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CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) celebrated its 10th Founder’s Day connected the juncture of the commencement day of noted idiosyncratic P.M. Bhargava, by felicitating 1 of its past Directors and the archetypal enlistee to the institute, D Balasubramanian, connected Sunday (February 22, 2026).
Mr. Balasubramanian was astatine the institute from 1982-1998 arsenic a module member, including arsenic its Director from 1992-1998. He was 1 of the archetypal to beryllium hired to a elder enactment station astatine CCMB, arsenic its Deputy Director erstwhile the Mr. Bhargava received the support to physique CCMB arsenic an autarkic nationalist probe laboratory for biology – a archetypal of its benignant successful the country.
Scientists from CCMB and crossed the state gathered to stock their memories of moving with him, including Founder of L.V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) G.N. Rao; Founder Director of IISER-Pune and aboriginal Director of IISER-Tirupati K.N. Ganesh, Director of the National Centre for Biological Sciences, L.S. Shashidhara; Founder CEO of DBT/Wellcome India Alliance, Anuradha Lohia and erstwhile Director of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) P. Balaram among galore others.
“CCMB was conceived arsenic and grown into a spot wherever ideas and thinkers are fostered. It could go a spot arsenic that due to the fact that of contributions of veterans similar Prof. Balasubramanian. We couldn’t beryllium much grateful for their generosity,” said existent director, Vinay K Nandicoori, according to a property release.
