Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Vijay Raghavan elected to Foreign Associate of the US National

The Secretary of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, Krishnaswamy Vijay Raghavan elected a foreign associate of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (USNAS) on 4th May.

Dr. Vijay Raghavan is one of 21 new foreign associates elected in 2014. He had joined a select group of Indians which includes the former NCBS Director, Obaid Siddiqi; National Research Professor C.N.R. Rao, evolutionary biologists Raghavendra Gadagkar and Madhav Gadgil, and aerospace engineer Roddam Narasimha.

Members are elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Membership is a widely accepted mark of excellence in science and is considered one of the highest honours a scientist can receive. Dr. Vijay Raghavan is a Distinguished Professor at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, 

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