KESAVEN DR P C
Fellow, Elected 1972
Born in Bangalore, India on 24 August 1938. Educated at Suburban High School, Coimbatore, 1949-54, Government Arts College, Coimbatore 1954-56; Central College of Agriculture, New Delhi 1956-59;
Coimbatore Agricultural College 1959-61; Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1963-66; B.Sc. 1959; M.Sc 1961; Ph. D 1966. Distinguished Fellow, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Chennai to date.
Sessional Instructor, Biology Department, Calgary University, Alberta, Canada, 1967-68; Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 1968-70; Associate Professor, 1970-78, and Professor & Dean, 1978-93, School of Life Sciences, JNU, New Delhi; Formerly, Director, Biosciences Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 1993-98; DAE Homi Bhabha Chair for Nuclear Sciences and Sustainable Development; Executive Director, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai; Emeritus Professor, Sustainability Science, IGNOU, New Delhi, 2011-12.
Awards/Honours: Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award, 2008-2009
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy; National Academy of Sciences, India; Institute of Physics.
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Research Areas: Radiation Biology, Genetics, Science and Ecotechnology, Sustainability Science
Address: DAE Homi Bhabha Chair and, Distinuished Fellow, MSSRF, 3rd Cross Street, CPT Campus, Taramani Institutional Area, Chennai 600113, Tamil Nadu; N-19 Maxworth Nagar, Kovilambakkam, Sunnambu Kulathur Village, Chennai 600117, Tamil Nadu; [Tel: Off. (044) 22542698, 22541698, 55299023-D; Res. (044) 22682077,
22682254, Cell: 09444024013; Fax: (044) 22541319; Email: pckesavan@mssrf.res.in]