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[[File:Prof Bharat B Chattoo.jpg|thumb|Prof Bharat B Chattoo, J C Bose National Fellow, Eminent Scientist]]
▲Prof Bharat B Chattoo (b.25th May 1951 - 15th Nov 2017), a [http://www.serb.gov.in/ JC Bose National Fellow],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/MSU-professor-bags-JC-Bose-fellowship/articleshow/3990671.cms|title=MSU professor bags JC Bose fellowship - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref> was a scientist of global repute, specialising in the field of Biotechnology, Genomics and Proteomics.
▲Prof Chattoo was responsible for establishment of [http://www.smvdu.ac.in/ Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Jammu], as the Founding Vice-Chancellor<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eindia.eletsonline.com/2012/prof-bharat-bhushan-chattoo-founder-vice-chancellor-shri-mata-vaishno-devi-university/|title=http://eindia.eletsonline.com/2012/prof-bharat-bhushan-chattoo-founder-vice-chancellor-shri-mata-vaishno-devi-university/|website=eindia.eletsonline.com|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref>, between August 19, 2001 and August 31, 2004 right from the initial conceptualisation stage.
This university which began its academic programmes in 2004 was established under an Act of the Jammu & Kashmir legislature as a residential and highly technical university.
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Bharat B. Chattoo was born in post-independence India, on the auspicious occasion of [[Jyeshtha]] Ashtami, to Pt Shivjee Nath Chattoo and Smt Jaya Chattoo, residents of Ali Kadal, Srinagar, India. After initial years of home schooling under the guidance of his father, maternal uncles and cousins, Bharat proceeded to complete his BSc (1968) and MSc (1971) from the University of Jammu and Kashmir, India. He then completed his PhD in the field of Microbial Genetics from the University of Delhi in 1976.{{cn|date=November 2020}}
Thereafter, later that year,
In 1986
▲Prof Chattoo was then appointed the Co-ordinator at the Centre of Biosciences, at the [https://www.iitr.ac.in/ University of Roorkee] (Now Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee). In 1982 Prof Chattoo had a brief stint at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India.
In 1986 he joined the
From August 2001 to 2004 he also took responsibility as the Founding Vice-Chancellor of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (Jammu) to conceptualize and establish the new University, at Katra, near Jammu.{{cn|date=November 2020}}▼
▲Thereafter, later that year, Prof Chattoo moved overseas to Basel, where he was associated with the [http://www.fmi.ch/ Frederich Meischer Institute for Biomedical Research] and [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ciba-Geigy-AG Ciba-Geigy] (Now Novartis).
In the meantime, at Baroda he established a
▲In 1986 Prof Chattoo moved back to India and joined the academia, taking up a position at the prestigious [[Www.msubaroda.ac.in/|Maharaja Sayajirao University]], Vadodara, Gujarat.
His laboratory has successfully expressed therapeutic proteins of pharmaceutical interest such as Hepatitis B surface antigen and human epidermal growth factor in non-conventional yeasts and transferred the know-how to the industry.{{cn|date=November 2020}}▼
▲== The Academic Life ==
▲In 1986 he joined the M S University (MSU) of Baroda as Professor and became Head of the Department of Microbiology (1996–2001) and the Director of Centre for Genome Research of the University (Now renamed as the Dr Bharat Chattoo Genome Research Centre)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bcmsu.ac.in/introduction.htm|title=Dr. Chattoo's Introduction|website=www.bcmsu.ac.in|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref> ,since 2001.
He received the National Technology award at the Technology Day Programme on 11 May 2001 from the Vice President of India for transfer of technologies to the industry. He was awarded the Rockefeller Foundation Biotechnology career fellowship and the STA fellowship from Japan Science and Technology Corporation.{{cn|date=November 2020}}▼
His active research collaborations included
▲From August 2001 to 2004 he also took responsibility as the Founding Vice-Chancellor of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (Jammu) to conceptualize and establish the new University, at Katra, near Jammu.
He served on several expert committees of the Government of India and was a member of the Gujarat Biotechnology Council.{{cn|date=November 2020}}▼
▲In the meantime, at Baroda he established a [http://www.bcmsu.ac.in/grc1.htm Cluster Innovation Centre] to encourage the interface of industry and entrepreneurship in Gujarat.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/MSU-to-set-up-cluster-innovation-centre/articleshow/11036467.cms|title=MSU to set up cluster innovation centre - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref>
Prof Chattoo was the team leader of the first Indian team that participated in the International Biology Olympiad held at Antalya, Turkey in 2000.{{cn|date=November 2020}}▼
▲His laboratory has successfully expressed therapeutic proteins of pharmaceutical interest such as Hepatitis B surface antigen and human epidermal growth factor in non-conventional yeasts and transferred the know-how to the industry.
▲He received the National Technology award at the Technology Day Programme on 11 May 2001 from the Vice President of India for transfer of technologies to the industry. He was awarded the Rockefeller Foundation Biotechnology career fellowship and the STA fellowship from Japan Science and Technology Corporation.
He has been awarded a Centre of Excellence and Innovation under the Category of ‘Outstanding Scientist Research Programme in Biotechnology’, by the Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi in 2009.
Recipient of Acharya J. C. Bose National Fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology 2009
▲His active research collaborations included [https://www.ethz.ch/en.html Federal Institute of Technology] (ETH), Zurich (for bioprocess development, reactor design, bioprocess control and automation under Indo-Swiss Collaboration in Biotechnology); [[Irri.org/|International Rice Research Institute]] (IRRI), [https://www.salk.edu/ Salk Institute, La Jolla, San Diego], [https://www.jic.ac.uk/ The John Innes Institute, Norwich] ; [https://www.weizmann.ac.il/ Weizmann Institute of Science] (for cooperation in bioinformatics sponsored by UNESCO and DBT, GoI and Indian industrial partners); University of Leeds and the Weizmann Institute of Science; the Rice Genome Programme, Tsukuba (for molecular mapping and genome analysis in rice), National Institute of Bioscience and Human Technology, Tsukuba; Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Recipient of the Raja Ramanna Fellowship in 2014
▲He served on several expert committees of the Government of India and was a member of the Gujarat Biotechnology Council.
Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013 on behalf of an International Rice Blast Research Community, in Korea
▲Prof Chattoo was the team leader of the first Indian team that participated in the International Biology Olympiad held at Antalya, Turkey in 2000.
He received the National Technology award at the Technology Day Programme on 11 May 2001<ref
▲== Awards and Fellowships ==
▲He has been awarded a Centre of Excellence and Innovation under the Category of ‘Outstanding Scientist Research Programme in Biotechnology’, by the Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi in 2009.
A Fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy
▲Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013 on behalf of an International Rice Blast Research Community, in Korea.
▲He received the National Technology award at the Technology Day Programme on 11 May 2001<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bcmsu.ac.in/introduction.htm|title=Dr. Chattoo's Introduction|website=www.bcmsu.ac.in|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bcmsu.ac.in/awardsbbc.htm|title=Dr. B.B. Chattoo Award|website=www.bcmsu.ac.in|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref> from the Vice President of India for transfer of technologies to the industry.
A Fellow of the [[National Academy of Agricultural Sciences]] (NAAS),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naas-india.org/naas/awardann.htm|title=NAAS Fellow List|access-date=30 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707084448/http://naas-india.org/naas/awardann.htm|archive-date=7 July 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> New Delhi
A Fellow of the
▲A Fellow of [[Www.ias.ac.in/|Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc)]], Bengaluru;
A Member of the Genetics Society of America, International Society of Plant Molecular Biology, American Society of Microbiology, Society of Biological Chemists-India, National Science Foundation Bi-national (US-Israel) Grants Review Panel, Review Panel of Swiss National Science Foundation, Review Panel of Indo-Swedish Collaboration in Biotechnology,
▲A Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=C|title=The National Academy of Sciences, India - Fellows|website=www.nasi.org.in|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref>, Allahabad;
On the Board of Governors of
▲An Elected Member of the [[Guha Research Conference]] (GRC)
Chair of Expert Advisory Committee for the Biotechnology Initiatives of the State Government of Gujarat, Gujarat Biotechnology Council,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://btm.gujarat.gov.in/Portal/Document/1_9_1_chapter-8.pdf|title=Gujarat Biotech Council|
Coordinator and senior member of the [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naac.gov.in/MS_57.html|title=PeerTeam Visits {{!}} Welcome to National Assessment and Accreditation Council|website=www.naac.gov.in|language=en|access-date=2017-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209025621/http://www.naac.gov.in/MS_57.html|archive-date=9 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/naac-gives-b-grade-to-kannur-university/article8416029.ece|title=NAAC gives 'B' grade to Kannur University|date=2016-03-31|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-10-30|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
▲A Member of the Genetics Society of America, International Society of Plant Molecular Biology, American Society of Microbiology, Society of Biological Chemists-India, National Science Foundation Bi-national (US-Israel) Grants Review Panel, Review Panel of Swiss National Science Foundation, Review Panel of Indo-Swedish Collaboration in Biotechnology,
== Personal life ==
▲On the Board of Governors of [[Www.vascsc.org/|Vikram A. Sarabhai Community Science Centre Society]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vascsc.org/about.htm|title=VASCSC|website=www.vascsc.org|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref>[[Www.vascsc.org/|-]]Ahmedabad,
Chattoo is survived by his wife, daughter and son. The physicist [[Predhiman Krishan Kaw]] and Chattoo are cousins.
==References==
▲Chair of Expert Advisory Committee for the Biotechnology Initiatives of the State Government of Gujarat, Gujarat Biotechnology Council<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://btm.gujarat.gov.in/Portal/Document/1_9_1_chapter-8.pdf|title=Gujarat Biotech Council|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>, Governing Council of Gujarat Biotechnology Mission, Society of Cell Biology, etc
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[[Category:University of Kashmir alumni]]
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[[Category:Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]]
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[[Category:2016 deaths]]
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