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{{Infobox scientist<br />
| name = Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|10|18|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Chennai, India<br />
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| fields = [[Neuroscience]]<br />
| workplaces = [[Indian Institute of Science]], [[National Brain Research Centre]], [[National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences]], [https://www.cbr.iisc.ac.in/ Centre for Brain Research]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Andhra University]], [[Mysore University]]<br />
| doctoral_advisor = [[Chandrasekhara N]]<br />
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| known_for = Promoting neuroscience research and establishing major neuroscience research centres in India<br />
| awards = [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], [[List of Padma Shri award recipients (2010–19)|Padma Shri Award]] <br />
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'''Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath''' (born 18 October 1953) is an Indian neuroscientist. She is currently a professor at the Centre for Neuroscience, [[Indian Institute of Science]] in Bangalore. She was the founder director of the [[National Brain Research Centre]], Gurgaon (2000-9) and founder chair of the Centre for Neuroscience at Indian Institute of Science. Her main area of interest is the study of brain related disorders including [[Neurodegeneration|neurodegenerative diseases]] such as [[Alzheimer's disease|Alzheimer's]] and [[Parkinson's disease|Parkinson's]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Prof. Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath|url=http://www.cns.iisc.ernet.in/viji/|publisher=Indian Institute of Science|access-date=6 October 2014|archive-date=12 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012184154/http://www.cns.iisc.ernet.in/viji/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Ravindranath|first1=Vijayalakshmi|title=Lilavathi Daughters|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/womeninscience/LD_essays/259-261.pdf|access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref> She serves as the founding director of the Centre for Brain Research in [[Bangalore]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Centre for Brain Research|url=https://www.cbr.iisc.ac.in/director/|access-date=11 October 2014|archive-date=15 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815215028/https://www.cbr.iisc.ac.in/director/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Education and career==<br />
Ravindranath earned her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Andhra University, received her Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1981 from Mysore University, and worked at the [[National Cancer Institute]] in the US as a postdoctoral fellow. She joined the [[National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences]] in Bangalore, where she studied the metabolizing capacity of the human brain, focusing especially on psychoactive drugs and environmental toxins.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=15 |title=Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=2016-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819000745/http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=15 |archive-date=2016-08-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1999, she helped Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India to establish National Brain Research Centre to co-ordinate and network neuroscience research groups in India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biographical Sketch of Dr. Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath|url=http://www.iiscalumni.com/news-events/downloads/Photo%20%26%20CV_Prof.Vijayalakshmi%20Ravindranath.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816103634/http://www.iiscalumni.com/news-events/downloads/Photo%20%26%20CV_Prof.Vijayalakshmi%20Ravindranath.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 August 2016|date=2016-08-16|access-date=2019-02-16}}</ref><br />
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==Awards and recognitions==<br />
Ravindranath is an elected fellow of several Indian academies: [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], [[National Academy of Sciences]], [[Indian National Science Academy]] and [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]],<ref name="List of Fellows">{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> Indian Academy of Neurosciences and Third World Academy of<br />
Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iiscalumni.com/news-events/downloads/Photo%20%26%20CV_Prof.Vijayalakshmi%20Ravindranath.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816103634/http://www.iiscalumni.com/news-events/downloads/Photo%20%26%20CV_Prof.Vijayalakshmi%20Ravindranath.pdf |archive-date=2016-08-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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* [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] for Science and Technology for Medical Sciences in 1996<ref>{{Cite web|title = Career in CSIR|url = http://www.csir.res.in/External/Utilities/Frames/career/main_page.asp?a=topframe.htm&b=leftcon.htm&c=../../../Heads/career/awards.htm|website = www.csir.res.in|access-date = 2015-08-09|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120210163924/http://www.csir.res.in/External/Utilities/Frames/career/main_page.asp?a=topframe.htm&b=leftcon.htm&c=..%2F..%2F..%2FHeads%2Fcareer%2Fawards.htm|archive-date = 2012-02-10|url-status = dead}}</ref> <br />
* KP Bhargava Medal of Indian National Science Academy <br />
* [[Om Prakash Bhasin Award]] for Science & Technology in 2001<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.opbfawards.com/health.html|title=Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Awards – Health and Medical Sciences|access-date=16 July 2016|archive-date=18 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218064129/http://www.opbfawards.com/health.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
*J.C. Bose Fellowship (2006)<br />
* S.S. Bhatnagar Award of Indian National Science Academy (2016)<br />
* [[List of Padma Shri award recipients (2010–19)|Padma Shri Award]] in 2010<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Fellow, Dr V Ravindranath|url=http://www.insaindia.org/detail.php?id=P05-1399|publisher=Indian National Science Academy|access-date=6 October 2014|archive-date=8 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008045719/http://www.insaindia.org/detail.php?id=P05-1399|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Publications==<br />
<div class="csl-entry">Ravindranath, V., & Sundarakumar, J. S. (2021). Changing demography and the challenge of dementia in India. In ''Nature Reviews Neurology'' (Vol. 17, Issue 12, pp.&nbsp;747–758). Nature Research. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-021-00565-x</div><br />
# {{cite journal|doi=10.1089/ars.2015.6602|pmid=27121974|title=Thiol Oxidation by Diamide Leads to Dopaminergic Degeneration and Parkinsonism Phenotype in Mice: A Model for Parkinson's Disease|journal=Antioxidants & Redox Signaling|volume=25|issue=5|pages=252–267|year=2016|last1=Ray|first1=Ajit|last2=Kambali|first2=Maltesh|last3=Ravindranath|first3=Vijayalakshmi}}<br />
# {{cite journal|doi=10.1021/acs.biochem.5b01132|title=Regulation of DJ-1 by glutaredoxin 1 in vivo – implications for Parkinson's disease|journal=Biochemistry|year=2016|last1=Johnson|first1=William M.|last2=Golczak|first2=Marcin|last3=Choe|first3=Kyonghwan|last4=Curran|first4=Pierce L.|last5=Gorelenkova Miller|first5=Olga|last6=Yao|first6=Chen|last7=Wang|first7=Wenzhang|last8=Lin|first8=Jiusheng|last9=Milkovic|first9=Nicole M.|last10=Ray|first10=Ajit|last11=Ravindranath|first11=Vijayalakshmi|last12=Zhu|first12=Xiongwei|last13=Wilson|first13=Mark A.|last14=Wilson-Delfosse|first14=Amy L.|last15=Chen|first15=Shu G.|last16=Mieyal|first16=John Joseph|pmid=26894491|pmc=4987251|volume=55|issue=32|pages=4519–32}}<br />
# {{cite journal|doi=10.1038/nature16036|pmid=26580328|title=Regional research priorities in brain and nervous system disorders|journal=Nature|volume=527|issue=7578|pages=S198–206|year=2015|last1=Ravindranath|first1=Vijayalakshmi|last2=Dang|first2=Hoang-Minh|last3=Goya|first3=Rodolfo G.|last4=Mansour|first4=Hader|last5=Nimgaonkar|first5=Vishwajit L.|last6=Russell|first6=Vivienne Ann|last7=Xin|first7=Yu|bibcode=2015Natur.527S.198R |doi-access=free|hdl=11336/48799|hdl-access=free}}<br />
# {{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2015.06.041|pmid=26164633|title=MPTP activates ASK1–p38 MAPK signaling pathway through TNF-dependent Trx1 oxidation in parkinsonism mouse model|journal=Free Radical Biology and Medicine|volume=87|pages=312–25|year=2015|last1=Ray|first1=Ajit|last2=Sehgal|first2=Neha|last3=Karunakaran|first3=Smitha|last4=Rangarajan|first4=Govindan|last5=Ravindranath|first5=Vijayalakshmi}}<br />
# {{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.06.004|pmid=24933620|title=Critical cysteines in Akt1 regulate its activity and proteasomal degradation: Implications for neurodegenerative diseases|journal=Free Radical Biology and Medicine|volume=74|pages=118–28|year=2014|last1=Ahmad|first1=Faraz|last2=Nidadavolu|first2=Prakash|last3=Durgadoss|first3=Lalitha|last4=Ravindranath|first4=Vijayalakshmi}}<br />
# {{cite book|doi=10.2217/fmeb2013.14.9|chapter=Occurrence, distribution and potential actions of CYP2D6 in the brain|journal=CYP2D6: Genetics, Pharmacology and Clinical Relevance|pages=102–116|year=2014|last1=Ravindranath|first1=Vijayalakshmi|isbn=978-1-78084-462-6}}<br />
# {{cite journal|doi=10.1517/17425255.2013.759208|pmid=23330950|title=Cytochrome P450-mediated metabolism in brain: Functional roles and their implications|journal=Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology|volume=9|issue=5|pages=551–8|year=2013|last1=Ravindranath|first1=Vijayalakshmi|last2=Strobel|first2=Henry W|s2cid=12723035}}<br />
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