Mysuru :

Dr. P.V. Salimath, presently working as Research Director at JSS Medical College, Mysuru and a renowned biochemist, has been conferred with the “Fellow of Association of Carbohydrate Chemists & Technologists (I)” at the recently held conference in Pondicherry University, Puducherry, by The Association of Carbohydrate Chemists & Technologists (India).

The award has been bestowed in recognition of Dr. Salimath’s work carried out at CFTRI, Mysuru, on Science and Technology of Food Carbohydrates.

Dr. Salimath, a Ph.D holder in Food Carbohydrates, has more than three decades of research experience on carbohydrates of importance in foods. Beginning on the functional aspects of food carbohydrates and glycoproteins in buffalo colostrum, his research work has added to the understanding of the role of constituents of basement membrane during diabetic nephropathy and beneficial effect of foods and plants of medicinal value.

He has guided 12 students for Ph.D and has published more than 100 research papers in reputed journals. Dr. Salimath also had a stint of working in prestigious Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg, Germany (1981-1983), Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA (1992), as well as at La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, USA (1993). He retired on Nov.30, 2014 after an illustrious career spanning more than three decades in research from CSIR-CFTRI.

Dr. Salimath has served on committees of national importance such as the Department of Science & Technology, Department of Biotechnology as well as Indian Council of Medical Research.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com /Star of Mysore / Home> General News / January 31st, 2016