Suman Sahai Explained

Suman Sahai
Nationality:Indian
Citizenship:India
Education:Ph.D., 1975
Alma Mater:Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Occupation:Founding director
Organization:Gene Campaign
Awards:Order of the Golden Ark, Borlaug Award, Padma Shri

Suman Sahai is an Indian activist and the founder of Gene Campaign.

Career

Sahai obtained a Ph.D. from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute[1] in 1975. She then successively worked at the University of Alberta, University of Chicago, and the University of Heidelberg, where she obtained her habilitation in human genetics.[2] According to the Web of Science, Sahai has published over 40 articles, mostly on policy issues relating to genetically modified organisms, which have been cited about 200 times, giving her an h-index of 9.[3] She is director of the NGO, Gene Campaign.[4] [5] [6]

Awards

Plagiarism

In April 2013, Sahai was shown to have committed plagiarism in her habilitation thesis,[9] which had been submitted to the University of Heidelberg in 1986.[10] In addition, she was accused of presenting herself as being or having been a professor at that University, without ever actually having occupied such a position. On 14 April 2013, the University of Heidelberg confirmed that plagiarism had taken place, that Sahai has no right to call herself a professor of the University of Heidelberg, and that in consequence Sahai had agreed to renounce her venia legendi.[11], Sahai's short bio at the World Academy of Art and Science still lists her as "Professor of Genetics, University of Heidelberg".[12]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: How I made it: Suman Sahai : Aspire . . 2010-04-29 . 2013-03-29.
  2. Web site: Dr Suman Sahai: Curriculum vitae . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130412160910/http://www.worldacademy.org/view/nomination/3916 . 12 April 2013 . 2013-04-12 . dead . dmy-all .
  3. [Web of Science]
  4. 10.1038/nj7215-1002a . Making a difference . 2008 . Basu . Paroma . Qiu . Jane. Jane Qiu. Powell . Kendall . Nature . 455 . 7215 . 1002–3 . 18938259.
  5. 10.1038/nbt1102-1069 . Poor crop management plagues Bt cotton experiment in India . 2002 . Jayaraman . K.S. . Nature Biotechnology . 20 . 11 . 1069 . 12410241. free .
  6. 10.1038/361291a0 . Indians protest against US-led gene bank . 1993 . Nature . 361 . 6410 . 291 . . 1993Natur.361..291J . Jayaraman . K.S. . free .
  7. News: Subba Rao, Suman Sahai get Borlaug award . https://web.archive.org/web/20040507031931/http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/31/stories/2004013106441200.htm . dead . 2004-05-07 . . 2004-01-31 . 2013-03-29.
  8. Web site: Press Information Bureau English Releases: Padma Awards Announced . Government of India . 2013-03-29.
  9. Köppelle . Winfried . Heidelberger Habilitations-Humbug . Laborjournal . 2013-04-09 . 4 . 14–17 . de . 1612-8354 . 85726582 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130510010709/http://www.biotech-europe.de/editorials/726.lasso . 10 May 2013 . dead . dmy-all . English translation
  10. Book: Sahai, Suman: Elucidation of the role of neurotransmitter glutamate in normal and abnormal mental function . University Library Heidelberg . HEIDI . 1986 . 2013-04-12.
  11. Web site: Stellungnahme der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Heidelberg . 24 April 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130424120242/http://www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/ShowSingleNews.176.0.html?&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=6772&cHash=493fc2a4bdbf14a5532b76df14417abd . UniversitätsKlinikum Heidelberg . 2013-04-29 . dead . dmy-all .
  12. Web site: Suman Sahai . Members . World Academy of Art and Science . 2023-03-08.

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