Prof. Samir K. Brahmachari

Prof. Brahmachari is a distinguished scientist, academician of India. He served as the Director General of CSIR (2007-12). He is a pioneer of genome analysis using computational tools. He has been an institution builder and has led the transformation of CSIR - Centre for Biochemical Technology (CBT) to an internationally recognized institute of functional genomics and system biology research – the CSIR- Institute of Genomics and Integrative biology (IGIB) at New Delhi. He has more than 12 patents and over 155 research publications to his credit. He is the recipient of large number of national and international awards, including the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award (1990) and is an elected member of all four academies of science and engineering in India. More…. at https://samirbrahmachari.rnabiology.org/profile