced Study in Cell Biology and Endocrinology, DU. On superannuation (1986) he was re-appointed as Professor and finally retired in 1991. He was an Emeritus Professor (Honorary) in Karnataka State Sericulture Research and Development Institute (SRDI).

Research Interest

Cell Biology - Cellular Ultrastructure & Function,Silk Worm Pathology,