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{{Infobox scientist
|honorific_prefix  = Professor
|name              = Prem raj Pushpakaran
|image             = Prof Prem-- 2009 nitc.jpg
|image_size        = 249px
|field             = Physiology
|work_institution  = Mass General Brigham, [[Harvard University]], Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University 
|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's College, Ernakulam]], [[Sacred Heart College, Thevara]], Medical College of Wisconsin
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| birth_place      = [[Kochi]], [[India]]
| residence        = [[Kozhikode]], [[India]]
| citizenship      = [[Indian]] {{flagicon|India}}
| nationality      = [[India|Indian]], [[India]] {{flagicon|India}}
| influences       = [[Brahm Shanker Srivastava]]
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| known_for        = Protein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks
| awards           = <small>(2019)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ondemand.marquiswhoswho.com/index.php?s_FIRST_MIDDLE=prem&s_LAST_NAME=pushpakaran|title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran|work=Marquis Who's Who|access-date=Feb 10, 2019}}</ref><br><small>(2012)</small><ref>{{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}}</ref><br><small>(2012)</small><ref>{{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}}</ref>{{rs|date=June 2016}} 
}}

'''Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran''' (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]].<ref name=Chronology>
{{cite web
  |url=http://www.nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/347/18/3
  |title=Detailed Chronology
  |first=PremRaj|last=Pushpakaran
  |publisher=National Institute of Technology Calicut
  |access-date=20 Sep 2026
}}</ref>

== Personal life and education ==
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,<ref>
{{cite web
  |url=https://alumni.cusat.ac.in/members/profpremrajpushpakaran/profile/
  |title=CUSAT Alumni
  |publisher=[[Cochin University of Science and Technology]]
  |access-date=30 July 2009
}}</ref> and a PhD in BioTechnology from [[Central Drug Research Institute]] in 2002<ref>
{{cite web
  |url=http://jamiahamdard.ac.in/PDF/JH_Annual_Report-02-03.PDF
  |title=Registered Alumni
  |publisher=[[Central Drug Research Institute]]
  |access-date=30 July 2010
}}</ref> prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.<ref name=Medvane>
{{cite web
  |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=premraj+pushpakaran
  |title=MGH /Harvard Alumnus
  |work=Academic
  |publisher=Microsoft
  |access-date=20 Nov 2005
}}</ref> His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.

== Awards and Honors ==
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.<ref name=Medvane/> 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.<ref name=Chronology/>  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 ''Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG)'',<ref>
{{cite web
  |url=https://medcraveonline.com/JIG/editorial-board
  |title=Associate Editor
  |work=Genomics
  |publisher=MedCrave Group (USA)
  |access-date=30 Apr 2020
}}</ref> and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.<ref>
{{cite web
  |url=http://www.nature.com/scitable/view-profile/dr-prem-raj-pushpakaran-8871517
  |title=Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran
  |work=Scitable
  |access-date=30 Aug 2020
}}</ref>

== Selected Bibliography ==
* {{cite journal
  |first1=PremRaj|last1=Pushpakaran
  |last2=Srivastava|first2=S
  |last3=Srivastava|first3=BS
  |last4=Srivastava|first4=R
  |title=Protection by live ''Mycobacterium habana'' vaccine against ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' H37Rv challenge in mice
  |journal=Indian Journal of Medical Research 
  |pmid=14604301
  |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=prem+raj+p
  |date=April 2003
  |volume=117|pages=139-145
}}
* {{cite journal
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS
  |last2=Abedrapo|first2=M
  |last3=Chen|first3=A
  |last4=Mozumder|first4=M
  |first5=PremRaj|last5=Pushpakaran
  |last6=Alkhoury|first6=F
  |last7=Zhang|first7=W
  |last8=Fleming|first8=E
  |last9=Hodin|first9=RA
  |title=Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes
  |journal=BioTechniques
  |pmid=14682048
  |url=https://www.future-science.com/doi/abs/10.2144/03356bm05?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed
  |date=December 2003
  |volume=35|pages=1150–1154|issue=6
}}
* {{cite journal
  |last1=Malo|first1=MS
  |last2=Zhang|first2=W
  |last3=Alkhoury|first3=F|last4=Pushpakaran
  |last5=Abedrapo|first5=M
  |last6=Mozumder|first6=M
  |last7=Fleming|first7=E
  |last8=Siddique|first8=A
  |title=Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element
  |url=https://academic.oup.com/mend/article/18/8/1941/2747607?login=true
  |journal=Molecular Endocrinology
  |date=August 2004
  |volume=18|pages=1941–1962
  |first4=PremRaj|issue=8
  |doi=10.1210/me.2003-0351
  |pmid=15143152
  |last9=Henderson
  |first9=JW
  |last10=Hodin
  |first10=RA
}}
* {{cite journal
  |first1=F|last1=Alkhoury
  |first2=PR|last2=Malo
  |first3=W|last3=Pushpakaran
  |first4=E|last4=Zhang
  |first5=R|last5=Fleming
  |title=Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells
  |volume=199
  |date=September 2004
  |page=10
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1072751504004053
  |journal=Journal of the American College of Surgeons|issue=3
  |doi=10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003
  |last6=Mozumder
  |first6=Moushumi
  |last7=Hodin
  |first7=Richard
}}
* {{cite journal
  |last1=Madhu|first1=S. Malo
  |first2=PremRaj|last2=Pushpakaran
  |first3=Richard A.|last3=Hodin
  |title=A 'Swinging Cradle' model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor
  |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  |date=18 November 2005
  |volume=337|pages=490–497
  |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X05020802|issue=2
  |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080
  |pmid=16198314
}}

== References ==
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==External Links==
*[https://publons.com/researcher/396483/prof-prem-raj-pushpakaran Author of the article published in journal, 'Gastroenterology', "Vitamin D positively regulates intestinal alkaline phosphatase expression"]
*[https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/editorialboard.php Editor of the journal, Austin Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology, Austin Publications LLC (USA)]
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1819-155x&id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Alert Publication (USA)]
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Research Journal of Microbiology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1816-4935&id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, American Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]
*[http://scialert.net/eboardlivedna.php?issn=1994-5426&id=91.1166 Editor of the journal, Current Research in Bacteriology, Science Alert Publication (USA)]
*[http://economistsquares.economist.com/Game/ Champion, The Economist Quiz (UK)]


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