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'''R. Rajalakshmi''' (1926–2007) was an Indian [[ | '''R. Rajalakshmi''' (1926–2007) was an Indian [[biochemist]] and nutritionist. She developed nutritious, economical diets for Indian families. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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In the early 1960s, Rajalakshmi managed and revised a UNICEF-sponsored nutrition program. At the time and courses in nutrition were based on Western textbooks that included foods that were either expensive or unavailable in India.<ref name="A to Z"/> | In the early 1960s, Rajalakshmi managed and revised a UNICEF-sponsored nutrition program. At the time and courses in nutrition were based on Western textbooks that included foods that were either expensive or unavailable in India.<ref name="A to Z"/> | ||
With her husband, Rajalakshmi moved to Palo Alto, California in the 1990s to live near her daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren. She and her relatives moved to Seattle, Washington in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Coehn|first1=Fiona|title=A Nobel goes to a member of a Seattle scientific family|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/A-Nobel-goes-to-a-member-of-a-Seattle-scientific-893286.php|accessdate=12 December 2014|publisher=The Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=24 November 2009}}</ref> She died there from [[renal failure]] in June 2007.<ref name="A to Z">{{cite book|last1=Yount|first1=Lisa|title=A to Z of Women in Science and Math, A to Z of Women|year=2007|publisher=Facts on File|location=New York|chapter=Rajalakshmi, R.|url=https://books.google.com/?id=428i2UdWRRAC& | With her husband, Rajalakshmi moved to Palo Alto, California in the 1990s to live near her daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren. She and her relatives moved to Seattle, Washington in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Coehn|first1=Fiona|title=A Nobel goes to a member of a Seattle scientific family|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/A-Nobel-goes-to-a-member-of-a-Seattle-scientific-893286.php|accessdate=12 December 2014|publisher=The Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=24 November 2009}}</ref> She died there from [[renal failure]] in June 2007.<ref name="A to Z">{{cite book|last1=Yount|first1=Lisa|title=A to Z of Women in Science and Math, A to Z of Women|year=2007|publisher=Facts on File|location=New York|chapter=Rajalakshmi, R.|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=428i2UdWRRAC&q=R.%20Rajalakshmi%20biochemist&pg=PA250|isbn=9781438107950}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=May 2018}} | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||