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{{Infobox scientist<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1960|12|25}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Manamadurai taluk]], [[Sivaganga district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
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| residence = India<br />
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]<br />
| fields = {{ublist | [[Plant biology]] | [[Food technology]] }}<br />
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[DuPont]] | [[New Mexico State University]] | [[Indian Institute of Science]] | [[Monash University]] | [[Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants]] | [[Central Food Technological Research Institute]] }}<br />
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Madurai Kamaraj University]] | [[Indian Institute of Science]] | [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] }}<br />
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| known_for = Studies on plant and yeast lipid metabolism<br />
| awards = {{ublist| 2001&nbsp;[[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-BIOS Prize]] | 2004&nbsp;C. V. Raman State Award | 2008&nbsp;[[Monash University|MU]] Pro Vice-chancellor's Award | 2009&nbsp;[[Monash University|MU]] Pro Vice-chancellor's Award | 2011&nbsp;SBC I. S. Bhatia Memorial Award | 2012&nbsp;[[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|CSIR]] Technology Award | Nagarjuna Group Agricultural Biotechnology Excellence Award }}<br />
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'''Ram Rajasekharan''' (born 25th December 1960) is an Indian plant biologist, food technologist and a former director of the [[Central Food Technological Research Institute]] (CFTRI), a constituent laboratory of the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]]. Known for his studies on plant lipid metabolism, Rajasekharan is a former professor of eminence at the [[Indian Institute of Science]] and an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies namely [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] and [[Indian National Science Academy]] as well as the [[National Academy of Agricultural Sciences]]. The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences in 2001.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development">{{Cite web |url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=2017-11-20}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:Madhurai kamaraj university front view.JPG|thumb|left|Madhurai Kamaraj University]]<br />
Ram Rajasekharan was born on [[Christmas Day]], 1960<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Rajasekharan,_Prof._Ram |title=Fellow profile |date=2017-11-12 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=2017-11-12}}</ref> at [[Manamadurai taluk]], [[Sivaganga district]] of the south Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="One man’s fascination with fat">{{Cite web |url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/D44LQzgA3TVT2P0W3gVs4I/One-mans-fascination-with-fat.html |title=One man's fascination with fat |date=20 April 2016 |website=Live Mint |access-date=2017-11-25}}</ref> He was the first graduate from his village when he earned a BSc in zoology and botany from [[Madurai Kamaraj University]] after which he continued at the university to complete an MSc in integrated biology.<ref name="SharmaBanerjee2015">{{cite book|author1=Prof. (Dr.) P.B. Sharma|author2=Prof. (Dr.) Padmakali Banerjee|author3=Prof. (Dr.) Jai Paul Dudeja, Prof. (Dr.) Priti Singh, Dr. Ranjeet K. Brajpuriya|title=Making Innovations Happen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EhmoCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA8|date=1 October 2015|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-8424-999-6|pages=8–}}</ref> His doctoral studies were at the [[Indian Institute of Science]] from where he secured a PhD in 1987 in biochemistry and moved to the US to do his post-doctoral work at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] in 1987 after which he worked with [[DuPont]] at their biotechnology division as a junior investigator from 1989 to 1991.<ref name="Ram Rajasekharan Professor IISc">{{Cite web |url=http://biochem.iisc.ernet.in/ramrajasekharan.php |title=Ram Rajasekharan Professor IISc |date=2017-11-25 |website=Indian Institute of Science |access-date=2017-11-25}}</ref> Subsequently, he had a stint at Monsanto, St. Louis and at the [[New Mexico State University]] before returning to India in 1995 to take up the position of an assistant professor at the department of biochemistry of the Indian Institute of Science. He worked at IISc till 2009 during which period he served as an associate professor (2001–07) and was serving as a professor when he was offered the directorship of the [[Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants]], a position he held for three years.<ref name="NAAS Fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://naasindia.org/detail.php?id=384 |title=NAAS Fellows |date=2017-11-26 |website=National Academy of Agricultural Sciences |access-date=2017-11-26}}</ref> In 2012, he returned to South India as the director of the [[Central Food Technological Research Institute]] (CFTRI) and worked till he was replaced by Jitendra J. Jadhav in 2017.<ref name="About Director">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cftri.com/director_profile |title=About Director |date=2017-11-26 |website=CFTRI |access-date=2017-11-26}}</ref> He also served as a visiting professor at the School of Science of [[Monash University]] from 2007 to 2010.<ref name="NAAS Fellows" /><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
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Rajasekharan's research centers around plant lipid metabolism<ref name="Indian fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/P12-1586 |title=Indian fellow |date=2017-10-21 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=2017-10-22}}</ref> with special focus on the molecular biology and biochemistry of plant oils.<ref name="SharmaBanerjee2015" /> He investigated the possibilities of using plant oils and fats as [[nutraceuticals]] and diet supplements and worked towards the improvement of crops which had such potential.<ref name="One man’s fascination with fat" /> At the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, he led a project titled "Fork to Farm" that concentrated on two themes, development of [[fatty acid]]-derived [[biofuel]] and the production of hydrogen using [[algae]].<ref name="Fork to farm">{{Cite web |url=http://www.euindiacoop.org/2009/downloads/ram_rajasekharan.pdf |title=Fork to farm |date=2017-11-25 |website=EU India S7T |access-date=2017-11-25}}</ref> He had also started a unique "Waste to wealth" program of making agarbathis from spent flowers from the temples to help the women self help groups in Uttar Pradesh. At CFTRI, he worked on metabolic engineering to produce DAG-anti-obesity oil <ref name="Scientists find a way to make ‘healthy’ oil">{{Cite web |url=http://www.livemint.com/Money/veGjsjpI84SLuitToUPu8K/Scientists-find-a-way-to-make-8216healthy8217-oil.html |title=Scientists find a way to make 'healthy' oil |date=28 July 2008 |website=Live Mint |access-date=2017-11-26}}</ref> He also introduced crop cultivation of non-native plants such as [[Salvia hispanica]] (chia), [[Chenopodium quinoa]] (quinoa), [[Eragrostis tef]] (teff), [[Portulaca oleracea]] (common purslane), [[Talinum fruticosum]] (Philippine spinach) and [[Buglossoides arvensis]] (corn gromwell) in India as a part of the program. It was under his leadership, CFTRI helped in the formation of a farmers' Co-operative society "Raita Mitra" to help farmers sell their produce at reasonable price. CFTRI also entered into a cooperation with Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement (GRAAM), a [[non governmental organization]], for supporting tribal women entrepreneurs through transfer of modern technology.<ref name="Taking affordable food technology to the grassroots">{{Cite web |url=http://www.graam.org.in/taking-affordable-food-technology-to-the-grassroots/ |title=Taking affordable food technology to the grassroots |date=2017-11-26 |website=Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement |access-date=2017-11-26}}</ref><br />
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Rajasekharan holds 11 patents for the processes he has developed of which nine has been licensed to companies including [[Dow Chemicals]], [[K. V. K. Raju|Nagarjuna Group]].<ref name="One man’s fascination with fat" /> He has also collaborated with noted biochemists such as [[P. N. Rangarajan]] and [[Govindarajan Padmanaban]]. His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/39955097_Amitabha_Mukhopadhyay |title=On ResearchGate |date=2017-11-23 |access-date=2017-11-23}}</ref><ref name="On Google Scholar">{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7geqjhIAAAAJ&hl=en |title=On Google Scholar |date=2017-11-23 |publisher=Google Scholar |access-date=2017-11-23}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and the online repository of scientific articles of the Indian Academy of Sciences has listed 24 of them.<ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Mukhopadhyay=3AAmitabha=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2017-11-21 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=2017-11-21}}</ref> He has also delivered several invited speeches at various conferences<ref name="National Science Day">{{Cite web |url=http://iitrindia.org/Admin/ToxicologyBulletin/TRB31(1)11.pdf |title=National Science Day |date=2011 |website=Indian Institute of Toxicology Research |access-date=2017-11-26}}</ref> and served as a member of the advisory committee of many conferences and has organized 2 major annual events of the Society of Biological Chemists (India) at Lucknow and Mysore.<br />
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== Awards and honors ==<br />
The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded Rajasekharan the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards in 2001.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development" /> He received the Sir C. V. Raman State Award in Life Sciences of the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology in 2004 and the Pro Vice-chancellor's Award for excellence in research of Monash University for two consecutive years in 2008 and 2009.<ref name="NAAS Fellows" /> He is also a recipient of the Nagarjuna Group Agricultural Biotechnology Excellence Award, 2011 I. S. Bhatia Memorial Award of the Society of Biological Chemists<ref name="SharmaBanerjee2015" /> and the 2012 CSIR Technology Award for Life Sciences, of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.<ref name="NAAS Fellows" /><br />
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Rajasekharan was elected as a member of Guha Research Conference in 2002.<ref name="NAAS Fellows" /> The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences elected him as a fellow in 2003 followed by National Academy of Sciences, India in 2005.<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=R |title=NASI fellows |date=2017-11-12 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |access-date=2017-11-12}}</ref> Subsequently, the Indian Academy of Sciences and the Indian National Science Academy also made him their fellow in 2006<ref name="Fellow profile" /> and 2012 respectively.<ref name="INSA Year Book 2016">{{Cite web |url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/pdf/YearBook_2016.pdf |title=INSA Year Book 2016 |date=2017-11-26 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=2017-11-26}}</ref> The Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India selected him for J. C. Bose National Fellowship in 2013.<ref name="NAAS Fellows" /><br />
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== Job transfer controversy ==<br />
Ram Rajasekharan was in the news in 2014 when people allegedly belonging to [[Karnataka Rakshana Vedike]], a pro-[[Kannada people|Kannada]] non governmental organization, manhandled him, alleging bias against [[Kannadigas]].<ref name="CFTRI director Rajasekharan transferred">{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/cftri-director-rajasekharan-transferred/article19577104.ece |title=CFTRI director Rajasekharan transferred |date=28 August 2017 |website=The Hindu |access-date=2017-11-28}}</ref> Subsequently, he ordered closure of the office of Kannada Sahrudaya Balaga, a pro-Kannada organization which was functioning inside CFTRI premises.<ref name="CFTRI director Prof Ram Rajasekharan transferred">{{Cite web |url=https://citytoday.news/cftri-director-ram-rajasekharan-transferred/ |title=CFTRI director Prof Ram Rajasekharan transferred |date=28 August 2017 |website=City Today |access-date=2017-11-28}}</ref> He also suspended two of its members.<ref name="Pro-Kannada move? Controversial CFTRI chief Ram Rajasekharan transferred to New Delhi">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2017/aug/28/pro-kannada-move-controversial-cftri-chief-ram-rajasekharan-transferred-to-new-delhi-1649272.html |title=Pro-Kannada move? Controversial CFTRI chief Ram Rajasekharan transferred to New Delhi |date=28 August 2017 |website=New Indian Express |access-date=2017-11-28}}</ref> Later, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research transferred Rajasekharan<ref name="Prof Ram Rajasekharan transferred">{{Cite web |url=https://starofmysore.com/prof-ram-rajasekharan-transferred/ |title=Prof Ram Rajasekharan transferred |date=2017-11-28 |website=Star of Mysore |access-date=2017-11-28}}</ref> to New Delhi as the Director of Special Projects and Initiatives, which was contested by him before the tribunal.<ref name="Ram Rajasekharan back as CFTRI director as CAT stays his transfer">{{Cite web |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/632390/ram-rajasekharan-back-cftri-director.html |title=Ram Rajasekharan back as CFTRI director as CAT stays his transfer |date=10 September 2017 |website=Deccan Herlad |access-date=2017-11-28}}</ref> The tribunal ruled in favor of Rajasekharan.<ref name="Ram Rajasekharan back to work as CFTRI director">{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/ram-rajasekharan-back-at-cftri/article19648569.ece |title=Ram Rajasekharan back to work as CFTRI director |date=9 September 2017 |website=Te Hindu |access-date=2017-11-28}}</ref><br />
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== Selected bibliography ==<br />
(Last 5 years)<br />
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*{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s00294-017-0769-5 |pmid=29043484 |title=The role of yeast m6A methyltransferase in peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation |journal=Current Genetics |volume=64 |issue=2 |pages=417–422 |year=2017 |last1=Yadav |first1=Pradeep Kumar |last2=Rajvanshi |first2=Praveen Kumar |last3=Rajasekharan |first3=Ram |s2cid=3878390 }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s00294-017-0758-8 |pmid=28975387 |title=The m6A methyltransferase Ime4 and mitochondrial functions in yeast |journal=Current Genetics |volume=64 |issue=2 |pages=353–357 |year=2017 |last1=Yadav |first1=Pradeep Kumar |last2=Rajasekharan |first2=Ram |s2cid=3837543 }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1074/jbc.M117.801704 |pmid=28924051 |pmc=5682970 |title=The stress-regulatory transcription factors Msn2 and Msn4 regulate fatty acid oxidation in budding yeast |journal=Journal of Biological Chemistry |volume=292 |issue=45 |pages=18628–18643 |year=2017 |last1=Rajvanshi |first1=Praveen Kumar |last2=Arya |first2=Madhuri |last3=Rajasekharan |first3=Ram }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1038/s41598-017-09882-y |pmid=28874672 |pmc=5585386 |title=Unravelling a stearidonic acid-rich triacylglycerol biosynthetic pathway in the developing seeds of Buglossoides arvensis: A transcriptomic landscape |journal=Scientific Reports |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=10473 |year=2017 |last1=Sreedhar |first1=R. V |last2=Prasad |first2=P |last3=Reddy |first3=L. Prasanna Anjaneya |last4=Rajasekharan |first4=Ram |last5=Srinivasan |first5=Malathi }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1074/jbc.M117.783761 |pmid=28655762 |pmc=5566527 |title=The m6A methyltransferase Ime4 epitranscriptionally regulates triacylglycerol metabolism and vacuolar morphology in haploid yeast cells |journal=Journal of Biological Chemistry |volume=292 |issue=33 |pages=13727–13744 |year=2017 |last1=Yadav |first1=Pradeep Kumar |last2=Rajasekharan |first2=Ram }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s00294-017-0704-9 |pmid=28500379 |title=Effect of zinc deprivation on the lipid metabolism of budding yeast |journal=Current Genetics |volume=63 |issue=6 |pages=977–982 |year=2017 |last1=Singh |first1=Neelima |last2=Yadav |first2=Kamlesh Kumar |last3=Rajasekharan |first3=Ram |s2cid=35829662 }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.04.145 |pmid=28465236 |title=Human alpha beta hydrolase domain containing protein 11 and its yeast homolog are lipid hydrolases |journal=Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |volume=487 |issue=4 |pages=875–80 |year=2017 |last1=Arya |first1=Madhuri |last2=Srinivasan |first2=Malathi |last3=Rajasekharan |first3=Ram }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s11010-017-3039-4 |pmid=28432553 |title=Cardiolipin deficiency causes triacylglycerol accumulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |journal=Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry |volume=434 |issue=1–2 |pages=89–103 |year=2017 |last1=Yadav |first1=Pradeep Kumar |last2=Rajasekharan |first2=Ram |s2cid=11006351 }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1002/1873-3468.12422 |pmid=27637775 |title=The RNA polymerase I subunit Rpa12p interacts with the stress-responsive transcription factor Msn4p to regulate lipid metabolism in budding yeast |journal=FEBS Letters |volume=590 |issue=20 |pages=3559–3573 |year=2016 |last1=Yadav |first1=Kamlesh Kumar |last2=Singh |first2=Neelima |last3=Rajvanshi |first3=Praveen Kumar |last4=Rajasekharan |first4=Ram |s2cid=32573058 }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1002/1873-3468.12369 |pmid=27543826 |title=ATG15 encodes a phospholipase and is transcriptionally regulated by YAP1 in ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' |journal=FEBS Letters |volume=590 |issue=18 |pages=3155–67 |year=2016 |last1=Ramya |first1=Visvanathan |last2=Rajasekharan |first2=Ram |s2cid=32530127 }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1074/jbc.M116.733378 |pmid=27402848 |pmc=5000100 |title=Misregulation of a DDHD Domain-containing Lipase Causes Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Yeast |journal=Journal of Biological Chemistry |volume=291 |issue=35 |pages=18562–81 |year=2016 |last1=Yadav |first1=Pradeep Kumar |last2=Rajasekharan |first2=Ram }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.gdata.2016.04.011 |pmid=27222810 |pmc=4872367 |title=Microarray data analyses of yeast RNA Pol I subunit RPA12 deletion strain |journal=Genomics Data |volume=8 |pages=104–5 |year=2016 |last1=Yadav |first1=Kamlesh Kumar |last2=Rajasekharan |first2=Ram }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s00294-016-0590-6 |pmid=26979516 |title=The transcription factor GCN4 regulates PHM8 and alters triacylglycerol metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |journal=Current Genetics |volume=62 |issue=4 |pages=841–851 |year=2016 |last1=Yadav |first1=Kamlesh Kumar |last2=Rajasekharan |first2=Ram |s2cid=5743517 }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1111/mmi.13298 |pmid=26711224 |title=ZAP1-mediated modulation of triacylglycerol levels in yeast by transcriptional control of mitochondrial fatty acid biosynthesis |journal=Molecular Microbiology |volume=100 |issue=1 |pages=55–75 |year=2016 |last1=Singh |first1=Neelima |last2=Yadav |first2=Kamlesh Kumar |last3=Rajasekharan |first3=Ram |doi-access=free }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1093/femsyr/fov109 |pmid=26678749 |title=YeastMRXdeletions have short chronological life span and more triacylglycerols |journal=FEMS Yeast Research |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=fov109 |year=2016 |last1=Kanagavijayan |first1=Dhanabalan |last2=Rajasekharan |first2=Ram |last3=Srinivasan |first3=Malathi |doi-access=free }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s00294-015-0544-4 |pmid=26615590 |title=Responses to phosphate deprivation in yeast cells |journal=Current Genetics |volume=62 |issue=2 |pages=301–7 |year=2015 |last1=Yadav |first1=Kamlesh Kumar |last2=Singh |first2=Neelima |last3=Rajasekharan |first3=Ram |s2cid=8340962 }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1104/pp.15.01615 |pmid=26589672 |pmc=4704602 |title=The Arabidopsis ABHD11 Mutant Accumulates Polar Lipids in Leaves as a Consequence of Absent Acylhydrolase Activity |journal=Plant Physiology |volume=170 |issue=1 |pages=180–93 |year=2016 |last1=Vijayakumar |first1=Anitha |last2=Vijayaraj |first2=Panneerselvam |last3=Vijayakumar |first3=Arun Kumar |last4=Rajasekharan |first4=Ram }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1111/mmi.13133 |pmid=26179227 |title=PHO4 transcription factor regulates triacylglycerol metabolism under low-phosphate conditions in ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' |journal=Molecular Microbiology |volume=98 |issue=3 |pages=456–72 |year=2015 |last1=Yadav |first1=Kamlesh Kumar |last2=Singh |first2=Neelima |last3=Rajasekharan |first3=Ram |doi-access=free }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0123580 |pmid=25875809 |pmc=4395390 |title=Exploring Triacylglycerol Biosynthetic Pathway in Developing Seeds of Chia (Salvia hispanica L.): A Transcriptomic Approach |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=e0123580 |year=2015 |last1=r. v |first1=Sreedhar |last2=Kumari |first2=Priya |last3=Rupwate |first3=Sunny D |last4=Rajasekharan |first4=Ram |last5=Srinivasan |first5=Malathi }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1099/mic.0.063156-0 |pmid=23103975 |title=A soluble diacylglycerol acyltransferase is involved in triacylglycerol biosynthesis in the oleaginous yeast Rhodotorula glutinis |journal=Microbiology |volume=159 |issue=Pt 1 |pages=155–66 |year=2012 |last1=Rani |first1=S. H |last2=Saha |first2=S |last3=Rajasekharan |first3=R }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1104/pp.112.202135 |pmid=22915575 |pmc=3461547 |title=A Bifunctional Enzyme That Has Both Monoacylglycerol Acyltransferase and Acyl Hydrolase Activities |journal=Plant Physiology |volume=160 |issue=2 |pages=667–83 |year=2012 |last1=Vijayaraj |first1=P |last2=Jashal |first2=C. B |last3=Vijayakumar |first3=A |last4=Rani |first4=S. H |last5=Venkata Rao |first5=D. K |last6=Rajasekharan |first6=R }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.4161/psb.21436 |pmid=22902702 |pmc=3493414 |title=Plant phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C |journal=Plant Signaling & Behavior |volume=7 |issue=10 |pages=1281–3 |year=2014 |last1=Rupwate |first1=Sunny D |last2=Rajasekharan |first2=Ram }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.febslet.2012.04.022 |pmid=22673525 |title=Regulation of lipid biosynthesis by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C through the transcriptional repression of upstream activating sequence inositol containing genes |journal=FEBS Letters |volume=586 |issue=10 |pages=1555–60 |year=2012 |last1=Rupwate |first1=Sunny D |last2=Rupwate |first2=Preeti S |last3=Rajasekharan |first3=Ram |doi-access=free }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1104/pp.112.197194 |pmid=22434039 |pmc=3375988 |title=Serine/Threonine/Tyrosine Protein Kinase Phosphorylates Oleosin, a Regulator of Lipid Metabolic Functions |journal=Plant Physiology |volume=159 |issue=1 |pages=95–104 |year=2012 |last1=Parthibane |first1=V |last2=Iyappan |first2=R |last3=Vijayakumar |first3=A |last4=Venkateshwari |first4=V |last5=Rajasekharan |first5=R }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1074/jbc.M111.309955 |pmid=22128159 |pmc=3265875 |title=Oleosin is Bifunctional Enzyme That Has Both Monoacylglycerol Acyltransferase and Phospholipase Activities |journal=Journal of Biological Chemistry |volume=287 |issue=3 |pages=1946–54 |year=2012 |last1=Parthibane |first1=Velayoudame |last2=Rajakumari |first2=Sona |last3=Venkateshwari |first3=Varadarajan |last4=Iyappan |first4=Ramachandiran |last5=Rajasekharan |first5=Ram }}<br />
*{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s11103-011-9862-1 |pmid=22124893 |title=C2 domain is responsible for targeting rice phosphoinositide specific phospholipase C |journal=Plant Molecular Biology |volume=78 |issue=3 |pages=247–58 |year=2011 |last1=Rupwate |first1=Sunny D |last2=Rajasekharan |first2=Ram |s2cid=14950341 }}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Food technology]]<br />
* [[Dietary supplement]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.livemint.com/Specials/7m5mhTb9mLMj8UJPGtr9hK/Food-processing-A-sunrise-industry.html |title=Food processing: A sunrise industry |last=Ram Rajasekharan |date=6 October 2014 |publisher=Live Mint |format=web article |access-date=2017-11-26}}<br />
* {{Cite web |url=http://businessworld.in/article/We-Are-Changing-And-So-Is-Our-Food/28-12-2016-110384/ |title=We Are Changing, And So Is Our Food |last=Ram Rajasekharan |date=28 December 2016 |publisher=Business World |format=web article |access-date=2017-11-26}}<br />
* {{Cite web |url=http://businessworld.in/article/Depression-Diet-And-How-Super-Foods-Can-Help-To-Fight-Back-Corporate-Stress/06-04-2017-115839/ |title=Depression, Diet And How Super Foods Can Help To Fight Back Corporate Stress |last=Ram Rajasekharan |date=6 April 2017 |publisher=Business World |format=web article |access-date=2017-11-26}}<br />
* {{Cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/food-science-techies-universities/1/939600.html |title=What to do with a degree in food science |last=Ram Rajasekharan |date=27 April 2017 |publisher=India Today Aspire |format=web article |access-date=2017-11-25}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/Qls2LMfVv0LqgmFcQVTekL/The-trap-of-trans-fats.html |title=The trap of trans fats |last=Sujata Kelkar Shetty |date=9 May 2016 |website=Live Mint |access-date=2017-11-26}}<br />
* {{Cite web |url=http://acsir.res.in/homepage/prof-ram-rajasekharan/ |title=Prof. Ram Rajasekharan on AcSIR |date=2017-11-26 |website=Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research |access-date=2017-11-26}}<br />
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