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| name = Jayaraman Gowrishankar<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1956}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], India<br />
| field = [[Biology]]<br />
| work_institution = [[Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology]]<br />
[[Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics]]<br />
[[Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali]]<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/gowrishankar-is-new-iiser-director/story-SIrwHv5075F7oA1opiyJrI.html Gowrishankar is new IISER director], 'Hindustan Times'</ref><br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Madras]], [[University of Melbourne]]<br />
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (2013)<br />
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'''Jayaraman Gowrishankar''' (born 1956) is an Indian [[medical]] [[microbiologist]]. Gowrishankar received his [[M.B.B.S.]] degree from the [[Christian Medical College, Vellore]]. He holds [[Doctor of philosophy]] in bacterial genetics from the [[University of Melbourne]].<br />
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He was a Scientist and Group Leader at the [[Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology]] in Hyderabad. In 2000, he was positioned as director for [[Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-06/asfm-tas_7060612.php |title=The American Society for Microbiology honors Jayaraman Gowrishankar |access-date=16 June 2012 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012040/http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-06/asfm-tas_7060612.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> He served as director of the [[Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali]] from 11 December 2019 till 2 March 2024.<ref>{{cite web|title=Executive Positions - IISER Mohali|url=http://www.iisermohali.ac.in/executive-positions/people/executive-positions|website=www.iisermohali.ac.in|access-date=18 September 2017|language=en-gb|archive-date=18 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918201725/http://www.iisermohali.ac.in/executive-positions/people/executive-positions|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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He was awarded in 1991, the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], the highest science award in [[India]], in the Biological sciences category.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=P01-1293 |title=INSA<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=16 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090941/http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=P01-1293 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was awarded in 2013, the [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian honour, for his contribution towards the field of science.<ref name=pib4>{{cite press release|title=Padma Awards Announced|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=91838|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |date=25 January 2013|access-date=24 February 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Civilian honours==<br />
*[[Padma Shri]] in 2013 by the Government of India.<ref name=pib4 /><br />
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==Research awards==<br />
*INSA Medal for Young Scientists, 1986<br />
*CSIR Young Scientist Award, 1987<br />
*BM Birla Prize. 1991<br />
*[[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] for 1991<br />
*JC Bose Fellowship, 2007<br />
*The 2012 Moselio Schaechter Distinguished Service Award - [[American Society for Microbiology]]<br />
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==Research highlights==<br />
*Discovery of the operon and its exquisite osmotic regulation<br />
*Enunciation of a new hypothesis that toxic RNA-DNA hybrids (R-loops) are prone to occur from nascent untranslated transcripts in E coli.<br />
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