Deepak T. Nair

Deepak Thankappan Nair (born 25 October 1973) is an Indian Structural Biologist and a scientist at the Regional Centre for Biotechnology. He is known for his studies on DNA and RNA polymerases. Deepak was a Ramanujan fellow of the Science and Engineering Research Board (2008–2013) and a recipient of the National BioScience Award for Career Development (Dept of Biotechnology). 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, for his contributions to biological sciences in 2017. He was inducted as a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (New Delhi, India) in December 2022. The Haryana government awarded him the Haryana Vigyan Ratna Award for the year 2024. Provided by Wikipedia