Suman Sahai | |
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| Citizenship | India |
| Education | Ph.D., 1975 |
| Alma mater | Indian Agricultural Research Institute |
| Occupation | Founding director |
| Organization | Gene Campaign |
| Awards | Order of the Golden Ark,Borlaug Award,Padma Shri |
Suman Sahai is an Indianactivist and the founder ofGene Campaign.
Sahai obtained aPh.D. from theIndian Agricultural Research Institute[1] in 1975. She then successively worked at theUniversity of Alberta,University of Chicago, and theUniversity of Heidelberg, where she obtained herhabilitation inhuman genetics.[2] According to theWeb of Science, Sahai has published over 40 articles, mostly on policy issues relating togenetically modified organisms, which have been cited about 200 times, giving her anh-index of 9.[3] She is director of theNGO, Gene Campaign.[4][5][6]
In April 2013, Sahai was shown to have committedplagiarism in her habilitation thesis,[9] which had been submitted to the University of Heidelberg in 1986.[10] In addition, she was accused of presenting herself as being or having been aprofessor at that University, without ever actually having occupied such a position.[9] On 14 April 2013, the University of Heidelberg confirmed that plagiarism had taken place, that Sahai has no right to call herself a professor of the University of Heidelberg, and that in consequence Sahai had agreed to renounce hervenia legendi.[9][11] As of 2023[update], Sahai's short bio at theWorld Academy of Art and Science still lists her as "Professor of Genetics, University of Heidelberg".[12]
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