V. Ramalingaswami
Born	8 August 1921 Srikakulam,Madras Presidency,British India
Died	28 May 2001(2001-05-28) (aged 79)
Citizenship	India
Alma mater	Andhra Medical College
Scientific career
Fields	Pathology
Institutions	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Indian Council of Medical Research, Indian National Science Academy

Vulimiri Ramalingaswami (8 August 1921 – 28 May 2001)^[1][2] was an Indian medical scientist, pathologist andmedical writer. His pioneering research on nutrition got him elected to theNational Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and theRoyal Society of London.^[3]

He was also the director ofAll India Institute of Medical Sciences and later on director general ofIndian Council of Medical Research and President of the Indian National Science Academy. He was regarded a teacher of international repute in the areas of nutritional deficiency. He has been honoured with Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award.^[4] by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1967 andPadma Shri in 1969,Padma Bhushan andPadma Vibhushan by Government of India,^[5] KK Birla National Award, and Basanti Devi Amirchand Prize (ICMR) in 1966. Leon Bernard Foundation Award^[6] was presented to him by Sir Harold Walter, president of the 1976 World Health Assembly.

He was born in a Telugu speaking family inSrikakulam, Andhra Pradesh to V. Gumpaswami and V. Sundaramma. His father was a government servant. He received his medical education fromAndhra Medical College,Visakhapatnam and then went on a scholarship toOxford.

He became the Director of the All India Institute of medical sciences(AIIMS).^[7] and served the premier institute for 10 years 1969–1979). He became the Director General ofIndian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi. In remembrance of his great service, the Indian Government has decided to name the Indian Council of Medical Research building after him (Ramalingaswami Bhavan). He was also President of theIndian National Science Academy. He was Special Advisor toWorld Health Organization and President of National Institute of Immunology.

He has served as Chair of the International Task Force on Health Research for Development in Geneva (1990–93). He was Secretary-General of the International Conference on Nutrition, in Rome in December 1992. He was appointed to the Board of Governors of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada in 1999.^[6]

• Indian Academy of Sciences.
• Indian National Science Academy.
• National Academy of Medical Sciences.
• National Academy of Sciences, USA⁷.
• Royal College of Pathologists (London), UK.
• Royal College of Physicians, UK.
• Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
• Royal Society of London, March 1986

1. Ramalingaswami, V.; Menon, P. S.; Venkatachalam, P. S. (1948). "Infantile pellagra; report on five cases".The Indian Physician.7 (9):229–237.PMID 18099153.
2. Ramalingaswami, V.; Sinclair, H. M. (1953). "The relation of deficiencies of vitamin a and of essential fatty acids to follicular hyperkeratosis in the rat".The British Journal of Dermatology.65 (1):1–22.doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.1953.tb13159.x.PMID 13018993.S2CID 26835831.
3. Ramalingaswami, V., Sriramachari, S., and Patwardhan, V. N., Ind. J. Med. Sci., 8, 433 (1954).
4. Ramalingaswami, V.; Leach, E. H.; Sriramachari, S. (1955)."Ocular structure in vitamin a deficiency in the monkey".Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology and Cognate Medical Sciences.40 (4):337–347.doi:10.1113/expphysiol.1955.sp001134.PMID 13280814.
5. Ramalingaswami, V.; Subramanian, T. A.; Deo, M. G. (1961). "The aetiology of Himalayan endemic goitre".Lancet.1 (7181):791–794.doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(61)90118-0.PMID 13739307.
6. Ramalingaswami, V. (1964). "Perspectives in Protein Malnutrition".Nature.201 (4919):546–551.Bibcode:1964Natur.201..546R.doi:10.1038/201546a0.PMID 14160638.S2CID 5893960.
7. Ramalingaswami, V. (1969). "Interface of protein nutrition and medicine in the tropics".Lancet.2 (7623):733–736.doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(69)90440-1.PMID 4186178.
8. Ramalingaswami, V.; Nayak, N. C. (1970). "Liver disease in India".Progress in Liver Diseases.3:222–235.PMID 4910369.
9. Ramalingaswami, V. (1973). "Endemic goiter in Southeast Asia. New clothes on an old body".Annals of Internal Medicine.78 (2):277–283.doi:10.7326/0003-4819-78-2-277.PMID 4265088.
10. Ramalingaswami, V. (1977). "Knowledge and action in the control of vitamin a deficiency".Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.300 (1):210–220.Bibcode:1977NYASA.300..210R.doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1977.tb19319.x.PMID 279269.S2CID 44343761.
11. Ramalingaswami, V.; Purcell, R. (1988). "Waterborne Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis".The Lancet.331 (8585):571–573.doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(88)91362-1.PMID 2894501.S2CID 28664017.
12. V. Ramalingaswami, Prevention of Micronutrient Deficiencies: Tools for Policymakers and Public Health Workers, The National Academies Press (1998).
13. V. Ramalingaswami, The Public health imperative of permanent elimination of iodine deficiency, 2000.

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• 1921 births
• 2001 deaths
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• Indian medical administrators
• Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in medicine
• Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine
• People from Srikakulam
• 20th-century Indian biologists
• People from Uttarandhra
• Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Medical Science
• Indian Council of Medical Research
• Directors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
• Léon Bernard Foundation Prize laureates
• Om Prakash Bhasin Award recipients

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