M. G. Deo

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M. G. Deo
Born (1932-04-06) 6 April 1932 (age 92)
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
Other namesMadhav Gajanan Deo
Occupation(s)Pathologist
Molecular medicine specialist
Known forMolecular medicine research
AwardsPadma Shri
Amrut Mody Research Foundation Award
Om Prakash Bhasin Award
MCI Research Award
Rameshwardas Birla National Award
AIPNA Life Time Achievement Award
Hari Om Alembic Research Fund Award

Madhav Gajanan Deo (born 6 April 1932) is an Indian oncologist, pathologist and educationist, known for his contributions to the field of Molecular medicine.[1] He is the founder president of the Indian Association of Cancer Research and one of the founders of the Moving Academy of Medicine and Biomedicine.[2] He is a recipient of the Om Prakash Bhasin Award.[1] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1990.[3]

Biography

Madhav Deo was born on 6 April 1932

University of Paris VII.[1]

Legacy

Goitre (Struma Class III)

During his masters and doctoral research at the

V. Ramalingaswami, Deo was able to develop a non-human primate model of human protein energy malnutrition.[8][9] Together, they propounded the necessity of iodization of common salt,[10][11] which formed the base for the National Goitre Control Programme in India.[12] He is credited with the development of an anti-leprosy vaccine from killed ICRC bacillus which was accomplished during his stint at the Cancer Research Institute.[13][14] Continuing his research at the institute, Deo and his colleagues, discovered an Enhancing Factor (EF), a 14 kDa protein, isolated from the small intestine of mice.[15] This gene is presently in use for producing transgenic mice.[16][17] His researches have been documented by way of several articles, published in peer reviewed journals[18] and papers presented at national and international conferences.[19]

In 1980, Deo and a few other oncological researchers and medical practitioners, got together for the promotion of cancer research and interaction among scientific community and to disseminate knowledge about the disease among the common man and that resulted in the formation of the Indian Association of Cancer Research

University of Pune[27] and was a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National AIDS Research Institute.[18]

Awards and honours

M. G. Deo is an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (1974), served its council as a member from 1977 to 1980 and was its secretary from 1978 to 1982.[1] Two years later, the Indian Academy of Sciences elected him as their fellow in 1976.,[4] The National Academy of Sciences, India, another elite Indian science academy, elected him as a fellow in 1991.[27] He has also been a Rockefeller Foundation fellow[1] and is a fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences which has honoured him by selecting him as its lifetime Emeritus Professor.[18]

Deo has delivered several notable award lectures such as the Bires Chandra Guha Lecture of

Republic Day honours for the civilian award of Padma Shri.[3] Two years later, he received the Rameshwar Das Birla National Award (1992) and Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Visiting Fellowship Award of Indian National Science Academy reached him 1993.[1] He is also a recipient of the Hari Om Alembic Research Fund Award[18] and the Association of Pathologist of Indian of North America, USA selected him for the Life Time Achievement Award in 2008.[5]

Selected bibliography

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "INSA Indian Fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  2. ^ "ICRD profile". Indian Cancer Research Database. 2015. Retrieved 3 September 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 "IAS Fellowship". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Leading Lights of IDD". ICCIDD Global Network. 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  6. ^ "AIIMS MD students". All India Institute of Medical Sciences. 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  7. ^ "AIIMS PhD Students". All India Institute of Medical Sciences. 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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  18. ^ a b c d e "Directory of Emeritus Professors" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  19. ^ "Articles". Moving Academy. 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  20. ^ "Activities of IACR". Indian Association of Cancer Research. 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  21. ^ "Founding Members". Indian Association of Cancer Research. 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  22. ^ a b "Moving Academy of Medicine and Biomedicine Home". Moving Academy of Medicine and Biomedicine. 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  23. ^ "Governing Council Members". Moving Academy of Medicine and Biomedicine. 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  24. ^ a b c "Our history". Indian Forum For Medical Students' Research (INFORMER). 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  25. ^ "Editorial Board-The Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University". The Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University. 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  26. ^ "Planning & Monitoring Board - PIMS". Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences. 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  27. ^ a b "NASI Fellowship". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2015. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  28. ^ "Medicine". Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation. 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
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