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|name = Maharani Chakravorty<br />
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|caption = Maharani Chakravorty<br />
|birth_date = 1937<br />
|birth_place = [[Bhagalpur]], [[Bihar]]<br />
|death_date = {{death year and age|2015|1937}}<br />
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|residence = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
|nationality = [[India]]n<br />
|field = [[Genetic engineering]], [[molecular biology]]<br />
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|alma_mater = [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]] (BSc) <br>[[Rajabazar Science College]] (MSc) <br>[[Bose Institute]] (PhD)<br />
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|spouse = Debi Prosad Burma<br />
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|prizes = Y. S. Narayan Rao Award, J.C. Sengupta Memorial Award<br />
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'''Maharani Chakravorty''' (1937–2015) was an Indian molecular biologist. She organized the first laboratory course on recombinant DNA techniques in Asia and Far East in 1981.<ref name=ias>{{cite web|last=Chakravorthy|first=Maharani|title=Why and how I became a scientist|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/womeninscience/LD_essays/75-78.pdf|publisher=Lilavati's daughters|accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Chakravorty was born in 1937 in [[Kolkata]]. She cultivated an interest in science and mathematics due to the influence of her maternal grandfather. She matriculated in 1950, graduated with a B.Sc from [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]], Kolkata, obtained her M.Sc from the prestigious [[Rajabazar Science College]], [[University of Calcutta]] and he PhD from the [[Bose Institute]], Kolkata.<ref name=ias /><br />
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==Career and research==<br />
Chakravorty did her PhD on microbial protein synthesis from [[Bose Institute]], Kolkata under the mentorship of Dr. Debi Prosad Burma. As a part of her thesis work, she demonstrated cell free protein synthesis with a particulate preparation from [[Azotobacter vinelandii]]. She did her post-doctoral training in enzyme chemistry in the laboratory of B.L Horecker at the [[New York University]] school of medicine. Her specialized training in '[[bacterial genetics]] and [[virology]]' was completed at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Long Island, U.S.A.<ref name=pearson>{{cite web|title=Author Profile : Maharani Chakraborthy|url=http://pearson.vrvbookshop.com/author/maharani-chakravorty/4513|publisher=Pearson|accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref> From 1968 to 1969, she worked in the laboratory of Prof. Myron Levine in the Department of Human Genetics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. She established that the membrane complex of [[Salmonella typhimurium]] having a sedimentation constant of 1000S, is the site of not only DNA synthesis but also of RNA synthesis.<br />
After the research, she returned to India and joined the Bose Institute. She undertook research on the regulations of metabolism in [[unicellular organism]]s. Later, she joined the Department of Biochemistry at [[Banaras Hindu University]]. At BHU, she undertook research for understanding the biochemical differences between cells undergoing [[lysogeny]] and those undergoing lysis. She inferred that following viral infection protein synthesis is controlled at the level of translation. She isolated an RNase I deficient mutant of S. typhimurium during the course of her research.<br />
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==Death==<br />
Chakravorty died in 2015. She was married to fellow scientist Debi Prosad Burma and is survived by two children.<ref name=ias /><br />
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== Awards and honours ==<br />
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* Certificate of Merit of the Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU (1975–76)<br />
* Best Research Award of the Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU (1979)<br />
* Kshanika Oration Award (1979) by the ICMR<br />
* Y.S Narayan Rao Award (1981) by the ICMR<br />
* Hari Om Ashram Alembic Research Award (1981) by the Medical Council of India<br />
* J.C Sengupta Memorial Award<br />
* Professor Darshan Ranganathan Memorial Award (2007) of INSA.<br />
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