Appa Rao Podile Explained

Appa Rao Podile
Birth Date:	1960 3, df=yes^[1]
Birth Place:	Borupalem village, Thullur mandal, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nationality:	Indian
Alma Mater:	Sardar Patel University (PhD)
Field:	Life Sciences
Prizes:	Millennium Plaque of Honour (2017) Indian National Science Academy Fellowship (2001)

Appa Rao Podile is an Indian scientist, educator and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad.^[2] He was awarded the Millennium Plaques of Honour for his achievements in Life Sciences by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in 2017.

Education

Podile obtained his MSc, and then completed his Ph.D. in 1987 from the Sardar Patel University in Gujarat. He was a postdoctoral fellow (1998) of the Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan and subsequently was a visiting scientist (2000), at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica. Podile also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Münster, Germany in 2006.^{[3] [4]} In 2015, he became the vice-chancellor of the University of Hyderabad.^[5]

Awards and recognition

• Fellow, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi 2017^[6]
• Millennium Plaques of Honour, Indian Science Congress Association, Jan 2017 (presented by Prime Minister of India)^[7]
• President Elect, Association of Microbiologists of India, 2017^[8]
• Elected Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 2012^[9]
• Tata Innovation Fellowship, Department of Biotechnology, April 2014^[10]
• Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Jan 2014^[11]

References

1. Web site: National Academy of Agricultural Sciences .
2. News: P. Appa Rao is new UoH V-C. 2015-09-22. The Hindu. 2018-03-26. en-IN. 0971-751X.
3. Web site: Professor Dr. Appa Rao Podile - Google Scholar Citations. scholar.google.co.in. 2018-03-26.
4. Web site: 13th International Conference on Chitin and Chitosan. Moerschbacher. Bruno. 2018-03-26. Chitosan. 2018-03-26.
5. News: An expert at networking, Appa Rao outsmarted 35 others to become VC Hyderabad News - Times of India. 21 January 2016. The Times of India. en. 2020-03-09.
6. News: Professor Appa Rao Podile gets INSA fellowship. 2017-10-27. Deccan Chronicle. 2018-03-26. en.
7. News: UoH Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Honoured At Science Congress. Sakshipost. 2018-03-26. en.
8. Web site: OFFICE BEARER AMI Association of Microbiologists of India. www.amiindia.info. en. 2018-03-26.
9. Web site: National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. naasindia.org. en. 2018-03-26.
10. Web site: Prof Appa Rao new VC of UoH. The Hans India. 22 September 2015 . en. 2018-03-26.
11. Web site: INSA :: Indian Fellows Elected. www.insaindia.res.in. 2018-03-26.