Appointment of Executive Director for THSTI.

Posted on: 20/10/2011

Dr. G.B. Nair has been posted as the Executive Director of Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, which is an autonomous institute of Department of Biotechnology under Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. Dr Nair is an internationally renowned Scientist who has done extensive research in the field of Diarrheal Diseases particularly on cholera. He has many publications and patents to his credit. Dr. G.B. Nair was earlier the Director of National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata. He has held various other postings in India and abroad including that of the Director of the Laboratory Sciences Division in the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh.

G.N. Ramachandran Gold Medal for Excellence in Biological Science & Technology to Dr. Dinakar M. Salunke.

Posted On: 13/09/2011

Gold Medal for excellence in Biological Sciences & Technology Instituted by the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) in the memory of Prof G N Ramachandran, has been announced for the year 2010 to Dr. Dinakar M Salunke. Dr Salunke has been awarded this medal for his outstanding contributions in understanding of the generation of antibody diversity and the processes by which antibodies change shape for interactions with antigens.