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'''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 [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.

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=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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108151547/http://eindia.eletsonline.com/2012/prof-bharat-bhushan-chattoo-founder-vice-chancellor-shri-mata-vaishno-devi-university/|archive-date=8 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> between August 19, August 2001 and August 31, August 2004 right from the initial conceptualisation stage.

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}}

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 [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); [[International Rice Research Institute]] (IRRI), [[Salk Institute for Biological Studies]], [[John Innes Institute]], [[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.{{cn|date=November 2020}}

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}}

Recipient of Acharya J. C. Bose National Fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology 2009.

Dr Chattoo is also a recipientRecipient of the prestigious [http://www.inspire-dst.gov.in/List_of_Chairpersons_Members.pdf Raja Ramanna Fellowship], in 2014

Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013 on behalf of an International Rice Blast Research Community, in Korea.

He was awarded the Rockefeller Foundation Biotechnology career fellowship and the STA fellowship from Japan Science and Technology Corporation.

A Fellow of the [[Www.insaindia.res.in/|Indian National Science Academy]] (INSA)]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/listing/fellows/deceased|title=Fellowship {{!}} Indian Academy of Sciences|website=www.ias.ac.in|language=en|access-date=2017-10-30}}</ref> New Delhi;

A Fellow of [[Www.ias.ac.in/|Indian Academy of Sciences]] (IASc)]], Bengaluru;

A Fellow of the [[Naasindia.org|National Academy of Agricultural Sciences]] (NAAS)]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naas-india.org/naas/awardann.htm|title=NAAS Fellow List|last=|first=|access-date=|website=30 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707084448/http://naas-india.org/naas/awardann.htm|archive-date=7 July 2007|dead-url=|access-datestatus=dead}}</ref> New Delhi;

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 [https://twas.org The World Academy of Sciences] (TWAS)[<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twas.org/member/chattoo-bharat-bhushan]|title = Chattoo, Bharat Bhushan}}</ref>

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,

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=|access-date=|website=30 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114073744/https://btm.gujarat.gov.in/Portal/Document/1_9_1_chapter-8.pdf|archive-date=14 January 2018|dead-url=|access-datestatus=dead}}</ref> Governing Council of Gujarat Biotechnology Mission, Society of Cell Biology, etc.

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’'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>