Vr Muthukkaruppan
Immunology
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Veerappan Muthukaruppan earned his BSc (Hons) with first rank and MSc in Zoology from Annamalai University, after which he served the same University as a Lecturer. Subsequently he worked as Research Assistant (1961-65) in the Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, from where he obtained his PhD degree (1965). On returning to India, he first joined Annamalai University and then moved over to Madurai Kamaraj University (1970) and started the Department of Immunology, offering teaching and research programme in Immunology, the first of its kind in Indian Universities. Muthukkaruppan served as Vice-Chancellor (1994-97) of Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu.
Research Interest
Immunology, Angiogenesis, Ocular Diseases
