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-'''Subhash Chandra Lakhotia''' (born 1945) is an Indian [[cytogeneticist]], academic, Distinguished Professor<ref>{{cite web |title=Distinguished Professor |url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/science/zoology/faculty.php}}</ref> of zoology, and [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] senior scientist at [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name="Faculty">{{cite web | url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/science/zoology/faculty.php | title=Faculty of Science | publisher=Banaras Hindu University | date=2016 | accessdate=4 October 2016}}</ref> He is known for his pioneering researches on [[Drosophila]] with regard to its chromosome organization and replication.<ref name="Brief">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=169 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=28 September 2016}}</ref> A Raja Ramanna fellow of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] and the [[Department of Atomic Energy]], he is an elected fellow of all three major Indian science academies: [[Indian National Science Academy]], [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] and [[National Academy of Sciences, India]].<ref name="Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N93-1123 | title=Indian Fellow - Lakhotia | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | accessdate=30 September 2016}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1989, for his contributions to biological sciences.<ref name="View">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=19 September 2016}}</ref>
+'''Subhash Chandra Lakhotia''' (born 1945) is an Indian [[cytogeneticist]], academic, Distinguished Professor<ref>{{cite web |title=Distinguished Professor |url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/science/zoology/faculty.php}}</ref> of zoology, and [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] senior scientist at [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name="Faculty">{{cite web | url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/science/zoology/faculty.php | title=Faculty of Science | publisher=Banaras Hindu University | date=2016 | accessdate=4 October 2016}}</ref> He is known for his pioneering researches on [[Drosophila]] with regard to its chromosome organization and replication.<ref name="Brief">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=169 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=28 September 2016}}</ref> A Raja Ramanna fellow of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] and the [[Department of Atomic Energy]], he is an elected fellow of all three major Indian science academies: [[Indian National Science Academy]], [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] and [[National Academy of Sciences, India]].<ref name="Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N93-1123 | title=Indian Fellow - Lakhotia | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | accessdate=30 September 2016}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1989, for his contributions to biological sciences.<ref name="View">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=19 September 2016}}</ref> {{Infobox scientist|name=Subhash Chandra Lakhotia|image=Subhash Chandra Lakhotia.jpg|alt=|caption=|birth_date={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1945|10|4}}|birth_place=[[Churu, Rajasthan]], India|death_date=|death_place=|residence=[[Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh]], India|nationality=[[Indian nationality|Indian]]|fields={{ublist | [[Cytogenetics]] | [[Cell biology]] | [[Developmental biology]] | [[Molecular genetics]]  }}|workplaces={{ublist | [[Burdwan University]] | [[Gujarat University]] | [[Banaras Hindu University]] }}|alma_mater={{ublist | [[Calcutta University]] |[[Delhi University]] | [[University of Edinburgh]] | [[University of California, Irvine]] | [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] }}|doctoral_advisor=Prof. Ardhendu Shekhar Mukherjee|doctoral_students=|known_for=Cellular autonomy of the hyperactive male-X for [[dosage compensation]] in [[Drosophila]], contributions to understanding of the long-non-coding RNA 93D or the [[Hsromega|hsromega gene]] locus of [[Drosophila melanogaster]], discussions/writings on higher education and research assessment policies|awards=1975&nbsp;[[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Young Scientists Medal<br>1979&nbsp;[[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]] Career Award in Sciences<br>1989&nbsp;[[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]]<br>1998&nbsp;[[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]] J. C. Bose Award<br>2002&nbsp;[[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Sunder Lal Hora Medal<br>2007&nbsp;[[Banaras Hindu University|BHU]] Professor CNR Rao Education Foundation Award}}
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'''Subhash Chandra Lakhotia''' (born 1945) is an Indian [[cytogeneticist]], academic, Distinguished Professor<ref>{{cite web |title=Distinguished Professor |url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/science/zoology/faculty.php}}</ref> of zoology, and [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] senior scientist at [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name="Faculty">{{cite web | url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/science/zoology/faculty.php | title=Faculty of Science | publisher=Banaras Hindu University | date=2016 | accessdate=4 October 2016}}</ref> He is known for his pioneering researches on [[Drosophila]] with regard to its chromosome organization and replication.<ref name="Brief">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=169 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=28 September 2016}}</ref> A Raja Ramanna fellow of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] and the [[Department of Atomic Energy]], he is an elected fellow of all three major Indian science academies: [[Indian National Science Academy]], [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] and [[National Academy of Sciences, India]].<ref name="Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N93-1123 | title=Indian Fellow - Lakhotia | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | accessdate=30 September 2016}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1989, for his contributions to biological sciences.<ref name="View">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=19 September 2016}}</ref>

== Biography ==
[[File:BHU Main Gate, Banaras Hindu University.jpg|thumb|235px|[[Banaras Hindu University]]]]
Subhash Chandra Lakhotia, born on 4 October 1945 in [[Churu, Rajasthan|Churu]], a city near [[Thar desert]] in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]], to a Dwarka Prasad-Suryakala couple,<ref name="Chandra Lakhotia">{{cite web | url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/chandra_lakhotia?lang=AR | title=Chandra Lakhotia | publisher=My Heritage | date=2016 | accessdate=4 October 2016}}</ref> did his early schooling in Churu and then in Kolkata.

He graduated from Vidyasagar College, Calcutta University in Zoology Honours in 1964 before obtaining his master's degree in Zoology and Comparative Anatomy in 1966, both from [[Calcutta University]].<ref name="Fellow"/> Continuing his doctoral studies at the same university at the Zoology Department, he secured his PhD in 1970, did his post-doctoral studies at [[Delhi University]] during 1970–71 and started his career as a lecturer at [[Burdwan University]] in 1971. Moving to [[Gujarat University]] in June 1972, he stayed there until September 1976 before joining [[Banaras Hindu University]] as a reader. He became a full professor in 1984 and continued there until superannuation in 2010. In between, he carried out some advanced studies at the Institute of Animal Genetics of the [[University of Edinburgh]] during 1972-73, at the [[University of California, Irvine]] during 1984-85 and at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], Cambridge in 1985. After his formal superannuation, he continued his academic activities at the Banaras Hindu University as INSA senior scientist from January 2017 to January 2019.<ref name="Fellow"/> He is now working as life-long Distinguished Professor and SERB Distinguished Fellow.

== Legacy ==
[[File:Drosophila melanogaster - side (aka).jpg|thumb|170px|left|[[Drosophila melanogaster]]]]
Lakhotia's researches are focused on cytogenetics, gene expression, cell and developmental biology.<ref name="Handbook">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | accessdate=28 September 2016 | pages=29}}</ref> He carried out pioneering research on [[Drosophila]] (fruit flies) with regard to its chromosome organization and replication, and on the organization and functions of the long-non-coding RNA 93D or the [[Hsromega|hsromega gene]] locus of [[Drosophila melanogaster]].<ref name="ias jbsc">https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/jbsc/036/03/0399-0423</ref> During his doctoral studies on [[dosage compensation]] in Drosophila he further confirmed the hyperactive male-X model and elucidated its cellular autonomy.<ref>{{cite book|title=Advances in Genetics|url=https://archive.org/details/advancesingeneti0041unse|url-access=registration|date=4 May 1999|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=978-0-08-056826-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/advancesingeneti0041unse/page/81 81]–}}</ref> His discovery of active transcription in [[heterochromatin]] in Drosophila in early 1970s was one of the first documentations of transcriptional activity of heterochromatin. His later studies revealed the existence of two distinct [[Replicon (genetics)|replicon]] types in different cell types of Drosophila.

He has been a pioneer researcher studying the long non-coding RNAs since 1980s and has contributed significantly to a wider appreciation of their function through sustained studies on the [[Hsromega|hsromega gene]].<ref name="ias jbsc"/> His laboratory discovered the omega speckles<ref>http://jcs.biologists.org/content/113/19/3485</ref> in Drosophila nuclei and established essential functions of the lncRNAs produced by the [[Hsromega|hsromega gene]] in organization of the intra-nuclear omega speckles. His studies also helped identify how this lncRNA gene modulates [[apoptosis]] and [[neurodegeneration]] in Drosophila models of human diseases. More recently,{{when|date=July 2019}} he established Drosophila as a good model to understand the mechanisms of actions of some of the [[ayurvedic]] formulations.<ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0037113|pmid = 22606337|pmc = 3351451|title = In Vivo Effects of Traditional Ayurvedic Formulations in Drosophila melanogaster Model Relate with Therapeutic Applications|year = 2012|last1 = Dwivedi|first1 = Vibha|last2 = Anandan|first2 = E. M.|last3 = Mony|first3 = Rajesh S.|last4 = Muraleedharan|first4 = T. S.|last5 = Valiathan|first5 = M. S.|last6 = Mutsuddi|first6 = Mousumi|last7 = Lakhotia|first7 = Subhash C.|journal = PLOS ONE|volume = 7|issue = 5|pages = e37113|bibcode = 2012PLoSO...737113D|doi-access = free}}</ref>

His studies indicate that the Ayurvedic Amalaki Rasayana and Rasa-Sindoor can substantially suppress neurodegeneration associated with polyQ and Alzheimer's disorders.

He has published more than 165 original research papers, review articles, and chapters in books, available at [[PubMed]], an online repository of medical articles,<ref name="PubMed">{{cite web | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Lakhotia%20SC%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=2517262 | title=Lakhotia on PubMed | publisher=PubMed | work=Author profile | date=2016 | accessdate=4 October 2016}}</ref> and at [[ResearchGate]].<ref name="ResearchGate">{{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Subhash_Lakhotia | title=Subhash Chandra Lakhotia on ResearchGate | date=2016 | accessdate=4 October 2016}}</ref> He has also written many articles relating policies about higher education, research publications, their assessment and ethics.

He has mentored more than 30 scholars in their doctoral studies.<ref name="Fellow"/>

Lakhotia contributed to the establishment of the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Banaras Hindu University and to the installation of the [[Confocal microscopy|Confocal microscope]] facility at his department.<ref name="Fellow"/>

Besides his research contributions, Lakhotia is also well known for his many writings on education.<ref name="ResearchGate"/> He served as a member of one of the sub-committees of the [[National Knowledge Commission]], sat in the Committee on Science Education of the [[International Council for Science]] (ICSU) in 2010 and was a member of its review panel.<ref name="Review">{{cite web | url=http://www.icsu.org/what-we-do/committees/science-education-review/?icsudocid=panel-members | title=Review Panel members | publisher=International Council for Science | date=2016 | accessdate=4 October 2016}}</ref> He was associated with the [[International Union of Biological Sciences]], was a member of its executive committee from 2000 to 2003 and served as its vice president from 2003 to 2006.<ref name="IUBS boards">{{cite web | url=https://www.iubs.org/iubs/pastboards.html | title=IUBS boards | publisher=International Union of Biological Sciences | date=2016 | accessdate=4 October 2016}}</ref> He is a former member of INSA council, a former vice president,<ref name="VP">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/recent_past_office_bearers.php | title=Recent Past Vice-presidents | publisher=INSA | date=2016 | accessdate=4 October 2016}}</ref> and vice president of its Inter-Academy Exchange Committee.<ref name="IA">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/advisory.php | title=Inter-Academy Exchange Committee | publisher=INSA | date=2016 | accessdate=4 October 2016}}</ref> He was the editor-in-chief of its journal (''Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy'') from January 2014 to December 2018. He has been associated with the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], [[University Grants Commission of India]], [[Department of Atomic Energy]], [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] and [[Department of Biotechnology]] as a member of their various committees,<ref name="Fellow"/> and has served or is continuing as a member of the editorial boards of journals such as ''[[Current Science]]'', ''[[Journal of Biosciences]]'', ''[[RNA Biology]]'', ''Cell Stress and Chaperones'' and ''Annals of Neurosciences''. He is a life member of the Indian Society of Cell Biology, Indian Society of Developmental Biology, Cell Stress Society International, [[Genetics Society of America]] and RNA Society.<ref name="experience">{{cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Subhash_Lakhotia/info | title=Subhash Chandra Lakhotia - Research experience | date=2016 | accessdate=4 October 2016}}</ref> Recently,{{when|date=July 2019}} he was elected a Senior Fellow of the Cell Stress Society International.

== Awards and honors ==
Lakhotia received the Young Scientists Medal of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 1975<ref name="Young Scientists Medal">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/youngmedal.php | title=Young Scientists Medal | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | accessdate=4 October 2016}}</ref> and the Career Award in Sciences of the [[University Grants Commission of India]] (UGC) in 1979. The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1989,<ref name="View" /> the same year that he was selected as the National Lecturer by the UGC. The Commission honored him again in 1998 with the J.C. Bose Award, and he received INSA Sunder Lal Hora Medal in 2002.<ref name="Medal">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/recipients.php#56 | title=The Sunder Lal Hora Medal | publisher=INSA | date=2016 | accessdate=4 October 2016}}</ref> The Banaras Hindu University gave him the 2007 Professor CNR Rao Education Foundation Award.<ref name="experience" />

Lakhotia has held the Ramanna fellowship of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] from 2009 and the Raja Ramanna Fellowship of the [[Department of Atomic Energy]] from 2011. He held the Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Fellowship and Senior Scientist position of the Indian National Science Academy in 2009. He was elected as a fellow by the Indian National Science Academy in 1993, by the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] in 1994<ref name="FP">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Lakhotia,_Prof._Subhash_Chandra | title=Fellow profile - Indian Academy of Sciences | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2016 | accessdate=30 September 2016}}</ref> and by the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] in 2002.<ref name="NASI fellows">{{cite web | url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=L | title=NASI fellows | publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India | date=2016 | accessdate=3 October 2016}}</ref> He was elected the Senior Fellow of the Cell Stress Society International in 2017.

He has delivered several award lectures, including the 18th G.J.S. Rao Memorial Award Lecture of the [[Indian Institute of Science]] in 2011, the Arya Bhatta Medal lecture of the Indian National Science Academy (2018) <ref>http://insaindia.res.in/detail/N93-1123</ref> and the IASTAM Zandu International (Indian Citizen) Award for Excellence in Field of Ayurveda and/or Natural Products Award 2019.<ref>http://www.iastamindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/28-III4IASTAMNewsletterMar-2019.pdf</ref> In 2019, he was awarded the SERB Distinguished Fellowship (2019).<ref>http://serb.gov.in/pdfs/Results/results%20DF.pdf</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Gene expression]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGqwgcQJwhI | title=Higher Education in India | publisher=iBiology Magazine | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=9 November 2013 | accessdate=4 October 2016 | author=Subhash Lakhotia}}
* {{cite web | url=https://indiabioscience.org/columns/conversations/what-if-you-chose-o-ignore-if-impact-factor | title=What if you choose to ignore IF (impact factor)?}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBtc3EiUVvg | title=Eureka with Subhash Chandra Lakhotia | work=[[YouTube]] video}}
* {{cite web | url=https://soundcloud.com/syntalk/ttot-the-tricks-of-transmission-syntalk | title=The Tricks of Transmission | work=SynTalk Audio }}

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