P. K. Rajagopalan
| P. K. Rajagopalan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tathamangalam, Palakkadu, Kerala, India |
| Other names | Pylore Krishnaier Rajagopalan |
| Occupation | Vector control scientist, acarologist |
| Known for | Vector Control programme in India |
| Awards |
Padma Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award |
Pylore Krishnaier Rajagopalan is an Indian vector control scientist, biologist and acarologist, known for his pioneering contributions to the control programmes against vector-borne diseases in India.[1] He is a former director of the Indian Council of Medical Research managed Vector Control Research Centre, Pondicherry.[2][3] He graduated in 1949 from the Banaras Hindu University and completed his master's degree in science there itself in 1951, after which he secured a master's degree in Public Health and Social Welfare from the University of California.[4] His doctoral degree came from Pune University and he also passed an advanced diploma in acarology from the University of Maryland.[1]
Rajagopalan, after his superannuation in 1990, served the World Health Organization as a member of their steering committees on Filariasis and on biological control of vectors.[1] He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine, UK[2] and is credited with several articles on vector control and acarology.[5][6] A recipient of Om Prakash Bhasin Award in 1985,[7] Rajagopalan was awarded the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1990 by the Government of India.[8]
Selected bibliography
- Pylore Krishnaier Rajagopalan (July 2014). "Disease and ecology". Frontline.
- M A Sreenivasan; P K Rajagopalan; H R Bhat. "Isolation of Kyasanur Forest Disease Virus from Ixodid Ticks Collected Between 1965 and 1972". Infectious Diseases of Wild Mammals (1989): 37–44. ISBN 9789004085268.
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References
- 1 2 3 Raghunath. Current Status And Research. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 9780070251779.
- 1 2 "Need to rescue Indian medical research from its moribund state". India Medical Times. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ↑ "Discussion" (PDF). Inflibnet. 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ↑ Register - University of California, Volume 2. University of California, Berkele. 1958.
- ↑ Elizabeth S. Williams; Ian K. Barke (2008). Infectious Diseases of Wild Mammals. Wiley. p. 558. ISBN 9780470344811. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ Manfred Brack (2012). Agents Transmissible from Simians to Man. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 454. ISBN 9783642719110. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ "Om Prakash Bhasin Award". Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation. 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
