Fwd: Manthan with Dr D Balasubramanian, on The History of Indian Food / Aug 4
chaitanya kumar
From: Manthan <in...@manthanindia.com>
Date: Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 1:52 PM
Subject: Manthan with Dr D Balasubramanian, on The History of Indian Food / Aug 4
To:
invites you to an interactive session
on
‘What did Lord Rama eat? A history of Indian Food’
with
Padma Shri D Balasubramanian
Scientist, Writer
6.15 pm, Saturday, August 4, 2012
Vidyaranya School, opp Secretariat, Hyderabad
Note about the meeting
Over 50% of what we Indians eat is not Indian in origin. Many of these were brought to us by foreigners - notably the Europeans, and by Tamil 'kings' who went sailing to the Southeast Asian lands in search of wealth. Some of these facts are stunning and humbling. The chili pepper is a foreign import into India, so are coffee, tea, and even Idlis.
Contrary to general belief, over 60% of India eats meat and fish. Sita loved venison, while the Pandavas roasted buffalos and fed them to Brahmins. What Lord Rama, or Krishna, ate was bland in comparison to what we eat today.
Hear an account of the history and development of Indian cuisine over the millennia. From an accomplished scientist, speaker and writer.
Prof Dorairajan Balasubramanian, Ph. D.
Dr Balasubramanian is a
very accomplished scientist, and a frequent and sought after speaker and
commentator on science etc.
He is:
Director of Research, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute,
Visiting Professor, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Senior Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia, and Adjunct Professor, BITS Pilani, India,
Visiting Professor, Panjab University
Earlier positions:
Director, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad 500 007, India (until June 1998).
Professor and Dean, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, (1977-1982); Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur (1967-1977).
Academic training:
M. Sc. Chemistry, Birla College, Pilani, India, 1959
Ph. D. Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, USA, 1965; Postdoctoral Fellow: Univ. Minnesota Medical School, 1965-66.
Research Interests:
Molecular and Cellular Approaches to Understand and Treat Diseases of the Eye. Published over 175 research papers and 2 books.
Other major interest:
Work in the area of Public Understanding of Science, through popular science newspaper columns, radio and TV programs. Published over 450 popular articles and 6 books.
Working with governments and agencies on issues of science and technology;
Chairman- Biotechnology Advisory Council,
Govt. of Andhra Pradesh.
Honours & Awards:
“Padma Shri”: National honour by the President of India, 2002
“Chevalier de l’Ordre National de Merite”: National honour by the President of France, 2002.
President: Indian Academy of Sciences (2007-2010)
Secretary General: Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (earlier called the Third World Academy of Sciences, or TWAS), Trieste, Italy (2006- to date)
Fellow- American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow: TWAS
Member- German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Fellow: Mauritian Academy of Sciences
Fellow: International Molecular Biology Network
Fellow of all the three Indian Science Academies
Awarded the Bhatnagar Prize in Chemical Science, India 1981
Won the Ranbaxy, Goyal, Bhasin and FICCI Awards, India
Awarded the Third World Academy of Science Award in Basic Medical Sciences, 1995 and the Khwarizmi Award of Iran in Basic Medical Sciences, 1996
Awarded the UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science, 1997, Paris, France.
Awarded both the Indian National Science Academy’s Indira Gandhi Prize for Science Popularization, and the DST/NCSTC India’s National Prize for Science Popularization 2002.
Biospectrum Lifetime Achievement Award in Biotechnology, 2009
Eminent Citizen of Hyderabad Award, 2010
Distinguished Alumni Award, Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS Pilani), 2011
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