PROFILE OUTLINE Dr. S. Adhinarayanan, M.sc., Ph.D., D.Sc., FIAI., FUNCASR., FIBC.

, Joint Director (DRDO) & Scientific Advisor to the Honble PM of India (Bio-weapons, Bio-war, & Bio-Terrorism, Prime Ministers Office, Delhi) Department of Immunobiology Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Delhi I. Special Assignment: Member, Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and Bioterrorism Primeministers Office (PMO) New Delhi. 110 001 II. 1. Other Assignments: Indian Representative (Biotechnology) to United Nations Council for Advanced Scientific Research (UNCASR), UN Headquarters, NewYork. Vice Chair-person, International Consortium of Biotechnology, Italy & New Delhi. Associate Dean, Defence Officers Training Academy, Dehradun. Course Director (Life Sciences), Shri Lalbahadur Sastri Academy of Administration, (IAS Probationers Training Academy ) Musoorie. Member, Academic Council, Jawaharlal Nehru University, (JNU) New Delhi. Excecutive Editor, Indian Journal of Immunology. Honoroary Advisor, Research Projects and Implementation, Dr.M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Chennai. On-going Projects:

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Major Research Projects : 3 Minor Research Projects: 1 IV. Publications: : :

( WHO Projects: 2, ICMR: 1) (DRDO)

International Journals National V. 1. Awards:

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International Award for Outstanding Approach Paper on Microbial Combat Strategies, presented at the International Conference at Mexico, 16th 21st October, 2009. United Nations Award for Best Youth Convenor of the XIVth UNCASR Annual Convention held at Washington, 9th 13th February 2009. UNESCO Annual Award, 2008 of Science for Society (Asia), for consistently undertaking research projects that has a direct developmental impact in the developing economies. Outstanding Young Scientist Award of ICMR Indian Council of Medical Research, for the Year 2008. DRDO National Award for the Best Young Scientist (Life Sciences) for the Year 2008. Prime Ministers Vigyan Puraskar for Defence Scientists, 2007. Dr. G.P. Talwar Award of the Association of Indian Immunologists for popularising Immunology Research among Young researchers, 2006. Dr.N.Krishnan Award of DBT for Ethical Values in Research Methodologies 2005. Govt. of India, S.S.Bhatnagar National Science Award for the Year 2004.

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President of India Award for the Best Young Scientist, 2004.

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Positions Held: Assistant Director (Research) National Institute of Immunology. New Delhi. Assistant Director (Research) Defence Research and Development Organisation Delhi Special Officer, Core Committee on Biotechnology, Rahstrapathi Bhavan, New Delhi. Deputy Director (Research) Dept of Immnobiology, INMAS, DRDO, Delhi. Till September 2009.

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VII. Educational Qualification: 1. 2. 2002-2003 Post Doctorate (Immunochemistry): U.S. Army Institute of Bio-Medical Research, Newyork.

1998-2002 Ph.d (Immunology, Human Leucocyte Cell Culture) Defence Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior. 3. 19971998 Advance Course in Immunochemistry, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prashanthi Nilayam, Andhrapradesh. 19951997 M.Sc Biochemistry, Wilsons School of BioChemistry, King Edward Medical College, Mumbai. 1992 1995 B.Sc Zoology, Bishop Heber College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu.

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School Education: Govt. Model Higher Secondary School, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu.

VIII. FELLOWSHIPS: 1. FIAI Fellow of International Association of Immunologists Fellow of United Nations Council for Advanced Scientific Research. Fellow of International Biotechnology Consortium

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Dr. S. Adhinarayanan, A devotee of Sri Ramakrishna, will receive

The UN International Award for Outstanding discovery for sustainable Bio-Security and Safety. It was communicated to him by PM himself.