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'''Samir Kumar Brahmachari''' (born 1 January 1952) is an Indian [[biophysicist]]<ref>http://www.india-today.com/itoday/19991227/samir.html</ref> and Former Director General of the [[Council of Scientific & Industrial Research]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.topnews.in/samir-brahmachari-takes-charge-csir-director-general-25828|title = Samir Brahmachari takes charge as CSIR Director General | TopNews}}</ref> (CSIR) and Former Secretary, [[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (India)|Department of Scientific and Industrial Research]] (DSIR), [[Government of India]]. He is the Founder Director of [[Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology]] (IGIB), New Delhi and the Chief Mentor of [[Open Source for Drug Discovery]] (OSDD)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=42798|title=Press Information Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.osdd.net/message-from-the-chief-mentor|title = Message from the Chief Mentor - Open Source Drug Discovery}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biospectrumindia.com/biospecindia/news/173704/osdd-tap-cheminformatics-novel-drugs |title= | '''Samir Kumar Brahmachari''' (born 1 January 1952) is an Indian [[biophysicist]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.india-today.com/itoday/19991227/samir.html |title=Science: Faces of the Millennium - Samir K.Brahmachari |website=www.india-today.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000229035348/http://www.india-today.com/itoday/19991227/samir.html |archive-date=2000-02-29}}</ref> and Former Director General of the [[Council of Scientific & Industrial Research]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.topnews.in/samir-brahmachari-takes-charge-csir-director-general-25828|title = Samir Brahmachari takes charge as CSIR Director General | TopNews}}</ref> (CSIR) and Former Secretary, [[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (India)|Department of Scientific and Industrial Research]] (DSIR), [[Government of India]]. He is the Founder Director of [[Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology]] (IGIB), New Delhi and the Chief Mentor of [[Open Source for Drug Discovery]] (OSDD)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=42798|title=Press Information Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.osdd.net/message-from-the-chief-mentor|title = Message from the Chief Mentor - Open Source Drug Discovery}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biospectrumindia.com/biospecindia/news/173704/osdd-tap-cheminformatics-novel-drugs |title=OSDD to tap cheminformatics for novel drugs - BioSpectrumIndia |access-date=2013-02-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130407203053/http://www.biospectrumindia.com/biospecindia/news/173704/osdd-tap-cheminformatics-novel-drugs |archive-date=2013-04-07 }}</ref> Project. He is the recipient of J.C Bose Fellowship Award, DST (2012). In addition, he is one of the featured researchers in the [http://www.incredb.org/investigator.php?incredb_id=159 India Cancer Research Database] developed by [[Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore| Institute of Bioinformatics]] (IOB), [[Bangalore]] with support from the [[Department of Biotechnology]], [[Government of India]]. | ||
== Education and academic career == | == Education and academic career == | ||
Brahmachari gained a B.Sc degree in chemistry from the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1972, followed by an M.Sc (pure chemistry) in 1974. In 1978 he earned a PhD in | Brahmachari gained a B.Sc. degree in chemistry from the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1972, followed by an M.Sc. (pure chemistry) in 1974. In 1978 he earned a PhD in molecular biophysics from the [[Indian Institute of Science]] in Bangalore. He followed this with post-doctoral research at [[Paris Diderot University]] and a position as a visiting scientist at the Memorial [[University of Newfoundland]]. | ||
He started his academic career as | He started his academic career as PhD scholar at the Molecular Biophysics Unit in Indian Institute of Science, and in 1981 became a Lecturer. In 1986 he became an assistant professor and Associate Professor in 1992. In 1997 he became a professor and simultaneously served as postdoctoral researcher at the [[Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry]]. On 11 August 1997 he was appointed as the Director of CSIR-Center for Biochemical Technology (CBT). As the Director of CBT he was instrumental in re-establishing it as the CSIR-[[Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology]]- an institute where genomics and informatics have been seamlessly integrated. He assumed responsibility as the Director General<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.topnews.in/samir-brahmachari-takes-charge-csir-director-general-25828|title = Samir Brahmachari takes charge as CSIR Director General | TopNews}}</ref> of [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], India on 12 November 2006. | ||
He has held the membership of the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) Council ( | He has held the membership of the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) Council (2004–2011). He is currently on the advisory board of the X Prize in Genomics and the scientific advisory board of National Center of Biomedical Ontology (NCBO), [[Stanford University]].{{citation needed|date=February 2013}} He has also been serving as the adjunct professor, Bioinformatics Centre, [[University of Pune]], since 2003 and holds the Joseph Austin McCartney & Ruth McCartney Hauck named Visiting Professorship, [[Mayo Clinic]], Rochester, US, since 2012. He also holds honorary lifetime professorship to the [[University of Delhi]]. He is also the academy professor of AcSIR (Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research ). | ||
==Research== | ==Research== | ||
Brahmachari’s primary research involves elucidating the role of repetitive DNA in genome function in health and disease using a trans-disciplinary approach, integrating structural biology with genomics, molecular biology and information science.<ref>http://www.india-today.com/itoday/19991227/samir.html</ref> | Brahmachari’s primary research involves elucidating the role of repetitive DNA in genome function in health and disease using a trans-disciplinary approach, integrating structural biology with genomics, molecular biology and information science.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.india-today.com/itoday/19991227/samir.html |title=Science: Faces of the Millennium - Samir K.Brahmachari |website=www.india-today.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000229035348/http://www.india-today.com/itoday/19991227/samir.html |archive-date=2000-02-29}}</ref> | ||
He has more than 12 patents, 23 copyrights and over 150 research publications to his credit.{{citation needed|date=February 2013}} | He has more than 12 patents, 23 copyrights and over 150 research publications to his credit.{{citation needed|date=February 2013}} | ||
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Brahmachari has been the member of the HUGO Council (2004-2011).{{citation needed|date=February 2013}} He also co-chaired the 13th [[Human Genome Organization]] meet with Edison Liu, HUGO president. The meet was held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, [[Hyderabad, India]].<ref>[http://www.hicc.com HICC website]</ref><ref>[http://www.hugo-international.org HUGO website]</ref> | Brahmachari has been the member of the HUGO Council (2004-2011).{{citation needed|date=February 2013}} He also co-chaired the 13th [[Human Genome Organization]] meet with Edison Liu, HUGO president. The meet was held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, [[Hyderabad, India]].<ref>[http://www.hicc.com HICC website]</ref><ref>[http://www.hugo-international.org HUGO website]</ref> | ||
He was conferred the [[Banga Bibhushan]] Title, the highest state civilian award by the Government of West Bengal in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of Life Sciences in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Soumitra-refuses-Banga-Bibhushan-Award/articleshow/20142611.cms|title=Soumitra refuses Banga Bibhushan Award | Kolkata News - Times of India}}</ref> | He was conferred the [[Banga Bibhushan]] Title, the highest state civilian award by the Government of West Bengal in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of Life Sciences in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Soumitra-refuses-Banga-Bibhushan-Award/articleshow/20142611.cms|title=Soumitra refuses Banga Bibhushan Award | Kolkata News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> | ||
He has been selected as one of the Fierce's Top 10 Biotech Techies for his outstanding contribution to the field of genomics and open source drug discovery.<ref>http://www.fiercebiotechit.com/special-reports/fierce-s-top-10-biotech-techies/samir-brahmachari-fierce-s-top-10-biotech-techies</ref> [[Science (magazine)|Science]] has hailed him as "Open-source guru" (2012) considering his exceptional contribution in conceptualizing and mentoring India’s first crowd sourcing initiative – Open Source Drug Discovery.<ref> | He has been selected as one of the Fierce's Top 10 Biotech Techies for his outstanding contribution to the field of genomics and open source drug discovery.<ref>http://www.fiercebiotechit.com/special-reports/fierce-s-top-10-biotech-techies/samir-brahmachari-fierce-s-top-10-biotech-techies</ref> [[Science (magazine)|Science]] has hailed him as "Open-source guru" (2012) considering his exceptional contribution in conceptualizing and mentoring India’s first crowd sourcing initiative – Open Source Drug Discovery.<ref>{{cite journal| url = https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.335.6071.904| title = AAAS| journal = Science| date = 24 February 2012| volume = 335| issue = 6071| pages = 904–910| doi = 10.1126/science.335.6071.904| last1 = Stone| first1 = Richard| pmid = 22362982}}</ref> | ||
Brahmachari received the Life Time Achievement award in Genomics (2018) at the Genomics India Conference, Bengaluru. | Brahmachari received the Life Time Achievement award in Genomics (2018) at the Genomics India Conference, Bengaluru. | ||
==Controversies== | ==Controversies== | ||
Brahmachari has been involved in a lot of controversies. The first involved allegations of behind the scenes lobbying to ensure an extension of his position as the CSIR Director.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Is-CSIR-chief-orchestrating-lobbying-for-his-extension/articleshow/25399095.cms|title=Samir Brahmachari: Is CSIR chief orchestrating lobbying for his extension? | India News - Times of India}}</ref> Another controversy involved allegations that he fostered cronyism at the expense of meritocracy at CSIR. [[Shiva Ayyadurai]], an expatriate scientist reported that "Our interaction with CSIR scientists revealed that they work in a medieval, feudal environment.".<ref>{{Cite journal | Brahmachari has been involved in a lot of controversies. The first involved allegations of behind the scenes lobbying to ensure an extension of his position as the CSIR Director.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Is-CSIR-chief-orchestrating-lobbying-for-his-extension/articleshow/25399095.cms|title=Samir Brahmachari: Is CSIR chief orchestrating lobbying for his extension? | India News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Another controversy involved allegations that he fostered cronyism at the expense of meritocracy at CSIR. [[Shiva Ayyadurai]], an expatriate scientist reported that "Our interaction with CSIR scientists revealed that they work in a medieval, feudal environment.".<ref>{{Cite journal|doi = 10.1038/462152a|title = Report row ousts top Indian scientist|year = 2009|last1 = Jayaraman|first1 = K. S.|journal = Nature|volume = 462|issue = 7270|page = 152|pmid = 19907467|s2cid = 205050749|doi-access = free}}</ref> | ||
His claims regarding the first mapping of the Mycobaterium tuberculosis bacterial genome and the identification of a potential anti-tuberculosis drug candidate from the OSDD project invited severe criticism for being inaccurate and misguiding. The Nature article had been corrected multiple times, in an unprecedented fashion due to factual inaccuracies in the reporting by the correspondent <ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100609/full/news.2010.285.html|doi = 10.1038/news.2010.285|title = India's tuberculosis genome project under fire|year = 2010|last1 = Jayaraman|first1 = K. S.|journal = Nature}}</ref> | His claims regarding the first mapping of the Mycobaterium tuberculosis bacterial genome and the identification of a potential anti-tuberculosis drug candidate from the OSDD project invited severe criticism for being inaccurate and misguiding. The Nature article had been corrected multiple times, in an unprecedented fashion due to factual inaccuracies in the reporting by the correspondent <ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100609/full/news.2010.285.html|doi = 10.1038/news.2010.285|title = India's tuberculosis genome project under fire|year = 2010|last1 = Jayaraman|first1 = K. S.|journal = Nature}}</ref> | ||
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Samir K. Brahmachari | |
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| Born | 1 January 1952 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
| Known for | Open Source Drug Discovery for Affordable Healthcare |
| Awards | See Recognition and Awards section |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Functional Genomics;Structural & Computational Biology |
| Institutions | CSIR India; CSIR-IGIB |
| Website | samirbrahmachari |
Samir Kumar Brahmachari (born 1 January 1952) is an Indian biophysicist[1] and Former Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research[2] (CSIR) and Former Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India. He is the Founder Director of Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi and the Chief Mentor of Open Source for Drug Discovery (OSDD)[3][4][5] Project. He is the recipient of J.C Bose Fellowship Award, DST (2012). In addition, he is one of the featured researchers in the India Cancer Research Database developed by Institute of Bioinformatics (IOB), Bangalore with support from the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.
Education and academic career[edit | edit source]
Brahmachari gained a B.Sc. degree in chemistry from the University of Calcutta in 1972, followed by an M.Sc. (pure chemistry) in 1974. In 1978 he earned a PhD in molecular biophysics from the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. He followed this with post-doctoral research at Paris Diderot University and a position as a visiting scientist at the Memorial University of Newfoundland.
He started his academic career as PhD scholar at the Molecular Biophysics Unit in Indian Institute of Science, and in 1981 became a Lecturer. In 1986 he became an assistant professor and Associate Professor in 1992. In 1997 he became a professor and simultaneously served as postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. On 11 August 1997 he was appointed as the Director of CSIR-Center for Biochemical Technology (CBT). As the Director of CBT he was instrumental in re-establishing it as the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology- an institute where genomics and informatics have been seamlessly integrated. He assumed responsibility as the Director General[6] of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India on 12 November 2006.
He has held the membership of the Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) Council (2004–2011). He is currently on the advisory board of the X Prize in Genomics and the scientific advisory board of National Center of Biomedical Ontology (NCBO), Stanford University.[citation needed] He has also been serving as the adjunct professor, Bioinformatics Centre, University of Pune, since 2003 and holds the Joseph Austin McCartney & Ruth McCartney Hauck named Visiting Professorship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, US, since 2012. He also holds honorary lifetime professorship to the University of Delhi. He is also the academy professor of AcSIR (Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research ).
Research[edit | edit source]
Brahmachari’s primary research involves elucidating the role of repetitive DNA in genome function in health and disease using a trans-disciplinary approach, integrating structural biology with genomics, molecular biology and information science.[7]
He has more than 12 patents, 23 copyrights and over 150 research publications to his credit.[citation needed]
Current focus[edit | edit source]
His current focus is on leveraging the angle of personalised medicine towards pharmacogenomics with focus on affordable healthcare. He conceptualized and led the Indian Genome Variation Consortium Project to provide the first comprehensive genetic map of the extremely diverse Indian population and identify predictive markers for complex diseases and pharmacogenomics studies.[citation needed] He has also conceptualized the Ayurgenomics project that aims to integrate the principles of personalized medicine from Ayurveda, an ancient Indian medical system with modern genomics to bridge the gap from genotype to phenotype. Brahmachari is the Chief Mentor of CSIR-Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) project, a CSIR-led Team India Consortium with global partnership. Emerging as India’s first crowd sourcing initiative, OSDD is today a global translational research platform with more than 7500 participants from 130 countries.[citation needed]. Brahmachari is the Chairman of Scientific Advisory Board of Genotypic, India's first Genomics company.
Recognition and awards[edit | edit source]
Brahmachari has been the member of the HUGO Council (2004-2011).[citation needed] He also co-chaired the 13th Human Genome Organization meet with Edison Liu, HUGO president. The meet was held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad, India.[8][9]
He was conferred the Banga Bibhushan Title, the highest state civilian award by the Government of West Bengal in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of Life Sciences in 2013.[10]
He has been selected as one of the Fierce's Top 10 Biotech Techies for his outstanding contribution to the field of genomics and open source drug discovery.[11] Science has hailed him as "Open-source guru" (2012) considering his exceptional contribution in conceptualizing and mentoring India’s first crowd sourcing initiative – Open Source Drug Discovery.[12]
Brahmachari received the Life Time Achievement award in Genomics (2018) at the Genomics India Conference, Bengaluru.
Controversies[edit | edit source]
Brahmachari has been involved in a lot of controversies. The first involved allegations of behind the scenes lobbying to ensure an extension of his position as the CSIR Director.[13] Another controversy involved allegations that he fostered cronyism at the expense of meritocracy at CSIR. Shiva Ayyadurai, an expatriate scientist reported that "Our interaction with CSIR scientists revealed that they work in a medieval, feudal environment.".[14]
His claims regarding the first mapping of the Mycobaterium tuberculosis bacterial genome and the identification of a potential anti-tuberculosis drug candidate from the OSDD project invited severe criticism for being inaccurate and misguiding. The Nature article had been corrected multiple times, in an unprecedented fashion due to factual inaccuracies in the reporting by the correspondent [15]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Science: Faces of the Millennium - Samir K.Brahmachari". www.india-today.com. Archived from the original on 29 February 2000.
- ↑ "Samir Brahmachari takes charge as CSIR Director General | TopNews".
- ↑ "Press Information Bureau".
- ↑ "Message from the Chief Mentor - Open Source Drug Discovery".
- ↑ "OSDD to tap cheminformatics for novel drugs - BioSpectrumIndia". Retrieved 19 February 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Samir Brahmachari takes charge as CSIR Director General | TopNews".
- ↑ "Science: Faces of the Millennium - Samir K.Brahmachari". www.india-today.com. Archived from the original on 29 February 2000.
- ↑ HICC website
- ↑ HUGO website
- ↑ "Soumitra refuses Banga Bibhushan Award | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ http://www.fiercebiotechit.com/special-reports/fierce-s-top-10-biotech-techies/samir-brahmachari-fierce-s-top-10-biotech-techies
- ↑ Stone, Richard (24 February 2012). "AAAS". Science. 335 (6071): 904–910. doi:10.1126/science.335.6071.904. PMID 22362982.
- ↑ "Samir Brahmachari: Is CSIR chief orchestrating lobbying for his extension? | India News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ Jayaraman, K. S. (2009). "Report row ousts top Indian scientist". Nature. 462 (7270): 152. doi:10.1038/462152a. PMID 19907467. S2CID 205050749.
- ↑ Jayaraman, K. S. (2010). "India's tuberculosis genome project under fire". Nature. doi:10.1038/news.2010.285.