M. G. Deo | |
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| Born | (1932-04-06)6 April 1932 (age 92) Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Other names | Madhav Gajanan Deo |
| Occupation(s) | Pathologist Molecular medicine specialist |
| Known for | Molecular medicine research |
| Awards | Padma Shri Amrut Mody Research Foundation Award Om Prakash Bhasin Award MCI Research Award Rameshwardas Birla National Award AIPNA Life Time Achievement Award Hari Om Alembic Research Fund Award |
Madhav Gajanan Deo (born 6 April 1932) is an Indian oncologist, pathologist and educationist, known for his contributions to the field ofMolecular medicine.[1] He is the founder president of theIndian Association of Cancer Research and one of the founders of theMoving Academy of Medicine and Biomedicine.[2] He is a recipient of theOm Prakash Bhasin Award.[1] TheGovernment of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award ofPadma Shri in 1990.[3]
Madhav Deo was born on 6 April 1932[4] and graduated in medicine fromGajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior underAgra University in 1955.[5] His master's degree (MD) came fromAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi for his research underVulimiri Ramalingaswami which he completed in his first attempt in May 1960[6] after which he secured a doctoral degree (PhD) in July 1964 from the same institution.[7] Joining AIIMS, he became a professor of Pathology in 1974 and held the post till 1978, when he was appointed as the director ofCancer Research Institute, (present day Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer - ACTREC, a satellite institution of theTata Memorial Centre).[1] He stayed at the centre till 1975, and after a short stint atJaslok Hospital as the director of Research and Chief of Laboratories (1997-1998), he shifted his base to Mauritius as the director ofSSR Centre for Medical Studies and Research,University of Mauritius where he worked for two years, till his retirement in 2000.[5] He also served as aFogarty Scholar in Residence atJohn E. Fogarty International Center of theNational Institute of Health, Bethesda, USA and as a visiting professor at theUniversity of Paris VII.[1]
During his masters and doctoral research at theAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, along withV. Ramalingaswami, Deo was able to develop a non-human primate model of human protein energy malnutrition.[8][9] Together, they propounded the necessity of iodization of common salt,[10][11] which formed the base for theNational Goitre Control Programme in India.[12] He is credited with the development of an anti-leprosy vaccine from killed ICRCbacillus which was accomplished during his stint at the Cancer Research Institute.[13][14] Continuing his research at the institute, Deo and his colleagues, discovered anEnhancing Factor (EF), a 14 kDa protein, isolated from the small intestine of mice.[15] This gene is presently in use for producingtransgenic mice.[16][17] His researches have been documented by way of several articles, published in peer reviewed journals[18] and papers presented at national and international conferences.[19]
In 1980, Deo and a few other oncological researchers and medical practitioners, got together for the promotion of cancer research and interaction among scientific community and to disseminate knowledge about the disease among the common man and that resulted in the formation of theIndian Association of Cancer Research[20] with Deo as its founder president.[21] He was among the twelve medical researchers who assistedNoshir Hormusjee Wadia in founding theMoving Academy of Medicine and Biomedicine, in 2001, to spread the knowledge about the modern trends in medical and bio-medical research,[22] of which he is the incumbent vice president.[23] The organization plays a role in conducting periodical workshops at institutions, thereby providing easy access for the medical student community to modern medical information;[22] theFirst National Medical Students' Research Conference was conducted in 2006 atPune, which was open to medical graduate students.[24] The next one, theFirst Asian and Second National Medical Students' Research Conference was staged two years.after which, the students, under Deo's leadership, formed an association, theIndian Forum For Medical Students' Research (INFORMER).[24] The forum promotes research based education and assists members to secure funds for education and research.[24] He serves as the member of the editorial board ofThe Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University[25] and has served as an advisor to many national and international medical organizations[5] such asPravara Institute of Medical Sciences, where he serves as a member of their expert panel.[26] He also worked as an honorary visiting professor at theSchool of Health Sciences of theUniversity of Pune[27] and was a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National AIDS Research Institute.[18]
M. G. Deo is an elected fellow of theIndian National Science Academy (1974), served its council as a member from 1977 to 1980 and was its secretary from 1978 to 1982.[1] Two years later, theIndian Academy of Sciences elected him as their fellow in 1976.,[4] TheNational Academy of Sciences, India, another elite Indian science academy, elected him as a fellow in 1991.[27] He has also been aRockefeller Foundation fellow[1] and is a fellow of theNational Academy of Medical Sciences which has honoured him by selecting him as its lifetimeEmeritus Professor.[18]
Deo has delivered several notable award lectures such as the Bires Chandra Guha Lecture ofIndian National Science Academy (1978), Basanti Devi Amir Chand Oration ofIndian Council of Medical Research (1980), Silver Jubilee Oration of theAll India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi, Platinum Jubilee Lecture Award ofIndian Science Congress Association (1988) andVikram Sarabhai Oration.[1][18] He received the Amrut Mody Research Foundation Award in 1972[5] and theOm Prakash Bhasin Award in 1988.[28] The next year, theMedical Council of India awarded him the Silver Jubilee Research Award (1989).[1] TheGovernment of India included him in the 1990Republic Day honours for the civilian award ofPadma Shri.[3] Two years later, he received the Rameshwar Das Birla National Award (1992) and Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Visiting Fellowship Award ofIndian National Science Academy reached him 1993.[1] He is also a recipient of the Hari Om Alembic Research Fund Award[18] and the Association of Pathologist of Indian of North America, USA selected him for the Life Time Achievement Award in 2008.[5]
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