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'''Maroli Krishnayya Chandrashekaran''' (4 September 1937 – 2 July 2009), also known as '''Shekar''' or '''MKC''', was an Indian zoologist, regarded as the founder of Indian [[chronobiology]], the study of biological rhythms of organisms. He was a [[fellow]] of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], and the [[Third World Academy of Sciences]], and in 1979 received the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]].<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=21 Feb 2016|url= http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=425|title= Dr Maroli Krishnayya Chandrashekaran|work=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology}}</ref><ref name="Sharma2009-JBR">{{cite journal|last1=Sharma|first1=V. K.|title=Maroli Krishnayya Chandrashekaran (1937-2009)|journal=Journal of Biological Rhythms|date=2009|volume=24|issue=6|pages=443–443|doi=10.1177/0748730409349141}}</ref> Born in [[Salem, Tamil Nadu]], Chandrashekaran earned bachelor's and master's degrees in zoology at [[Presidency College, Chennai]], and a PhD at the [[University of Madras]]. He served as editor of the ''[[Journal of Biosciences]]'' from 1991 to 1997 and ''Resonance: Journal of Science Education'' from 2003 to 2005.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Nanjundiah|first1=Vidyanand|title=M K Chandrashekaran (1937–2009)|journal=Journal of Biosciences|date=2009|volume=34|issue=3|pages=333–341|doi=10.1007/s12038-009-0037-z|pmid=19805892}}</ref><ref name="Nanjundiah2011">{{cite journal|last1=Nanjundiah|first1=Vidyanand|title=M K Chandrashekaran (1937–2009)|journal=Resonance|date=2011|volume=16|issue=8|pages=705–721|doi=10.1007/s12045-011-0079-z}}</ref><ref name="Sharma2009-CS">{{cite journal|last1=Sharma|first1=V. K.|title=Maroli Krishnayya Chandrashekaran (1937-2009)|journal=[[Current Science]]|date=2009|volume=97|issue=2|pages=263–264}}</ref>

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