| Names |
VULIMIRI
RAMALINGASWAMI |
| Date of Birth |
August 08, 1921 |
| Date of
Death |
May 28, 2001 |
|
Profession / Traits / Activities |
Indian Medical Scientist |
| Special Achievements
/ Events |
- Thanks to his pioneering research on nutrition,
he got elected to the National Academy of Sciences, Russian
Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Society of London.
- Former Director of All India Institute
of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
- Former Director General of Indian
Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
- Former President of the Indian National
Science Academy (INSA).
- A teacher of international repute
in the areas of nutritional deficiency.
- He was Secretary-General of the International
Conference on Nutrition, in Rome in December 1992,
which was held under the auspices of the World Health
Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations.
- His classical experiments on correction of Iodine
deficiency by supplementation of common salt with potassium
iodate laid foundation for the National Iodine
Deficiency Control Programme.
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| Awards &
Accolades |
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award by
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1967.
- Padma Shri in 1969.
- Padma Bhushan and Padma
Vibhushan.
- KK Birla National Award.
- Basanti Devi Amirchand Prize (ICMR) in
1966.
- Leon Bernard Foundation Award was
presented to him by Sir Harold Walter, president of the 1976
World Health Assembly.
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