Professor Dr. K. DHARMALINGAM

Research Professor , School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai

His area of current research interest is mainly clinical Proteomics. He has published more than 200 papers in peer reviewed journals in the area of Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and also authored many books. He was instrumental in starting Biotechnology research and teaching (under DBT net) at Madurai Kamaraj University. He is a member of Indian Academy of Sciences and Indian National Science Academy and an elected member of Guha Research Conference. Dr. K. Dharmalingam has obtained numerous honors and awards including Shanthi Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for the year 1992 - Biological Sciences Elected Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, 1992 Elected member, Guha Research Conference 1985 Elected Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, 1994 Member, Syndicate of Madurai Kamaraj University, 1997-2000 Chairman, Task force on Bioinformatics and Infrastructure facilities by DBT, Govt. of India, New Delhi - 1997-2003 Member, Task force on Human Genetics and Genome analysis, DBT, New Delhi, 1999-2003. Member, Biotechnology Research and Promotion Council (BRPC), DBT, Govt. of India, New Delhi – 1997 – Chairman, Task force on Infrastructure and Centres of Excellence, DBT, Govt. of India, New Delhi, 2003- Member, Research Council, Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai. Member, Technical Committee of TICEL Biopark, Chennai, 2004- UGC Nominee, Reconstituted DBT-UGC Joint Committee on Biotechnology Programmes 2000-2001. Nodal Person, Curriculum Development Committee on Microbiology, UGC, 2000-2001. Member, Committee on “Biotech Product & Process Development and Commercialization Awards” – DBT, New Delhi, 2004-2007. Chairman, Expert Committee on “National Bioscience Awards for Career Development”, DBT, Govt. of India, New Delhi – 2005. Member, Research Council for Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, 2004 – Director, Industry University R&D Collaboration Centre, Madurai Kamaraj University, 2004-2005. Member, Expert Working Group on Capacity Building (National Biotech Policy) DBT, Govt. of India, New Delhi- 2004 – Adviser (Biotechnology), Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai (a CSIR Lab) Adviser (Biotechnology), Regional Research Lab, Trivandrum (a CSIR Lab) Member, School Council, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University.