Govindarajan Padmanaban

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| name = Govindarajan Padmanaban
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|03|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Madras]], [[British Raj|India]]
| residence = [[India]]
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| nationality = [[India]]n
| fields = [[Biochemistry]]
| workplaces = [[Indian Institute of Science]] [[St Mary's Hospital Medical School]] [[University of Chicago]]
| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Science]], [[Bengaluru]] [[Indian Agricultural Research Institute]], New Delhi [[Presidency College, Chennai]]
| doctoral_advisor = P. S. Sarma
| notable_students = Pundi N. Rangarajan; Sendurai A. Mani; Varadharajan Sundaramurthy;
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| prizes = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2003) [[Padma Shri]] (1991) [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] (1983)
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| religion = [[Hindu]]
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'''Govindarajan Padmanaban''' (born 20 March 1938, in [[Madras]]) is an Indian [[Biochemistry|biochemist]] and [[biotechnology|biotechnologist]]. He was the former director of the [[Indian Institute of Science]] (IISc), and presently serves as honorary professor in the department of biochemistry at [[IISc]] and [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] of [[Central University of Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Chancellor |url=https://cutn.ac.in/chancellor/ |publisher=[[Central University of Tamil Nadu]] |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Padmanaban was brought up in a family of engineers. His belongs to [[Tanjore]] district of [[Tamil Nadu]] but had settled in Bangalore. After completing his schooling in Bangalore, he joined an Engineering College. However, he found engineering uninteresting, and he joined the Presidency College in [[Madras]] to complete a bachelor's degree in chemistry. He completed his masters in Soil Chemistry at [[Indian Agricultural Research Institute]], [[New Delhi]] and Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the Indian Institute of Science ([[IISc]]), [[Bangalore]] in 1966.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1038/nm0803-985 |title=Profile: Govindarajan Padmanaban |year=2003 |last1=Diamond |first1=Bruce |journal=Nature Medicine |volume=9 |issue=8 |pages=985 |pmid=12894150}}</ref>

==Research==
In the early years of his research, he primarily worked in the transcriptional regulation of Eukaryotic genes in the liver. He was interested in elucidating the multifaceted role of heme in cellular processes. His group discovered the heme-biosynthetic pathway in the malarial parasite and showed it to be a drug target. He has also been interested in the area of vaccine development. His team was successful in showing the antimalarial property of [[Curcumin]] and its efficacy in combination therapy in 2004.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.11.051 |title=Curcumin for malaria therapy |year=2005 |last1=Reddy |first1=Raju C. |last2=Vatsala |first2=Palakkodu G. |last3=Keshamouni |first3=Venkateshwar G. |last4=Padmanaban |first4=Govindarajan |last5=Rangarajan |first5=Pundi N. |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |volume=326 |issue=2 |pages=472–4 |pmid=15582601}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] (1983){{citation needed|date=July 2018}}
* [[Padma Shri]] (1991)<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>
* [[Padma Bhushan]] (2003)<ref name="Padma Awards" />
* Elected Fellowship of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]]<ref name="List of FellowsNAMS">{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows NAMS | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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*{{cite journal |last1=Siddharthan |first1=Rahul |year=2007 |title=The case of the Padmanaban Committee |journal=Current Science |volume=93 |issue=3 |pages=281–2 |url=http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Downloads/download_pdf.php?titleid=id_093_03_0281_0281_0}}
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[[Category:Indian biochemists]]
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[[Category:Indian Institute of Science alumni]]
[[Category:Directors of the Indian Institute of Science]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Biological Science]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy]]
[[Category:Fellows of The National Academy of Sciences, India]]
[[Category:Indian biotechnologists]]
[[Category:Fellows of the National Academy of Medical Sciences]]
[[Category:Indian Institute of Science faculty]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian biologists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian chemists]]
[[Category:Scientists from Chennai]]
[[Category:Presidency College, Chennai alumni]]

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