G. S. Venkataraman

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G. S Venkataraman
Born
Gopalasamudram Saetharama Venkataraman

1 February 1930
Phycologist
Years active1956–1998
Known forAlgology
Parent(s)G. R. Sitaraman
Lokanayaki
AwardsPadma Shri
Alagappa Gold Medal
VASVIK Industrial Research Award
Sanjay Gandhi Award
UGC National Lecturer Award
Om Prakash Bhasin Award

Gopalasamudram Sitaraman Venkataraman (1930–1998) was an Indian botanist,[1] academic and the director of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi.[2] He was also a director of the DBT Centre for Blue-Green Algae at Madurai Kamaraj University and a recipient of the VASVIK Industrial Research Award and Om Prakash Bhasin Award.[2] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1992.[3]

Biography

Venkataraman was born on 1 February 1930 to Lokanayaki and G. R. Sitaraman, a freedom fighter, at a small hamlet in

phycologist.[4] His master's degree came from Banaras Hindu University and, on getting a Government of India fellowship, he pursued doctoral studies under the guidance of Y. Bharadwaja and secured a PhD and DSc from the same university.[4]

His career started as an Assistant Botanist at the

Blue-green algae (BGA) cultures.[4]

When the

nitrates and Ammonium. He demonstrated the transfer of fixed nitrogen from algae to rice plants using 15N.[4] He also developed a method for the in situ production of the BGA bio-fertilizer which he later improved by growing pure cultures of BGA on solid organic substrates, an achievement during his days at the School of Biological Sciences of Madurai Kamaraj University.[4]

Venkataraman's book, The Cultivation of Algae,[5] published by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 1969, is a monograph on the culture and cultivation of algae while the 1974 publication, Algae: form and function, and Vaucheriaceae,[6] deal with the scientific aspects of Algae.[7] Two other books, Algal biofertilizers and rice cultivation[8] and Blue-green algae for rice production : a manual for its promotion[9] detail the algal applications in agriculture and one of the books he edited, Plant protection in the year 2000 AD covers the papers and proceedings of the conference held at New Delhi in December 1984.[10] He was the editor of another book, Cyanobacterial biotechnology, a presentation of selected papers from the International Symposium on Cyanobacterial Biotechnology, held in Tiruchirappalli in September 1996.[11] He also published over 170 articles on the subject.[4]

Venkataraman served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Phycology and was a member of the editorial boards of Biological Wastes and MIRCEN Journal of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.[4] He was the Editor of the INSA scientific publications from 1983 to 1986 and a member of the sectional committee and the council of the Indian National Science Academy.[2] He was associated with the International Rice Research Institute as a member of its Policy Advisory Committee on Microbiological Nitrogen Fixation and was a director of the Indo-US Science and Technology Collaborative Programme in Agriculture.[4] He served as the visiting professor at Japan Agriculture Society and was a consultant to the Food and Agriculture Organization.

Venkataraman died on 3 October 1998, at the age of 68.[12]

Awards and honours

Venkitaraman's memoirs have been included in the 24th volume of Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy,

Republic Day honours list for the civilian award of the Padma Shri.[3]

Venkataraman, who was a holder of Humboldt Research Fellowship, delivered several award lectures including the Professor Panchanan Maheshwari Memorial Award Lecture of the Indian National Science Academy.[2] He was also a recipient of the Alagappa Gold medal for his academic excellence from his alma mater, Alagappa Chettiyar College and the Australian Bicentennial International Medal in 1988 from Melbourne Poetry Society for his poem anthology, Reactions, published in 1986.[4] He was one of the 56 Tamil personalities covered in Arunthondu Aatriya Tamizhaga Andhanargal, a compilation of biographies, published in Tamil language.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Venkataraman, Gopalasamudram Sitaraman". Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries. 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Deceased Fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2015. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "G. S. Venkataraman – A tribute in memorium". Indian Institute of Science. 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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  12. ^ a b "IAS Fellow". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  13. ^ "Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy, Volume 24". Indian National Science Academy. 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  14. ^ "Publication". Indian National Science Academy. 2015. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  15. ^ "NASI Fellow". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Agricultural Sciences & Technology". VASVIK. 2015. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  17. ^ "SHRI OM PRAKASH BHASIN AWARDS". OM PRAKASH BHASIN FOUNDATION. 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  18. ^ Arunthondu Aatriya Tamizhaga Andhanargal. Tambras Foundation. 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
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