Indian scientist
Sarvagya Singh Katiyar
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Born
| 1935
India
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Died
| 9 October 2018
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Occupation
| Scientist
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Known for
| Enzymology
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Awards
| Padma Bhushan
Padma Shri
Acharya P. C. Ray Memorial Medal
Professor B. N. Ghosh Memorial Award
Soka University Award of Highest Honor
New Millennium Plaque of Honour
Vigyan Gaurav Award
Excellence in Science Gold Medal
Asutosh Mookherjee Memorial Award
R. C. Mehrotra Memorial Life Time Achievement Award
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Sarvagya Singh Katiyar
(1935?October 9, 2018),
FRSC
, popularly known as
S. S. Katiyar
, was an Indian scientist
[1]
specializing in
enzymology
, and the founder Director of
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University
,
Lucknow
.
[2]
He is a former president of the
Association of Indian Universities
and a former vice chancellor of
Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University
, Kanpur
[3]
and
Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology
.
[
citation needed
]
He was honoured by the
Government of India
in 2003 with
Padma Shri
, the fourth highest Indian civilian award,
[4]
followed by
Padma Bhushan
, the third highest civilian award, in 2009.
[5]
[6]
Biography
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Sarvagya Singh Katiyar, born in 1935, did his undergraduate (BSc) and master's (MSc) studies at
Agra University
and secured his PhD in 1962 in chemical kinetics under the guidance of N. A. Ramaiah, an
S. S. Bhatnagar Award
winner,
[7]
from the
National Sugar Institute
, Kanpur.
[2]
Moving to USA, he did post doctoral research, working with John W. Porter, at the
University of Wisconsin?Madison
and was successful in determining the kinetic mechanism of the enzyme fatty acid
synthetase
complex for the first time.
[2]
He returned to India to join the
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
where he became the Head of the Chemistry department in 1989 and stayed with the institution till 1994 when he was appointed as the vice chancellor of Kanpur University, present day
Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University
.
[2]
He held the post till his retirement in 2007 for four consecutive terms,
[2]
the first vice chancellor to do so in the history of the university.
[
citation needed
]
Katiyar is known to have done extensive research on enzymes and its architecture which is reported to have assisted in understanding the
catalytic domain of
kinases
and
dehydrogenases
and expanded the usage of enzymes for catalytic reactions for industrial purposes and as diagnostic tools.
[2]
His researches have been documented by way of over 125 scientific papers published in peer reviewed journals.
[8]
He has also guided several master's and doctoral students in their studies.
[2]
The first biochemistry-biotechnology laboratory was established at the
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
during his tenure as the head of the department there.
[2]
He is also known to have initiated 50 new courses at
Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University
as its vice chancellor.
[2]
His contributions are noted behind the establishment of
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University
, Lucknow where he was a founder director
[2]
and has served as the vice chancellor of
Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology
.
[
citation needed
]
Katiyar is an elected fellow of
The World Academy of Sciences
,
[9]
National Academy of Sciences, India
,
[10]
Indian National Science Academy
and the
New York Academy of Sciences
. He is also a fellow of
American Institute of Chemists
and the
Royal Society of Chemistry
, UK.
[
citation needed
]
He is a former president of the
Association of Indian Universities
[11]
and the
Indian Science Congress Association
,
[12]
and he has served the
Uttar Pradesh State Council for Higher Education
as its chairman.
[2]
He was a member of the
Indian National Science Academy
as a member and as an additional member.
[2]
He is the founder of the Prof. S. S. Katiyar Charitable Society, which has instituted the Prof. S. S. Katiyar Endowment Lecture award under the aegis of the
Indian Science Congress Association
.
[13]
[14]
Katiyar, a visiting professor at
Tokyo University
,
[
citation needed
]
received the Acharya P. C. Ray Memorial Medal in 1990 and the Professor B. N. Ghosh Memorial Award in 1995. In 2001, he received the Soka University Award of Highest Honor, and he received three awards in 2003: the New Millennium Plaque of Honour for Chemical Sciences, Vigyan Gaurav Award from the
Government of Uttar Pradesh
and the national civilian award of
Padma Shri
from the
Government of India
.
[2]
He is also a recipient of Gold Medal for Excellence in Science (2006), the Asutosh Mookherjee Memorial Award (2008) and the R. C. Mehrotra Memorial Life Time Achievement Award (2009).
[2]
The
Government of India
honoured him again in 2009 with the
Padma Bhushan
.
[5]
[6]
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