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{{Infobox scientist<br />
| name = Kambadur Muralidhar<br />
| image = http://www.livingscience.in/video/thumb/video-03.jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1948|12|25}}<br />
| birth_place = Coimbatore<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| field = [[Biology]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Osmania University]], [[Indian Institute of Science]]<br />
| work_institution = [[University of Delhi]], [[University of Hyderabad]], [[South Asian University]]<br />
| doctoral_advisor = [[Nuggehalli Raghuveer Moudgal|N. R. Moudgal]]<br />
| doctoral_students = <br />
| known_for = Buffalo Hormones<br />
| prizes = <br />
| religion = <br />
| footnotes = Biochemical Endocrinology of the Indian water buffalo<br />
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'''Kambadur Muralidhar''' or '''K. Muralidhar''' is an Indian biologist, known for his work in biochemistry, endocrinology and reproductive biology. He taught at [[Delhi University]] for over thirty years, and was Head of its Department of Zoology. Currently, he is Jawaharlal Nehru Chair Professor, School of Life Sciences, [[University of Hyderabad]]. He is a Fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]],<ref name="insa">{{cite web|title=INSA :: Indian Fellow Detail|url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/detail/N95-1181|website=insaindia.res.in|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref> the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="ias">{{cite web|title=Fellow Profile: Muralidhar, Prof. Kambadur|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Muralidhar,_Prof._Kambadur|website=Indian Academy of Sciences|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref> and the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]].<ref name="nasi">{{cite web|title=The National Academy of Sciences, India - Fellows|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=M|website=nasi.org.in|accessdate=24 February 2018}}</ref> He is also highly regarded as a teacher and educator, and has contributed to biology education at both high school and college levels.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Kambadur Muralidhar was born on 25 December 1948 in [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. After early schooling in several different places in Tamil Nadu and [[Andhra Pradesh]], he graduated from St John's High School, [[Bellary]], [[Karnataka]].<ref name="biotechinterview">{{cite news|title=Dr Kambadur Muralidhar - interview|url=http://kashbiotech.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Dr-kambadur-muralidhar-interview.pdf|accessdate=25 February 2018|work=Biotech Express|date=August 2015}}</ref> He obtained his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in chemistry from [[Osmania University]], [[Hyderabad]]. He went to the [[Indian Institute of Science]], [[Bangalore]], for his doctoral studies, where he worked with the well-known biochemist and endocrinologist [[Nuggehalli Raghuveer Moudgal|N. R. Moudgal]], and completed his Ph. D. in 1976. For his doctoral work, he was awarded the Professor K. V. Giri Memorial Gold Medal.<ref name="insa" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
In August 1976, immediately after completing his Ph.D., Muralidhar joined the faculty of the newly established [[University of Hyderabad]] as Lecturer. After a postdoctoral stint at [[State University of New York|SUNY]], [[Buffalo, New York]], he moved to the [[University of Delhi]] as Reader in 1983. Subsequently he became Professor. In 1989 and 1990, he had visiting assignments at the [[University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center|M D Anderson Cancer Center]], Texas, USA. He was Head, Department of Zoology, during 2001-2004. After his retirement in December 2013, he joined [[South Asian University]], New Delhi, as J. C. Bose National Fellow. In January 2017 he moved back to the University of Hyderabad as Jawaharlal Nehru Chair Professor.<ref name="uohydlecture">{{cite web |title=Jawaharlal Nehru Chair Lecture Series |url=http://sls.uohyd.ac.in/lectures_seminars/Muralidhar1.pdf |website=sls.uohyd.ac.in |publisher=University of Hyderabad |accessdate=24 June 2019}}</ref><br />
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== Role as educator ==<br />
Apart from his work as a researcher, Muralidhar is highly regarded as a teacher and educator. He advocates an integrated approach to the teaching of biology at both high school and college level, which he has elaborated in an interview.<ref name="biotechinterview" /> He has also articulated his views on the nature of science and its relation to biology education in a lecture, published by [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] as part of the volume ''Frontier Lectures in Biology''.<ref name="insalectures">{{cite book|last1=Saidapur|first1=S. K. (ed.)|title=Frontier Lectures In Biology|date=May 2015|publisher=Indian National Science Academy|pages=34–47|url=https://www.insaindia.res.in/scroll_news_pdf/e-book.pdf|accessdate=15 March 2018}}</ref> He was the Chairman of a [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]] committee for curricular reform in Zoology, and authored a report that is considered to be a benchmark.<ref name="insa" /> He was also the Chief Advisor of the biology textbooks published by [[National Council of Educational Research and Training|NCERT]] in 2006-2008.<ref name="ncertbio12">{{cite book|title=Biology: Textbook for class XII|date=2006|publisher=National Council of Educational Research and Training|location=New Delhi|url=http://www.ncert.nic.in/NCERTS/l/lebo1ps.pdf|accessdate=1 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
* Professor K V Giri Memorial Gold Medal<ref name="insa" /><br />
* Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (elected 1995)<ref name="insa" /><br />
* Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India (elected 1995)<ref name="nasi" /><br />
* Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (elected 1998)<ref name="ias" /><br />
* Jawaharlal Nehru Chair Professor, [[University of Hyderabad]] (2017)<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSSBPIHrstU Professor K. Muralidhar speaks on the History of Indian Science]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn-Z_NezyTQ Professor K Muralidhar on the Teaching and Importance of Technical Communication]<br />
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