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{{short description|Indian scientist in nutrition}}
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'''Kamala Krishnaswamy''' is an Indian scientist in nutrition. She is a former director of the [[National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad|National institute of Nutrition]] from 1997 to 2002, and was the President of the Nutrition Society of [[India]] from 2003 to 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hnfi.org/profile/krishnaswamy.html?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=480&width=600 | title=Kamala Krishnaswamy | publisher=Heinz Nutrition Foundation of India | accessdate=16 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812085523/http://www.hnfi.org/profile/krishnaswamy.html?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=480&width=600 | archive-date=12 August 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Vir2011">{{cite book|author=Sheila Chander Vir|title=Public Health and Nutrition in Developing Countries (Part I and II)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ykj7CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA956|accessdate=16 July 2016|date=14 August 2011|publisher=WPI India|isbn=978-93-80308-75-3|pages=956–}}</ref><ref name="Bamji2009">{{cite book|author=Bamji|title=Textbook Of Human Nutrition, 3/E|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqccfyPUqYUC&pg=PA524|accessdate=16 July 2016|year=2009|publisher=Oxford & IBH Publishing Company Pvt. Limited|isbn=978-81-204-1742-7|pages=524–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=N98-1233 | title=Dr Kamala Krishnaswamy Fellow | publisher=[[Indian National Science Academy]] | accessdate=16 July 2016}}{{dead link|date=December 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Born on 4 April 1940 in Hyderabad in India,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Krishnaswamy is a former Emeritus Medical Scientist at the Indian Council of Medical Research, she has been inducted as a fellow in the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2003, and is also a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, the Indian Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medical Sciences, and the International Union of Nutritional Sciences as well as other societies.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=National Academy of Agricultural Sciences - Dr. (Ms) Kamala Krishnaswamy |url=https://naas.org.in/detail.php?id=240 |access-date=February 16, 2024}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The World Academy of Sciences - KRISHNASWAMY Kamala |url=https://twas.org/directory/krishnaswamy-kamala |access-date=February 16, 2024}}</ref>

== Honors and Awards ==
The recipient of multiple awards, including Dr. VN Patwardhan Prize<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> and the Dr. Kamala Menon Medical Research Award from the Indian Council of Medical Research;<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> the Ramachandran Oration Award from the Nutrition Foundation of India in 2011,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Dr. Gopalan Cenetenary Award of Nutrition Society of India in 2018<ref name=":1" /> and many others, Krishnaswamy was most recently honored with the Living Legend Award of International Union of Nutritional Sciences Award in 2022.<ref name=":0" />

==Biography==
She earned her [[MBBS]] and MD in Internal Medicine from [[Osmania University]]. She trained in clinical pharmacology in the [[Karolinska institute]] in [[Sweden]] under a [[World Health Organization]] fellowship. She joined the [[National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad|National institute of Nutrition]] in 1964 and became its director in 1997.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/510206/milk-adulteration-fssai-proposes-norms.html | title=Milk adulteration: FSSAI proposes new norms | publisher=[[Deccan Herald]] | date=5 November 2015 | accessdate=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Traditional-oil-best-bet-shows-study/articleshow/16647823.cms | title=Traditional oil best bet, shows study | publisher=[[Times of India]] | work=Pushpa Narayan | date=3 October 2012 | accessdate=16 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=India: Wonder Foods: Spices|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-809645011.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911204805/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-809645011.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 11, 2016|publisher=Women's Feature Service|via=HighBeam|accessdate=16 July 2016|date=March 17, 2003 }}</ref>

== Books ==

* Obesity in the urban middle class in Delhi.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Vadera |first1=Bhavin N |last2=Yadav |first2=Sudha B |last3=Yadav |first3=Babusingh S |last4=Parmar |first4=Dipesh V |last5=Unadkat |first5=Sumit V |date=2010 |title=Study on Obesity and Influence of Dietary Factors on the Weight Status of an Adult Population in Jamnagar City of Gujarat: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study |journal=Indian Journal of Community Medicine |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=482–486 |doi=10.4103/0970-0218.74346 |issn=0970-0218 |pmc=3026124 |pmid=21278866 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics in Malnutrition.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Krishnaswamy |first=Kamala |date=1983-01-01 |title=Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics in malnutrition |url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0165-6147%2883%2990411-X |journal=Trends in Pharmacological Sciences |language=en |volume=4 |pages=295–299 |doi=10.1016/0165-6147(83)90411-X |s2cid=72535592 |issn=0165-6147|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

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