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[[File:Prof Bharat B Chattoo.jpg|thumb|Prof Bharat B Chattoo, J C Bose National Fellow, Eminent Scientist]]
'''Bharat B. Chattoo''' (25 May 1951 – 15 November 2016<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Genome-scientist-Chattoo-dies-at-67/articleshow/55464265.cms|title=Genome scientist Bharat Chattoo dies at 67 - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref>), a
Chattoo was responsible for establishment of [[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=
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.
== Early life and career ==
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}}
Chattoo was then appointed the Co-ordinator at the Centre of Biosciences, at the [[University of Roorkee]] In 1982, Chattoo had a brief stint at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India.{{cn|date=November 2020}}
Thereafter, later that year, Chattoo moved overseas to Basel, where he was associated with the [[Frederich Meischer Institute for Biomedical Research]] and [[Ciba-Geigy]].{{cn|date=November 2020}}
In 1986, Chattoo moved back to India and joined the academia, taking up a position at the prestigious [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda|Maharaja Sayajirao University]], Vadodara, Gujarat.{{cn|date=November 2020}}
== Academic career ==
In 1986 he joined the faculty of Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) 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 name="auto">{{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>
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}}▼
▲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.
In the meantime, at Baroda he established a 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>
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}}
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
He served on several expert committees of the Government of India and was a member of the Gujarat Biotechnology Council.{{cn|date=November 2020}}
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}}
== 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.
Recipient of Acharya J. C. Bose National Fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology 2009
Recipient of the Raja Ramanna Fellowship in 2014
Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013 on behalf of an International Rice Blast Research Community, in Korea.▼
▲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 name="auto"/><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. ▼
▲He received the National Technology award at the Technology Day Programme on 11 May 2001<ref name="auto"/><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.
He was awarded the Rockefeller Foundation Biotechnology career fellowship and the STA fellowship from Japan Science and Technology Corporation. ▼
▲He was awarded the Rockefeller Foundation Biotechnology career fellowship and the STA fellowship from Japan Science and Technology Corporation
A Fellow of the [[
A Fellow of [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] (IASc), Bengaluru
A Fellow of the [[National Academy of Agricultural Sciences
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|archive-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315111634/http://nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=C|url-status=dead}}</ref> Allahabad;
An Elected Member of the [
An Elected Member of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twas.org/member/chattoo-bharat-bhushan|title = Chattoo, Bharat Bhushan}}</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, ▼
▲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,
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, ▼
▲On the Board of Governors of
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▼
▲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}}</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|others=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>▼
▲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
Chattoo is survived by his wife, daughter and son.▼
== Personal life ==
▲Chattoo is survived by his wife, daughter and son. The physicist [[Predhiman Krishan Kaw]] and Chattoo are cousins.
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