Appa Rao Podile

Appa Rao Podile
Professor Appa Rao Podile
Born (1960-03-03) 3 March 1960[1]
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Sardar Patel University (PhD)
Awards Millennium Plaque of Honour 2017
Indian National Science Academy Fellowship 2001
Scientific career
Fields Life Sciences
Institutions University of Hyderabad (1989 –

Appa Rao Podile is an Indian scientist, educator and currently the Vice Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad[2]. He was awarded the Millennium Plaques of Honour for his achievements in Life Sciences by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in 2017.

Education

Podile obtained his MSc, and then completed his Ph.D. in 1987 from the Sardar Patel University in Gujarat. He was a postdoctoral fellow (1998) of the Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan and subsequently was a visiting scientist (2000), at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica. Podile also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Munster, Germany in 2006.[3][4].

Awards and recognition

  • Fellow, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi 2017[5]
  • Millennium Plaques of Honour, Indian Science Congress Association, Jan 2017 (presented by Prime Minister of India) [6]
  • President Elect, Association of Microbiologists of India, 2017[7]
  • Elected Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2012[8]
  • Tata Innovation Fellowship, Department of Biotechnology, April 2014 [9]
  • Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Jan 2014 [10]

References

  1. ↑ http://naasindia.org/detail.php?id=349
  2. ↑ "P. Appa Rao is new UoH V-C". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 2015-09-22. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  3. ↑ "Professor Dr. Appa Rao Podile - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.co.in. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  4. ↑ Moerschbacher, Bruno (2018-03-26). "13th International Conference on Chitin and Chitosan" (PDF). Chitosan. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  5. ↑ "Professor Appa Rao Podile gets INSA fellowship". Deccan Chronicle. 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  6. ↑ "UoH Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Honoured At Science Congress". Sakshipost. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  7. ↑ "OFFICE BEARER | AMI | Association of Microbiologists of India". www.amiindia.info. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  8. ↑ "National Academy of Agricultural Sciences". naasindia.org. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  9. ↑ "Prof Appa Rao new VC of UoH". The Hans India. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  10. ↑ "INSA :: Indian Fellows Elected". www.insaindia.res.in. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
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