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'''Dr K. S. Jayaraman''' is an [[India]]n science journalist. He was the first Science Editor of the [[Press Trust of India]] (PTI), India's premier [[News agency]]. He was also the Editor of [[Nature (journal)|Nature]] India, Science Editor with [[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] and has written extensively in Indian and international publications. He has contributed immensely to the growth of [[Science journalism]] in [[India]].<br />
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Dr Jayaraman joined [[Press Trust of India]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Press Trust of India|first=PTI|title=PTI Website|url=http://www.ptinews.com/|publisher=PTI|access-date=1 February 2014}}</ref> in 1973 after completing his [[Doctorate]] from University of Maryland in the US in [[Nuclear Physics]] in 1969 and M.S. in Journalism from the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, in the [[United States]] in 1971.<br />
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While working as a post doctoral fellow at the University of Manitoba, he was sent to Chicago to present a paper at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society in 1970. In the Press Room of the conference, he had a chance meeting with the science reporter of the wire service, [[Associated Press]], Charles Gene McDaniels who was covering the event. When Jayaraman shared his interest in [[Journalism]], McDaniels advised him to join the [[Medill School of Journalism]] of the [[Northwestern University]]. "Not many have come to us after a Ph.D. in [[physics]]. Why you want to study journalism when you can report science without doing an MS," he was questioned at the Medill School. It took some effort to convince the School that he really wanted to learn [[Journalism]].<ref>{{Cite book|title= Raising Hackles: Celebrating the Life of Science Journalist Dr K S Jayaraman|last=C.Sharma|first=Dinesh|date=2019|publisher=Notion Press, Chennai |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Soon after joining PTI in New Delhi, he established the PTI Science Service in 1981 and soon became the most respected word on [[Science Policy]] and Regulations. In 1974, he exposed the US-funded research project carried out jointly by the [[World Health Organization]] and the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] (ICMR) called the Genetic Control of Mosquitoes Unit (GCMU) as part of [[biological warfare]] experiments. After his report appearing in newspapers across the country on July 29, 1974, there was a national uproar, and the [[Parliament of India]] held a discussion on the matter the very next day. A parliamentary committee investigated the reports and vindicated his findings.<ref>{{cite web|last=Roychowdhury|first=Amitabha|title=When CIA, US Army Conducted Mosquito Research in India Strange India|url=https://www.newsclick.in/CIA-US-Army-Mosquito-Research-India-1960s-1970s|publisher=Newsclick.com|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> <br />
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He has written widely on [[Healthcare science]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Health Articles in Nature India|url=http://www.aidshivresearch.com/showcitationlist.php?surname=Jayaraman&initials=KS|publisher=ICMG Ltd.|access-date=1 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=July 2021}}</ref> [[Space research]], [[Military science]], [[Biotechnology]] and [[Astrophysics]]. He was also a member of many committees set up by the [[Government of India]].<br />
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He established the Indian Science Writers Association (ISWA) in 1985 in [[New Delhi]] and was the first president of the Association.<ref>{{cite web|title=First Executive Committee (1986)|url=http://iswaindia.com/?page_id=34|website=Indian Science Writers Association|access-date=2 February 2014}}</ref> In 1974, he received [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]]'s Chandrakant Vora Memorial Award for best reporting and, in February 1989, became the first recipient of the National Award for the best S&T coverage in the mass media from the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)]].<br />
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Currently he spends his [[retirement]] life between [[Bangalore]] and [[Singapore]].<br />
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