It has been over a week that Lalji Singh, widely regarded as the father of DNA fingerprinting in India, and a former director of Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) passed away (on 10 December 2017). Read more
Last night when news of APJ Abdul Kalam’s death spread thick and fast on social media – many heartbroken with the scientist/ex-President’s death and many wishing the news wasn’t true – one thing became clear. That this was not just the death of a scientist, a leading light of India’s space programme, or of the ‘People’s President’ – it was the demise of an adorable, all-round-good-natured, immensely accessible human being, rooted in his humble beginnings and untouched by the highs that fame brought. Read more
It’s been a week that Obaid Siddiqi, India’s molecular biology genius, passed away in a freak accident on July 26, 2013. Tributes have been pouring in from far and wide and we are overwhelmed by responses from our readers, fellow scientists and colleagues wanting to express their love, admiration and respect for the man variously called ‘Renaissance Man’ and the ‘Catalyst of a culture of creativity‘. We compiled some of this outpouring in the Nature India feature “India mourns loss of ‘aristrocratic & gutsy molecular biology guru“. Read more
India mourned the death of eminent biologist Obaid Siddiqi, who was knocked down by a moped last week (on July 26, 2013) while taking a stroll near his residence. Friends and colleagues paid rich tributes to the scientist known for his go-getter attitude and towering personality. His students and co-workers wrote heartfelt memoirs of the man they adored and worshiped calling him the ‘Renaissance Man’ and the ‘Catalyst of a culture of creativity‘. India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Siddiqi was among that crop of scientists who helped lay the foundation of the country’s scientific research effort. Read more
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