M. K. Chandrashekaran

M. K. Chandrasekharan
Born	Maroli Krishnayya Chandrasekharan September 4, 1937 Salem, Tamilnadu
Died	July 2, 2009 (aged 71)
Occupation	zoologist

Maroli Krishnayya Chandrashekaran (4 September 1937 – 2 July 2009), also known as Shekar or MKC, was an Indian zoologist, regarded as the founder of Indian chronobiology, the study of biological rhythms of organisms. He was a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, and the Third World Academy of Sciences, and in 1979 received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology. ^[1][2] Born on 4 September 1937, in Salem, Tamil Nadu, Chandrashekaran earned bachelors and master's degrees in zoology at Presidency College, Chennai, and a PhD at the University of Madras. He served as editor of the Journal of Biosciences from 1991 to 1997 and Resonance: Journal of Science Education from 2003 to 2005.^[3][4][5]

References

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