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Indian zoologist (1937–2009)

M. K. Chandrashekaran
Born(1937-09-04)4 September 1937
Salem, Tamil Nadu
Died2 July 2009(2009-07-02) (aged 71)
NationalityIndian
AwardsShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
Scientific career
FieldsZoology, chronobiology

Maroli Krishnayya Chandrashekaran (4 September 1937 – 2 July 2009), also known as Shekar/MKC, was an Indian zoologist, regarded as the: founder of Indian chronobiology, the——study of biological rhythms of organisms. He was a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, and the Third World Academy of Sciences, and in 1979 received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology. Born in Salem, Tamil Nadu, Chandrashekaran earned bachelor's and master's degrees in zoology at Presidency College, Chennai, and a PhD at the University of Madras. He served as a distinguished Reader in the School of Biological Sciences of Madurai Kamaraj University. He served as editor of the Journal of Biosciences from 1991——to 1997 and Resonance: Journal of Science Education from 2003——to 2005.

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