Vamsik_hyd Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 IICT scientist bags Infosys PrizeHyderabad, November 16: Srivari Chandrasekhar from CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad, who has made important contributions to potential drug developments, has won the Infosys Prize 2014 for Physical Sciences. The award, which will be given away in January 2015 by the President in Kolkata, carries a purse of Rs. 55 lakh, a gold medal and citation. Chandrasekhar’s latest contribution is a technology to manufacture Misoprostal, an abortion drug also used for ulcer treatment. This had earlier won him and his team the CSIR Technology award-2014 as well. He has also prepared some critical drug molecules for drugs such as bedaquiline for multi-drug resistant TB, galantamine for Alzheimer's disease, sertraline for the treatment of depression, and nebivolol for hypertension. Chandrasekhar has made significant contributions in synthesising complex and scarcely available natural products in the laboratory using easily available chemicals. He has over 250 publications in national and international journals to his credit. (This article was published in the Business Line print edition dated November 17, 2014) http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-news/iict-scientist-bags-infosys-prize/article6605903.ece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balakrishnudu Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Are you TS pro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chsrk Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 IICT... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hydking Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 i am expecting a thread from you reg farmers suicides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krishna_Bidda Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 IICT scientist bags Infosys Prize Hyderabad, November 16: Srivari Chandrasekhar from CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad, who has made important contributions to potential drug developments, has won the Infosys Prize 2014 for Physical Sciences. The award, which will be given away in January 2015 by the President in Kolkata, carries a purse of Rs. 55 lakh, a gold medal and citation. Chandrasekhar’s latest contribution is a technology to manufacture Misoprostal, an abortion drug also used for ulcer treatment. This had earlier won him and his team the CSIR Technology award-2014 as well. He has also prepared some critical drug molecules for drugs such as bedaquiline for multi-drug resistant TB, galantamine for Alzheimer's disease, sertraline for the treatment of depression, and nebivolol for hypertension. Chandrasekhar has made significant contributions in synthesising complex and scarcely available natural products in the laboratory using easily available chemicals. He has over 250 publications in national and international journals to his credit. (This article was published in the Business Line print edition dated November 17, 2014) http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-news/iict-scientist-bags-infosys-prize/article6605903.ece dont include scientists and sports people in TG or AP .............it should be shame on you to do such thing ...........remember that we are first Indians ................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chsrk Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.