Also confers a Special Award in the field of Public
Health
Gurgaon, India, February 27, 2012
Ranbaxy Science Foundation (RSF), a non-profit organization
set-up by Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL), today
announced its XXVI Annual Research Awards for the year 2010
to Indian Scientists in recognition of their outstanding
research contributions made in the fields of Medical and
Pharmaceutical Sciences. The Foundation also announced its
V Annual Science Scholar Awards to the young and brilliant
upcoming new generation of scientists.
The Awards were presented by internationally acclaimed
scientist, Prof. Finbarr Martin, who is currently the
President, British Geriatrics Society, London, at a special
function held today in New Delhi. Ranbaxy's Chairman,
Dr. Tsutomu Une, Chairman of RSF and Padma Shri Award
winner, Dr. Nitya Anand and Dr. Sudershan Arora, President,
R&D, Ranbaxy also addressed the gathering.
A total of 5 Scientists and 5 Science Scholars were
honoured with the awards.
Ranbaxy Research Awardees-2010
Medical Sciences - Basic Research
The Award in the field of Medical Sciences, Basic Research was given jointly to:
Prof. Utpal S. Tatu, Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and
Dr. Chandrima Shaha, JC Bose National Fellow and Director, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi.
Prof. Utpal Tatu gets this award for his pioneering studies on molecular chaperones as potential drug targets against neglected disease causing protozoan parasites such as Giardia lamblia, Plasmodium falciparum and Trypanosoma evansi.
Dr. Chandrima Shaha gets this award for her outstanding contributions towards the understanding of cell death pathways and cellular defense processes in unicellular and multicellular model systems.
Medical Sciences - Medical Research
Dr. Utpal Bhadra, Senior Principal Scientist, Wellcome Trust Fellow, HFSP Young Investigator, Adjunct Faculty, ICRESAT, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad.
Dr. Bhadra gets the award for unraveling the new role of RNA interference in heterochromatin formation in higher eukaryotes especially in Drosophila which is indispensible for chromosome segregation during cell proliferation and cell cycle control.
Pharmaceutical Sciences
The Award in the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was given jointly to :
Dr. Krishnan Ravikumar, Chief Scientist, Laboratory of X-ray Crystallography, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad and
Dr. Gangadhar. J. Sanjayan, Senior Scientist, Division of Organic Chemistry, National Chemical Laboratory, PuneDr. Krishnan Ravikumar gets the award in recognition of his knowledge and skills in devising Analytical Experimental Methods using X-Ray Diffraction, which is contributing to furthering drug research and development.
Dr. Gangadhar. J. Sanjayangets the award in recognition of
his pioneering work in the development of diverse classes
of synthetic protein scaffolds.
Ranbaxy Science Scholars-2011
Bio-Medical Sciences :
Mr. Arijit Kumar Das, Senior Research Fellow, Protein Science and Engineering Department, Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh.
Mr. Vijay Kumar Prajapati, Senior Research Fellow (ICMR), Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi,
Pharmaceutical SciencesMr. Deepak Chitkara, Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Mohali, Punjab.
Kadam Meghraj S., Senior Research Fellow, School of Life
Sciences, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon,
Maharashtra
Ms. Anupama Mittal, PhD Scholar, Department of
Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical
Education & Research (NIPER) Mohali, Punjab.
Ranbaxy Special Award in the field of Public Health.
This year RSF also presented The Public Health Award, which
was conferred to Dr. M.R. Rajagopal, Chairman Pallium India
Trust & Director, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative
Sciences for his pioneering and outstanding contributions
in the fields of Pain Management and Palliative Care.
Earlier during the day, Ranbaxy Science Foundation also
organized its XVIII Annual Symposium on "Ageing
Gracefully". Prof. Finbarr Martin, President, British
Geriatrics Society, London, was the Chief Guest and the
keynote speaker. Renowned scientists from India and abroad
deliberated on the theme. Prof. Yasumichi Arai, Keio
University School of Medicine, Japan, Prof. John Morley,
Saint Louis University School of Medicine, USA and Prof.
Peter Crome, Keele University, UK were among the renowned
international speakers who participated at the Symposium.
Ranbaxy Science Foundation (RSF), presently chaired by Dr. Nitya Anand, is a non-profit organization, promoted by India's largest pharmaceutical company, Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited. RSF aims to encourage scientific endeavour in the country by rewarding excellence in medical and pharmaceutical research and channeling national and international knowledge and expertise. Among the prime activities it undertakes every year are presenting Ranbaxy Research Awards to the Indian scientists for outstanding research work and Ranbaxy Science Scholarship Awards to the young and brilliant science scholars, presenting special award for outstanding work in the field of public health, holding of Scientific Symposia in frontline areas of research, inviting Foreign Scientists as Visiting Professors, holding Round Table Conferences on topics of public health concern and publishing the proceedings of symposia and Round Table Conferences.