Dorairajan Balasubramanian

Biography

Dorairajan Balasubramanian was born on 28 August 1939[8] in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[3][4] He graduated in Chemistry (BSc) from Madras University in 1957 and secured his master's degree (MSc) in Chemistry with first rank[11] in 1959 from Rajasthan University, Pilani.[2][3][4][5] He moved to USA in 1960 for researching for his doctoral studies and completed it in 1965 to obtain PhD[5] in biophysical chemistry from Columbia University.[2][3][4][8] He continued in USA for his post doctoral research as a Jane Coffin Childs Fund Fellow at the University of Minnesota Medical School till 1966.[2][3][4][5][8] Balasubramanian returned to India in 1966 and joined the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur[3][5] as a lecturer where he rose in ranks over the years to become an assistant professor and a professor.[2][4][8] In 1977, he was appointed as the professor and dean of the School of Chemistry at the University of Hyderabad[5][9] where he worked till 1982[8] when he took up the post of the deputy director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology.[2][3][8] He retired from the institution as its director[5] in 1998 and moved to L. V. Prasad Eye Institute where he is the director of research of Prof. Brien Holden Eye Research Centre.[2][3][4][5][8][9] He also serves as the visiting professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney and as the adjunct professor of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India.[2][3][4] Balasubramanian is married to Shakti who is associated with E TV as a producer and the couple has two daughters.[3][4] The elder daughter, Katyayani is a research analyst and the younger one, Akhila works as a public health professional.[3][4] The family lives in Hyderabad.

Research Interest

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