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Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath

विजयलक्ष्मी रविंद्रनाथ

Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath is an Indian neuroscientist. She is currently a professor at the Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.

BORN

18 October 1953

HONOUR

Padma Shri in science & engineering

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Key facts

Born
18 October 1953, Chennai
State of birth
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Sector
Science & space
Profession
Indian neuroscientist
Gender
Female

Biography

Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath is an Indian neuroscientist. She is currently a professor at the Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. She was the founder director of the National Brain Research Centre, Gurgaon (2000-9) and founder chair of the Centre for Neuroscience at Indian Institute of Science. Her main area of interest is the study of brain related disorders including neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. She serves as the founding director of the Centre for Brain Research in Bangalore.

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Timeline

  1. 1953Born in Chennai
  2. 1996Awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
  3. 2001Awarded the Om Prakash Bhasin Award
  4. 2019Awarded the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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