Samir K Brahmachari

Samir Kumar Brahmachari (born 1 January 1952) is an Indian biophysicist and Former Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and Former Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India He is the Founder Director of Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi and the Chief Mentor of Open Source for Drug Discovery (OSDD) Project He is the recipient of JC Bose Fellowship Award, DST (2012)ProfBrahmachari gained a BSc degree in chemistry from the University of Calcutta in 1972, followed by an MSc (pure chemistry) in 1974 In 1978 he earned a PhD in Molecular Biophysics from the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore He followed this with postdoctoral research at Paris Diderot University and a position as a visiting scientist at the Memorial University of Newfoundland He started his academic career as a Research Associate at the Molecular Biophysics Unit in Indian Institute of Science, and in 1981 became a Lecturer In 1986 he became an Assistant Professor and Associate Professor in 1992 In 1997 he became a Professor and simultaneously served as a Visiting Professor at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry On 11 August 1997 he was appointed as the Director of CSIRCenter for Biochemical Technology (CBT) As the Director of CBT he was instrumental in reestablishing it as the CSIRInstitute of Genomics and Integrative Biology an institute where genomics and informatics have been seamlessly integrated Setting up a true example of path breaking discoveries in researchlimiting settingsHe assumed responsibility as the Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India on 12 November 2006
As a member of the Expert Group on Human Rights and Biotechnology Commission of United Nations, he has addressed issues of unethical exploitation of genetic resources of the Third World and has championed the concept of Rights of patients in benefit[citation needed] He has held the membership of the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) Council (20042011) He is currently on the Advisory Board of the X Prize in Genomics and the Scientific Advisory Board of National Center of Biomedical Ontology (NCBO), Stanford University[citation needed] He has also been serving as the Adjunct Professor, Bioinformatics Centre, University of Pune, since 2003 and holds the Joseph Austin McCartney & Ruth McCartney Hauck named Visiting Professorship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA, since 2012 He also holds Honorary Lifetime Professorship to the University of DelhiHe is also the academy professor of AcSIR (Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research )