Naropantul Appaji Rao

Biography

Naropantul Appaji Rao obtained his BSc from the Madras University and MSc from the Rajputana University. He then joined the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and worked to elucidate pathways for the biosynthesis of flavin coenzyme nucleotides in plants for his PhD (from Rajasthan University in 1959). Thereafter, he worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Washington; and Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, USA; and as Visiting Professor/Scientist at Brigham Young University, USA; New York University Medical Center; University of Nagoya, Japan; Institute of Applied Biochemistry, Japan; University of London; and Edith Cowan University, Australia. Upon his return to India, he joined the Department of Biochemistry in 1964 as a CSIR Pool Officer and subsequently as Lecturer, rose steadily to become Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Chairman, and Dean of Science Faculty, all at IISc.

Research Interest

Enzyme Regulation and Kinetics & Human Genetics