Vidyanand Nanjundiah

Biography

Vidyanand Nanjundiah earned his BSc degree (1967) from the University of Bombay and PhD (1972) from University of Chicago. He held post-doctoral positions at the Hubrecht Laboratorium Utrecht (1973), The Netherlands; Max-Planck-Institut Tubingen (1974-75), Germany; and Biozentrum (1975-76), Basel, Switzerland. He worked as Assistant Professor (1976-80) and Associate Professor (1989-92) at the Centre for Theoretical Studies, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He has been a member of the Molecular Biology Unit, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics and Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. At present he is Honorary Professor in the Centre for Human Genetics, Bengaluru.

Research Interest

Developmental Biology, Evolution, Theoretical Biology