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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor P̂rém ráj P̂üshp̂ákárán, NIT Calicut 🪷🌷🪻🌼🌻🌺🌹🌸🏵️💮&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]] {{flagicon|India}}&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]] {{flagicon|India}}&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
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| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=10 Aug 2026&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2009&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2010&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2005&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor P̂rém ráj P̂üshp̂ákárán, NIT Calicut 🪷🌷🪻🌼🌻🌺🌹🌸🏵️💮&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]] {{flagicon|India}}&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]] {{flagicon|India}}&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
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| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Ju1 2026&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2009&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2010&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2005&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor P̂rém ráj P̂üshp̂ákárán, NIT Calicut 🪷🌷🪻🌼🌻🌺🌹🌸🏵️💮&lt;/p&gt;
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|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]] {{flagicon|India}}&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]] {{flagicon|India}}&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Ju1 2026&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2009&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2010&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2005&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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	<entry>
		<id>https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=551988</id>
		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
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		<updated>2026-07-10T04:30:15Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor P̂rém ráj P̂üshp̂ákárán, NIT Calicut 🪷🌷🪻🌼🌻🌺🌹🌸🏵️💮&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=10 Ju1 2026&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2009&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2010&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2005&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>PamukPrudhomme</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=551644</id>
		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=551644"/>
		<updated>2026-06-30T04:30:00Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor P̂rém ráj P̂üshp̂ákárán, NIT Calicut 🪷🌷🪻🌼🌻🌺🌹🌸🏵️💮&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Jun 2026&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2009&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2010&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2005&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor P̂rém ráj P̂üshp̂ákárán, NIT Calicut 🪷🌷🪻🌼🌻🌺🌹🌸🏵️💮&lt;/p&gt;
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|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Jun 2026&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2009&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2010&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2005&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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	<entry>
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
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		<updated>2026-06-10T04:30:00Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor P̂rém ráj P̂üshp̂ákárán, NIT Calicut 🪷🌷🪻🌼🌻🌺🌹🌸🏵️💮&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=10 Jun 2026&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2009&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2010&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2005&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pushpakaran, Prof. PremRaj}}&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=549113"/>
		<updated>2026-05-30T04:30:05Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor P̂rém ráj P̂üshp̂ákárán, NIT Calicut 🪷🌷🪻🌼🌻🌺🌹🌸🏵️💮&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 May 2026&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2009&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2010&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2010&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor P̂rém ráj P̂üshp̂ákárán, NIT Calicut 🪷🌷🪻🌼🌻🌺🌹🌸🏵️💮&lt;/p&gt;
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|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 May 2026&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2009&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2010&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2010&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
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		<updated>2026-05-10T04:30:02Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor P̂rém ráj P̂üshp̂ákárán, NIT Calicut 🪷🌷🪻🌼🌻🌺🌹🌸🏵️💮&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
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| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=10 May 2026&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2009&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2010&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2010&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=447807"/>
		<updated>2026-03-20T04:46:22Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, ♡ Professor P̂rém ráj P̂üshp̂ákárán,  🪷🌷🪻🌼🌻🌺🌹🌸🏵️💮 --  my image&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Mar 2026&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor P̂rém ráj P̂üshp̂ákárán, NIT Calicut&lt;/p&gt;
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|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 May 2024&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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	<entry>
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
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		<updated>2024-05-10T04:30:05Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor P̂rém ráj P̂üshp̂ákárán, NIT Calicut&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=10 May 2024&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor P̂rém ráj P̂üshp̂ákárán, NIT Calicut&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2024&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
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|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Apr 2024&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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	<entry>
		<id>https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=444376</id>
		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=444376"/>
		<updated>2024-04-10T04:30:09Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=10 Apr 2024&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=444276"/>
		<updated>2024-03-30T04:30:06Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Mar 2024&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
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|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Mar 2024&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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	<entry>
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
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		<updated>2024-03-10T04:41:47Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=10 Mar 2024&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=443797"/>
		<updated>2024-02-20T04:30:09Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Feb 2024&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
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|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=10 Feb 2024&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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	<entry>
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=443420"/>
		<updated>2024-01-30T04:30:11Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Jan 2024&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
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		<updated>2024-01-20T04:30:03Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Jan 2024&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
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|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=10 Jan 2024&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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	<entry>
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=442326"/>
		<updated>2023-12-30T04:30:07Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Dec 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=AlKhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
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		<updated>2023-12-20T04:31:05Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Dec 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=AlKhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=10 Dec 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=AlKhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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	<entry>
		<id>https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=440395</id>
		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=440395"/>
		<updated>2023-11-30T04:30:14Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Nov 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=AlKhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=437752"/>
		<updated>2023-11-20T04:30:09Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=AlKhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=10 Nov 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=AlKhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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	<entry>
		<id>https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=436895</id>
		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=436895"/>
		<updated>2023-11-10T06:32:58Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=10 Nov 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=AlKhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=436175"/>
		<updated>2023-10-30T04:30:08Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Oct 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=AlKhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Oct 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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	<entry>
		<id>https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=434169</id>
		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
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		<updated>2023-10-10T04:30:07Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=10 Oct 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
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|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Sep 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>PamukPrudhomme</name></author>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=426651</id>
		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=426651"/>
		<updated>2023-09-10T04:30:05Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=10 Sep 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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	<entry>
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=422972"/>
		<updated>2023-08-30T04:40:55Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Aug 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
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|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Aug 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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	<entry>
		<id>https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=404822</id>
		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=404822"/>
		<updated>2023-08-10T04:30:03Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=10 Aug 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=400739"/>
		<updated>2023-07-30T04:30:06Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.റ്റി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Jul 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
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|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Jul 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.microsoft.com/profile/29gh3367-1978-4h48-8083-efiigi653570/profpremrajp/publication/search?q=prof%20prem%20raj%20p&amp;amp;qe=%2540%2540%2540USER.PUBLICATIONS%253D29cd3367-1978-4d48-8083-abeece653570&amp;amp;f=&amp;amp;orderBy=0&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>PamukPrudhomme</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=393488</id>
		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=393488"/>
		<updated>2023-07-10T04:30:14Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.ടി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=10 Jul 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.microsoft.com/profile/29gh3367-1978-4h48-8083-efiigi653570/profpremrajp/publication/search?q=prof%20prem%20raj%20p&amp;amp;qe=%2540%2540%2540USER.PUBLICATIONS%253D29cd3367-1978-4d48-8083-abeece653570&amp;amp;f=&amp;amp;orderBy=0&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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	<entry>
		<id>https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=386447</id>
		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=386447"/>
		<updated>2023-06-30T04:30:07Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.ടി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Jun 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.microsoft.com/profile/29gh3367-1978-4h48-8083-efiigi653570/profpremrajp/publication/search?q=prof%20prem%20raj%20p&amp;amp;qe=%2540%2540%2540USER.PUBLICATIONS%253D29cd3367-1978-4d48-8083-abeece653570&amp;amp;f=&amp;amp;orderBy=0&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
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|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Jun 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.microsoft.com/profile/29gh3367-1978-4h48-8083-efiigi653570/profpremrajp/publication/search?q=prof%20prem%20raj%20p&amp;amp;qe=%2540%2540%2540USER.PUBLICATIONS%253D29cd3367-1978-4d48-8083-abeece653570&amp;amp;f=&amp;amp;orderBy=0&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>PamukPrudhomme</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=384854</id>
		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=384854"/>
		<updated>2023-05-30T04:30:52Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.ടി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 May 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in BioTechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.microsoft.com/profile/29gh3367-1978-4h48-8083-efiigi653570/profpremrajp/publication/search?q=prof%20prem%20raj%20p&amp;amp;qe=%2540%2540%2540USER.PUBLICATIONS%253D29cd3367-1978-4d48-8083-abeece653570&amp;amp;f=&amp;amp;orderBy=0&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=384435"/>
		<updated>2023-05-20T04:30:04Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.ടി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_title     = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
| thesis_year      = &lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = &lt;br /&gt;
| website          = &lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of Biotechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 May 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in Biotechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in Biotechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.microsoft.com/profile/29gh3367-1978-4h48-8083-efiigi653570/profpremrajp/publication/search?q=prof%20prem%20raj%20p&amp;amp;qe=%2540%2540%2540USER.PUBLICATIONS%253D29cd3367-1978-4d48-8083-abeece653570&amp;amp;f=&amp;amp;orderBy=0&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
| caption          =                       &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| thesis_url       = &lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of Biotechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=10 May 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in Biotechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in Biotechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.microsoft.com/profile/29gh3367-1978-4h48-8083-efiigi653570/profpremrajp/publication/search?q=prof%20prem%20raj%20p&amp;amp;qe=%2540%2540%2540USER.PUBLICATIONS%253D29cd3367-1978-4d48-8083-abeece653570&amp;amp;f=&amp;amp;orderBy=0&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>PamukPrudhomme</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=383744</id>
		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prem_Raj_Pushpakaran&amp;diff=383744"/>
		<updated>2023-04-30T04:30:06Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.ടി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of Biotechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in Biotechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in Biotechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.microsoft.com/profile/29gh3367-1978-4h48-8083-efiigi653570/profpremrajp/publication/search?q=prof%20prem%20raj%20p&amp;amp;qe=%2540%2540%2540USER.PUBLICATIONS%253D29cd3367-1978-4d48-8083-abeece653570&amp;amp;f=&amp;amp;orderBy=0&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=BioTechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pushpakaran, Prof. PremRaj}}&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Prem Raj Pushpakaran</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;PamukPrudhomme: ♡പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍, എൻ.ഐ.ടി. കാലിക്കറ്റ് ♡ Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, NIT Calicut♡&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox scientist&lt;br /&gt;
|honorific_prefix  = Professor&lt;br /&gt;
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|image_size        = 249px&lt;br /&gt;
|field             = Physiology&lt;br /&gt;
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University &lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater        = Massachusetts General Hospital, [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]], [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]], [[Central Drug Research Institute]], Harvard Medical School, [[Jamia Hamdard]], [[Maharaja&#039;s College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| citizenship      = [[Indian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = &amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2019)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&amp;amp;s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who&#039;s Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/513350130.jpg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;(2012)&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/app/webroot/img/upload/874415830.jpeg|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award|website=nitc.ac.in|access-date=Feb 10, 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{rs|date=June 2016}} &lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran&#039;&#039;&#039; (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an [[India]]n indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of Biotechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), [[Kozhikode district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Detailed Chronology&lt;br /&gt;
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Apr 2023&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Personal life and education ==&lt;br /&gt;
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in [[Zoology]] from [[Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala]] in 1995, an MSc in Biotechnology from [[Cochin University of Science and Technology]] in 1997,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=CUSAT Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a PhD in Biotechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Registered Alumni&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 July 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.microsoft.com/profile/29gh3367-1978-4h48-8083-efiigi653570/profpremrajp/publication/search?q=prof%20prem%20raj%20p&amp;amp;qe=%2540%2540%2540USER.PUBLICATIONS%253D29cd3367-1978-4d48-8083-abeece653570&amp;amp;f=&amp;amp;orderBy=0&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Academic&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=Microsoft&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=20 Nov 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Honors ==&lt;br /&gt;
As a post-doctoral scientist at [[Harvard University]], Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.&amp;lt;ref name=Medvane/&amp;gt; Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.&amp;lt;ref name=Chronology/&amp;gt;  In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for &#039;&#039;Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)&#039;&#039;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Associate Editor&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Genomics&lt;br /&gt;
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{cite web&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |work=Scitable&lt;br /&gt;
  |access-date=30 Sep 2021&lt;br /&gt;
}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Selected Bibliography ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Protection by live &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium habana&#039;&#039; vaccine against &#039;&#039;Mycobacterium tuberculosis&#039;&#039; H37Rv challenge in mice&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research &lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14604301&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=April 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=117|pages=139-145&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Chen|first3=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biotechniques&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=14682048&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&amp;amp;rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&amp;amp;rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=December 2003&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS&lt;br /&gt;
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W&lt;br /&gt;
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E&lt;br /&gt;
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=August 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=15143152&lt;br /&gt;
  |last9=Henderson&lt;br /&gt;
  |first9=JW&lt;br /&gt;
  |last10=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first10=RA&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang&lt;br /&gt;
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=199&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=September 2004&lt;br /&gt;
  |page=10&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003&lt;br /&gt;
  |last6=Mozumder&lt;br /&gt;
  |first6=Moushumi&lt;br /&gt;
  |last7=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |first7=Richard&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal&lt;br /&gt;
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo&lt;br /&gt;
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran&lt;br /&gt;
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin&lt;br /&gt;
  |title=A &#039;Swinging Cradle&#039; model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor&lt;br /&gt;
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications&lt;br /&gt;
  |date=18 November 2005&lt;br /&gt;
  |volume=337|pages=490–497&lt;br /&gt;
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2&lt;br /&gt;
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080&lt;br /&gt;
  |pmid=16198314&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, &#039;Gastroenterology&#039;, &amp;quot;Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine &amp;amp; Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&amp;amp;id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]&lt;br /&gt;
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