National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Balasubramanian Senthilkumaran
FELLOW, ELECTED 2022

Born in Erode, Tamil Nadu, India on 14 July 1965. Educated at Tamil Nadu Government School, Bharathi Vidyalaya, Salem, Tamil Nadu 1970-80; Sengunthar Higher Secondary School, Erode, Tamil Nadu & National Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, 1980-82; Jamal Mohamed College (JMC) 1982-87; University of Madras-Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences 1987-88; Banaras Hindu University 1989-95; B.Sc. 1985; M.Sc. 1987; M.Phil. (Endocrinology) 1988; Ph.D. 1995.

Professor, Department of Animal Biology, 2008 to date.

JST-CREST Distinguished Researcher, NIBB, Okazaki, Japan 2000-03; Reader, University of Hyderabad 2003-08; Professor 2008 to date; Head, Department of Animal Sciences/Biology 2012-15.

Awards/Honours: M.Sc Gold Medalist, Bharathidasan University (JMC)-1987; Young Researcher Award, Society of Reproductive Biology and Comparative Endocrinology (SRBCE), Madras, India (1992-1993); Young Scientist Award-European Society of Comparative Endocrinology, the Netherlands (1994); STA-Japan Fellow, 1996; Long term JSPS Invitation Fellow, University of Miyazaki, Japan, 2012; Elected fellow of Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences, 2012; Elected Fellow of Reproductive Endocrinology, SRBCE, India, 2013; DBT-TATA Innovation Fellowship, 2014; Short term JSPS Invitation Fellow, University of Miyazaki, Japan, 2018; Global Ambassador (Incoming Fellow), University of Saskatchewan, Canada 2021; Guest editor for "Fish Physiology and Biochemistry" and "General and Comparative Endocrinology". Associate editor for "PLoS One, USA", "Gene, USA" and "Gene Reports, USA"; Editorial Board member for "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India", "Evolution & Development" and "Reproduction & Breeding". Editor for book entitled, "Sexual Plasticity and Gametogenesis in Fishes", Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2013.

Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, 2013; Indian National Science Academy, 2017; Indian Academy of Sciences, 2020

Research Areas: Fish Molecular Endocrinology and Reproductive Biology, Sexual Development, Endocrine Disruption, Nanotoxicology

Address: Professor, Room No. S-42, Department of Animal Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, P.O. Central University, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana; A-47, Faculty Quarters, South Campus, University of Hyderabad, P.O. Central University, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana; [Tel: Off. (040) 23134562; Cell: 9440140637; Fax: (040) 23010120, 23010145; Email: bsksl@uohyd.ernet.in; senthilkumaranb@yahoo.com]