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Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale
Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale receiving Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize from Manmohan Singh in 2006
Born (1967-01-16) 16 January 1967 (age 57)
India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forStudies on the metabolic diversity of pathogens
Awards
  • 2009 N-BIOS Prize
    • Scientific career
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    Rajesh Sudhir Gokhale (born 1967) is currently the Secretary for Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Department of Science & Technology (DST) (Additional charge), Government of India. He joined National Institute of immunology after conducting his postdoctoral training at Stanford University, He was the director of Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology from 2009 to 2016. Gokhale is known for his studies on the metabolic diversity of pathogens.[1] He is credited with the discovery of a family of Long-chain Fatty acyl-AMP ligases (FAAL) and his studies assisted in the elucidation of biochemical crosstalk between fatty acid synthases and polyketide synthases in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.[2] He holds US and Indian patents for his invention of Method to Modulate Pigmentation Process in the Melanocytes of Skin.[3] An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Science,[4] he is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2007)[5] and the Indian National Science Academy (2014).[6] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2006, for his contributions to biological sciences.[7] He received the National Bioscience Award for Career Development of the Department of Biotechnology in 2009.[8]

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    1. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  • ^ "Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 1999. p. 34. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  • ^ "Wipo Publishes Patent". 29 November 2012. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  • ^ "IISc Alumnus". IISc Alumni Association. 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  • ^ "Fellow profile - RS Gokhale". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  • ^ "Indian fellow - RS Gokhale". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  • ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  • ^ "Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development" (PDF). Department of Biotechnology. 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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