M.R.S Rao
M.R.S Rao 
India
M.R.S Rao graduated from Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science(IIsc), Bangalore and obtained his postdoctoral training from Baylor College of Medicine, USA after which he joined back IISc. He currently directs the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore as its President and has received several recognitions including Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (1998, Ranbaxy Science Foundation Award for Basic Medical Sciences (1999), O.P. Bhasin Award for Biotechnology(2002), FICCI Award for R&D in Life Sciences (2004), Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Centeneray Award for Biomedical Research(2005) and TWAS Medal oration (2008). Prof Rao is a Fellow of all the Science Academies in India,and Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), Trieste, Italy. Prof. Rao has been the Member and Chairman of several Scientific Advisory Committees of DBT, CSIR and DST and has also the Chairman of Research Council of CCMB Hyderabad and IICB, Kolkatta. Prof. Rao is first Chairman of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Trivandrum. He has published more than 130 papers in international journals and guided 30 students for Ph.D. Degree. Prof Rao is actively engaged in research on non-coding RNA in development and differentiation, cancer biology and chromatin biology. He is also the team leader of the CSIR's NMITLI Network Project on Cancer Genomics, particularly on Glioblastoma.