Padmanabhan Balaram
Chemistry
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
P Balaram obtained his BSc (1967) from Poona University, MSc (1969) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and PhD (1972) in chemistry from the Carnegie-Mellon University, USA. He worked as a Research Associate at the Harvard University (1972-73) with Professor RB Woodward of the Department of Chemistry. On return to India, he joined the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore as a Lecturer (1973), and then became Assistant Professor (1977), Associate Professor (1982) and finally a Professor in 1986. Presently he is Director of IISc.
Research Interest
Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biophysics
