Arunachala Sreenivasan(1909–1996) was an Indian food technologist, nutritional scientist and the director of Cancer Research Institute of theTata Memorial Centre,Mumbai.[1]Born on 13 July 1909 inTamil Naduand after receiving the degree of Doctor of Science from theUniversity of Madrasin 1936, he served in various positions such as Deputy Director ofCentral Food Technological Research Institute,(1959–64), Head of Biochemistry and Food Technology Division ofBhabha Atomic Research Centre,(1964–71), Adviser at theDepartment of Atomic Energy,and as the Emeritus Scientist of BARC (1971–73), before superannuating from Tata Memorial Centre in 1975. He was an elected Fellow of theIndian National Science Academyand his research findings[2][3]have been documented by way of several articles.[4]The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of thePadma Bhushan,in 1974, for his contributions to science.[5]Sreenivasan died on 20 July 1996 at the age of 87.[1]
Arunachala Sreenivasan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 July 1909 Tamil Nadu,India |
| Died | 20 July 1996(aged 87) India |
| Occupation | Food technologist |
| Known for | Food technology Nutritional science |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan |
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edit- ^ab"Deceased Fellow".Indian National Science Academy. 2016.Retrieved21 April2016.
- ^Arunachala. Sreenivasan; R. M. Vaidya (1948). "Determination of Carotene in Plant Materials".Anal. Chem.20(8): 720–722.doi:10.1021/ac60020a008.
- ^S. M. Patel; Arunachala. Sreenivasan (1948). "Selenium as Catalyst in Kjeldahl Digestions".Anal. Chem.20(1): 63–65.doi:10.1021/ac60013a015.
- ^Medha S. Rajwade; Surendra S. Katyare; Prema Fatterpaker & Arunachala Sreenivasan (November 1975)."Regulation of mitochondrial protein turnover by thyroid hormone(s)".Biochem. J.152(2): 379–387.doi:10.1042/bj1520379.PMC1172481.PMID177002.
- ^"Padma Awards"(PDF).Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 15 October 2015.Retrieved3 January2016.
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