Appa Rao Podile is an Indian scientist, educator and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad.[2] He was awarded the Millennium Plaques of Honour for his achievements in Life Sciences by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in 2017.
Appa Rao Podile | |
|---|---|
 Professor Appa Rao Podile | |
| Born | 3 March 1960[1] |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Sardar Patel University (PhD) |
| Awards | Millennium Plaque of Honour (2017) Indian National Science Academy Fellowship (2001) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Life Sciences |
| Institutions | University of Hyderabad (1989–present) |
Education
editPodile obtained his MSc, and then completed his Ph.D. in 1987 from the Sardar Patel University in Gujarat. He was a postdoctoral fellow (1998) of the Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan and subsequently was a visiting scientist (2000), at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica. Podile also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Münster, Germany in 2006.[3][4] In 2015, he became the vice-chancellor of the University of Hyderabad.[5]
Awards and recognition
edit- Fellow, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi 2017[6]
- Millennium Plaques of Honour, Indian Science Congress Association, Jan 2017 (presented by Prime Minister of India)[7]
- President Elect, Association of Microbiologists of India, 2017[8]
- Elected Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2012[9]
- Tata Innovation Fellowship, Department of Biotechnology, April 2014[10]
- Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Jan 2014[11]
References
edit- ^ "National Academy of Agricultural Sciences".
- ^ "P. Appa Rao is new UoH V-C". The Hindu. 22 September 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "Professor Dr. Appa Rao Podile - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.co.in. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ Moerschbacher, Bruno (26 March 2018). "13th International Conference on Chitin and Chitosan" (PDF). Chitosan. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "An expert at networking, Appa Rao outsmarted 35 others to become VC | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "Professor Appa Rao Podile gets INSA fellowship". Deccan Chronicle. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "UoH Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Honoured At Science Congress". Sakshipost. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "OFFICE BEARER | AMI | Association of Microbiologists of India". www.amiindia.info. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "National Academy of Agricultural Sciences". naasindia.org. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "Prof Appa Rao new VC of UoH". The Hans India. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "INSA :: Indian Fellows Elected". www.insaindia.res.in. Retrieved 26 March 2018.