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Template:Infobox scientist 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.[1][2] 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.[3][4][5]

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  1. Dr Maroli Krishnayya Chandrashekaran.
  2. Maroli Krishnayya Chandrashekaran (1937-2009). Journal of Biological Rhythms({Template:Date).
  3. M K Chandrashekaran (1937–2009). Journal of Biosciences({Template:Date).
  4. M K Chandrashekaran (1937–2009). Resonance({Template:Date).
  5. Maroli Krishnayya Chandrashekaran (1937-2009). Current Science({Template:Date).

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