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Nilmoni Phukan Sr

2022-01-01T03:59:38Z

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| birth_place = [[Dibrugarh district]], Assam
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'''Nilmoni Phukan''' ({{lang-as|নীলমণি ফুকন}}; 1880–1978) was an Assamese writer, poet, freedom fighter and politician popularly known as ''Bagmibor'' ({{lang-as|বাগ্মীবৰ}}) in the Assamese literature.<ref name="Barua1994">{{cite book|author=Deepali Barua|title=Urban History of India: (a Case Study)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MzjyHi4LEQAC&pg=PA90|year=1994|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-538-8|pages=90–|access-date=23 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125205429/https://books.google.com/books?id=MzjyHi4LEQAC&pg=PA90|archive-date=25 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Since he shares his name with another Assamese poet, [[Nilmani Phookan (Junior)|Nilmani Phukan]], he is often referred as Nilmoni Phukan (Senior). Phukan was the president of the [[Asam Sahitya Sabha]] for two times; in 1944 held at [[Sivasagar district]] and in 1947 held at Dibrugarh district of Assam.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm |title=Asam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam |publisher=Vedanti.com |access-date=11 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926194342/http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm |archive-date=26 September 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Phukan was born on 22 June 1880 at [[Dibrugarh district]], Assam. He was the son of Lombodhar Phukan.<ref name="Daryanani1999">{{cite book|author=Mohan B. Daryanani|title=Who's who on Indian stamps|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZPtAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Mohan B. Daryanani|isbn=978-84-931101-0-9|access-date=23 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222194231/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZPtAAAAMAAJ|archive-date=22 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> After his early education at George's Institution, Dibrugarh and [[Cotton College, Guwahati]], he passed the B.A. examination from [[Acharya Brojendra Nath Seal College|Victoria College]] at [[Cooch Bihar]] (as a graduating student of the [[University of Calcutta]]), in 1907. After graduation, he decided to study law, but the course remained incomplete.<ref>{{cite book |title=Himmat – Volume 16 – Page 73 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LS_mAAAAMAAJ |year=1980 |access-date=23 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612175935/http://books.google.com/books?id=LS_mAAAAMAAJ |archive-date=12 June 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Literary works==
Phukan's literary works include:
* Jyotikona (জ্যোতিকণা) (1938),
* Sahiityakola (সাহিত্যকলা) (1940),
* Joya Tirtho (জয়াতীৰ্থ) (1941),
* Chintamoni (চিন্তামনি) (1942),
* Manashi (মানসী) (1943),
* Gutimali (গুটিমালী) (1950),
* Jinjiri (জিঞ্জিৰি) (1951),
* Mahapurusiya Dharma, Omitra (মহাপুৰুষীয়া ধৰ্ম, অমিত্ৰা) (1952),
* Xondhani (সন্ধানী) (1953),
* Xotodhara (শতধাৰা) (1962),
* Mormobani (মৰ্মবাণী) (1963),
* Aahuti (আহুতি),
* Torun Asom (তৰুণ অসম),
* Mora Dalot Kuhipaat (মৰা ডালত কুঁহিপাত) etc.

Phukan also worked as an editor in the ''Dainik Batori'' a short-lived daily newspaper, with [[Sivaprasad Barua]] for few times.<ref name="Ahmed2006">{{cite book|author=Abu Nasar Saied Ahmed|title=Nationality question in Assam: the EPW 1980–81 debate|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qFNuAAAAMAAJ|date=2006|publisher=Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development|isbn=978-81-8370-038-2|access-date=23 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814214342/http://books.google.com/books?id=QFNUAAAAMAAJ|archive-date=14 August 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Awards & Recognitions==
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* A commemorative postage stamp had been created in the name of Bagmibar Nilamoni Phukan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://istampgallery.com/nilmoni-phukan/|title = Bagmibor Nilmoni Phukan|date = 14 May 2015}}</ref>
* He was awarded the 1981 Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese for his poetry collection, Kavita (Kobita)<ref>https://www.pratidintime.com/noted-assamese-poet-nilmani-phookan-wins/amp/</ref>
* Twice he became the President of Assam Sahitya Sabha <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://istampgallery.com/nilmoni-phukan/|title = Bagmibor Nilmoni Phukan|date = 14 May 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Assamese literature]]
* [[List of people from Assam]]
* [[List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents]]
* [[List of Assamese-language poets]]
* [[List of Assamese writers with their pen names]]

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Brahm Shanker Srivastava

2021-08-30T03:31:12Z

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{{short description|Indian microbiologist}}
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| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Molecular biology]] |[[Biotechnology]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | Biotech Research | [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] | [[Central Drug Research Institute]] | [[Brown University]] | [[University of Maryland]] | [[Pasteur Institute of Lille]] | [[University of Ancona]] | [[Banaras Hindu University]] | [[Mizoram University]] }}
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| known_for = Studies on [[microbial genetics]]
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'''Brahm Shanker Srivastava''' (born 1943) is an Indian microbiologist, inventor and a former deputy director and head of Microbiology division of the [[Central Drug Research Institute]].<ref name="ColwellCeccarelli2014">{{cite book|author1=Rita R Colwell|author2=Daniela Ceccarelli|title=Vibrio ecology, pathogenesis and evolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RzpQBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA191|date=24 October 2014|publisher=Frontiers E-books|isbn=978-2-88919-289-2|pages=191–}}</ref> He is the founder of Biotech Research, a non-profit non governmental institution promoting research in the field of biotechnology<ref name="Welcome to Biotech Research">{{Cite web |url=http://biotechresearch.in/ |title=Welcome to Biotech Research |date=2017 |publisher=Biotech Research}}</ref> and is a director of Nextec Lifesciences Private Limited,<ref name="Company Details">{{Cite web |url=https://www.registrationwala.com/company/nextec-lifesciences-private-limited/U24233UP2012PTC051518 |title=Company Details |date=2017 |publisher=Registrationwala}}</ref> a start up involved in biomedical products and research applications.<ref name="Nextec">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nexteclifesciences.com/home.html |title=Nexttec |date=2017 |publisher=Nextec Lifesciences |access-date=27 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227151716/http://www.nexteclifesciences.com/home.html |archive-date=27 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is known for his researches on microbial genetics<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=77 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize}}</ref> and is an elected fellow of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]].<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=S |title=NASI fellows |date=2016 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316043224/http://nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=S |archivedate=16 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 1984.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Long link – please select award year to see details}}

== Biography ==
B. S. Srivastava, born on 1 June 1943, earned his graduate degree from [[Banaras Hindu University]] and continued his studies at BHU to secure his masters' and doctoral degrees.<ref name="Profile on Biotech Research">{{Cite web |url=http://biotechresearch.in/cv/BrahmCV.docx |title=Profile on Biotech Research |date=2017 |publisher=Biotech Research}}</ref> Most of his academic career was spent at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] where he became a professor and the founder chair of the ''Centre for Biotechnology''.<ref name="About Us">{{Cite web |url=http://biotechresearch.in/about_us.html |title=About Us |date=2017 |publisher=Biotec Research}}</ref><ref name="SinghSharma2013">{{cite book|author1=Prati Pal Singh|author2=Vinod Sharma|title=Water and Health|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wbm8BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA92|date=1 October 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-81-322-1029-0|pages=92–}}</ref> Subsequently, he moved to the [[Central Drug Research Institute]] where he headed the Division of Microbiology and served as the deputy director of the institute.<ref name="NASI Year Book 2015">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |title=NASI Year Book 2015 |date=2016 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806211716/http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |archivedate=6 August 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2012, along with Ranjana Srivastava, he founded Biotech Research, a not-for-profit research platform for promoting research in biotechnology. In between, he served at a number of universities which included [[Brown University]], [[University of Maryland]], [[Pasteur Institute of Lille]], [[University of Ancona]], Banaras Hindu University and [[Mizoram University]] as a visiting faculty.<ref name="Profile on Biotech Research" />

Srivastava's researches covered the discipline of microbial genetics and he has done extensive studies of [[Vibrio cholerae]].<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | access-date=27 February 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He is credited with the development of bacterial mutants which have applications in vaccine development and he holds a patent for his work.<ref name="Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific DNA fragment">{{Cite web |url=http://patents.justia.com/inventor/brahm-shanker-srivastava |title=Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific DNA fragment |date=2017 |publisher=Justia Patents}}</ref><ref name="Organization2001">{{cite book|author=World Intellectual Property Organization|title=Intellectual Property Needs and Expectations of Traditional Knowledge Holders: WIPO Report on Fact-finding Missions on Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge (1998–1999).|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=soLIz5TSW8MC&pg=PA269|year=2001|publisher=WIPO|isbn=978-92-805-0968-7|pages=269–}}</ref> He has documented his researches by way of several articles in per-reviewed journals{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and his work has been cited by a number of authors and researchers.<ref name="GhoseGhosh2003">{{cite book|author1=T.K. Ghose|author2=P. Ghosh|title=Biotechnology in India I|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oSCEJlydeo0C&pg=PA268|date=18 July 2003|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-540-00609-1|pages=268–}}</ref><ref name="KuwaharaPierce2012">{{cite book|author1=S. Kuwahara|author2=N.F. Pierce|title=Advances in Research on Cholera and Related Diarrheas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=13L8CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA124|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-009-6735-9|pages=124–}}</ref><ref name="Kim2013">{{cite book|author=Se-Kwon Kim|title=Marine Microbiology: Bioactive Compounds and Biotechnological Applications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olEoh4PT9IcC&pg=PA151|date=21 June 2013|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-3-527-66527-3|pages=151–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Indian Journal of Medical Research|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wmdQAQAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Indian Council of Medical Research.}}</ref> Besides, he has also contributed chapters to books published by others.<ref name="SinghSharma2013" /><ref>{{cite book|title=Canadian Journal of Microbiology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ftNPAQAAIAAJ|year=1968}}</ref> He was associated with the ''Indo-US Vaccine Action Program'' as a member and traveled with the Indian delegation on Biotechnology which visited the US and China.<ref name="Profile on Biotech Research" />

== Awards and honors ==
The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 1984.<ref name="Medical Sciences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Medical_SCIENCES.htm |title=Medical Sciences |date=2017 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224074105/http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Medical_SCIENCES.htm |archivedate=24 February 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He received [[Om Prakash Bhasin Award]] in 1995<ref name="Om Prakash Bhasin Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.opbfawards.com/biotechnology.html | title=Om Prakash Bhasin Award | publisher=Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation | date=2017}}</ref> and the Government of Uttar Pradesh honored him with Vigyan Ratna Samman in 2002.<ref name="About Us" /> He is an elected fellow of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] and the [[American Academy of Microbiology]].<ref name="Academy Directory">{{Cite web |url=http://accounts.asm.org/directory/academy/ |title=Academy Directory |date=2017 |publisher=American Academy of Microbiology}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Long link – please search for ''Srivastava''}} The award orations delivered by him include Dr. Nitya Anand Endowment Lecture of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 1991<ref name="Dr. Nitya Anand Endowment Lecture">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/recipients.php#nael |title=Dr. Nitya Anand Endowment Lecture |date=2017 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref> and Dr. Y.S. Narayana Rao Oration of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] in 1993.<ref name="Profile on Biotech Research" />

== Selected bibliography ==
* {{Cite journal |vauthors=Prem raj P, Srivastava S, Jain SK, Srivastava BS, Srivastava R |title=Protection by live Mycobacterium habana vaccine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv challenge in mice |journal=The Indian Journal of Medical Research |publication-date=2003 |volume=117 |pages=139–145 |pmid=14604301}}
* {{Cite journal |last=D.K. Deb, P. Dahiya, K.K. Srivastava, R. Srivastava, B.S. Srivastava |title=Selective identification of new therapeutic targets of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by IVIAT approach |journal=Tuberculosis |publication-date=2002 |volume=82 |issue=4–5 |pages=175–182 |doi=10.1054/tube.2002.0337
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* {{Cite journal |vauthors=Deb DK, Srivastava KK, Srivastava R, Srivastava BS |title=Bioluminescent Mycobacterium aurum expressing firefly luciferase for rapid and high throughput screening of antimycobacterial drugs in vitro and in infected macrophages |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |publication-date=2000 |volume=279 |issue=2 |pages=457–461 |pmid=11118308 |doi=10.1006/bbrc.2000.3957}}
* {{Cite journal |last=H. N. Singh, B. S. Srivastava |title=Studies on morphogenesis in a blue-green alga. I. Effect of inorganic nitrogen sources on developmental morphology of Anabaena doliolum |journal=Canadian Journal of Microbiology |publication-date=1968 |volume=14 |issue=12 |pages=1341–1346 |doi=10.1139/m68-224}}

== See also ==
* [[Bacterial genetics]]
* [[Mycobacterium tuberculosis]]
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com.na/patents/EP0945462B1?cl=un |title=Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific DNA fragment |last=Ranjana Srivastava, Deepak Kumar, Brahm Shanker Srivastava |publisher=Google Patents |work=US Patent No. EP0945462 B1 |publication-date=2 August 2006}}

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Rajendran Mani

2021-07-23T09:45:50Z

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{{Short description|Indian bodybuilder}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2018}}

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|name = Rajendran Mani
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|office1 = Founder and Owner of the maximum muscle Gym<ref>http://www.maximum.in/</ref>
|birth_name = Rajendran Mani
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|birth_place = Chennai, [[India]]
|citizenship = Indian
|religion = Christian
|nickname = Indian Super Hulk
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'''Rajendran Mani''' (born 1975) is an Indian bodybuilder and has worked in the [[Indian Air Force]] from [[Tamil nadu|Tamil Nadu]], [[Chennai]].

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Mr. Rajendra Mani and his son both appeared in a same competition as junior and senior, he claims this to be happening first in world history, this happened in 2018 Mr. World competition, at that time he was 45 and his son Benjamin Jerold was 18 years old.

==External links==
* [https://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/indias-rajendran-mani-wins-world-bodybuilding-title-1527165] {{dead link|date=January 2021}}

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