Arun Kumar Sharma
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| Born | 31 December 1924 |
| Died | 6 July 2017 (aged 92) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
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| Known for | Studies on Chromosomes |
| Awards | 1967 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 1972 AS Paul Bruhl Medal 1974 IBS Birbal Sahni Medal 1976 UGC J. C. Bose Award 1976 INSA Silver Jubilee Medal 1979 FICCI Award 1983 Padma Bhushan 1993 Om Prakash Bhasin Award 1994 G. M. Modi Award 1998 INSA M. N. Saha Medal 1999 VASVIK Award 2008 Rathindra Puraskar |
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Arun Kumar Sharma (1924 – 2017), popularly known as AKS, was an Indian cytogeneticist, cell biologist, cytochemist and a former Sir Rashbehary Ghose Professor and Head of the Department of Botany at the University of Kolkata, College of Science and Technology. Considered by many as the father of Indian cytology, he headed the Centre for Advanced Study on Cell and Chromosome at the university and is known for his contributions to the studies on the physical and chemical nature of chromosomes. A Jawaharlal Nehru fellow, he is a recipient of several honors including the Om Prakash Bhasin Award and the VASVIK Industrial Research Award. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1967, for his contributions to biological sciences. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honor of the Padma Bhushan in 1983.