Madhu Dikshit

Madhu Dikshit (born 21 November 1957) is an Indian cardiovascular biologist, pharmacologist, who served as (2015–2017) director of the Central Drug Research Institute of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.[1] Known for her studies on cardiovascular pathologies such as thrombosis,[2] she is also an adjunct professor at Carleton University.[3] Her studies have been documented by way of a number of articles[4][5][note 1] and ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific articles has listed 204 of them.[6] All the three major Indian science academies namely Indian Academy of Sciences,[7] National Academy of Sciences, India[8] and Indian National Science Academy have elected her as their fellow[9] and she is also a recipient of the Young Scientists Medal (1989) as well as the Professor K. P. Bhargava Memorial Medal (1999) of the Indian National Science Academy.[10] The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded her the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for her contributions to biosciences in 2000.[11]

Madhu Dikshit
Born (1957-11-21) 21 November 1957
India
NationalityIndian
Known forStudies on Thrombosis
Awards
  • 1989 INSA Young Scientist Medal
  • 1999 INSA Professor K. P. Bhargava Memorial Medal
  • 2000 N-BIOS Prize
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions

Selected bibliography
  • Prakash, Prem; Khanna, Vivek; Singh, Vishal; Jyoti, Anupam; Jain, Manish; Keshari, Ravi Shankar; Barthwal, Manoj Kumar; Dikshit, Madhu (2011). "Atorvastatin protects against ischemia-reperfusion injury in fructose-induced insulin resistant rats". Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy. 25 (4): 285–297. doi:10.1007/s10557-011-6312-x.
  • Kothari, Nikhil; Keshari, Ravi S.; Bogra, Jaishri; Kohli, Monica; Abbas, Haider; Malik, Anita; Dikshit, Madhu; Barthwal, Manoj K. (2011). "Increased myeloperoxidase enzyme activity in plasma is an indicator of inflammation and onset of sepsis". Journal of Critical Care. 26 (4). doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.09.001.
  • Jain, Manish; Barthwal, Manoj Kumar; Haq, Wahajul; Katti, Seturam B.; Dikshit, Madhu (2012). "Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of novel arginine analogs as potential inhibitors of acetylcholine-induced relaxation in rat thoracic aortic rings". Chemical Biology & Drug Design. 79 (4): 459–469. doi:10.1111/j.1747-0285.2011.01286.x.

See also

Notes
  1. Please see Selected bibliography section

References
  1. "5 CSIR's labs get directors 60 days after minister's Lucknow visit". Times of India. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  2. "Director profile". Central Drug Research Institute. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  3. "Dr. Madhu Dixit Adjunct Research Professor". Carleton University. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. "Browse by Fellow". Indian Academy of Sciences. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  5. "Dr Madhu Dikshit". Google Scholar. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  6. "On ResearchGate". On ResearchGate. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  7. "Fellow profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  8. "NASI fellows". National Academy of Sciences, India. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  9. "INSA Year Book 2016" (PDF). Indian National Science Academy. 24 November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  10. "Indian fellow - Dikshit". Indian National Science Academy. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  11. "Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development" (PDF). Department of Biotechnology. 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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