Undurti Narasimha Das

Biography

Born to Kameshwari and Undurti Sitarama Shastry on 28 June 1950 at Kakinada, a large city in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, Undurti N. Das graduated in medicine from Andhra Medical College of the Andhra Universityin 1973.[6] Subsequently, he joined Osmania Medical College as a Senior Research Fellow of the Indian Council of Medical Research and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, simultaneously pursuing his higher studies to secure an MD in 1981. He continued at the institution at the Department of Genetics as an ICMR Research Associate, doing his post-doctoral work for 3 years. In 1984, he moved to Canada to join Efamol Research Institute, Kentville as a scientist where he stayed for two years and on his return to India in 1986, he joined Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences as an associate professor at the department of clinical pharmacology and medical research.[4] He served the institution till 1996, holding the position of a professor from 1990 onward. For the next three years, he was with L. V. Prasad Eye Institute as a professor and the head of the Division of Internal Medicine, Clinical Immunology and Biochemistry. In 1999, he had his second stint abroad, this time in the US where he chaired EFA Sciences, Norwood as its research director. His service at EFA lasted till 2004 during which period he also served as a Research Professor of Surgery, Nutrition, and Physiology at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University from 2003 to 2004. That year, he founded UND LIfe Sciences at Shaker Heights, Ohio, a biotechnology company,[7] and became its founder president and chief executive officer.[8] Between 2007 and 2009, he had a brief stay in India as the Research Director of IKP Centre for Technologies in Public Health, Chennai

Research Interest

fatty acids