Indian scientist in nutrition
Kamala Krishnaswamy is an Indian scientist in nutrition. She is a former director of the National institute of Nutrition from 1997 to 2002, and was the President of the Nutrition Society of India from 2003 to 2008.[1][2][3][4] Born on 4 April 1940 in Hyderabad in India,[5][6] Krishnaswamy is a former Emeritus Medical Scientist at the Indian Council of Medical Research, she has been inducted as a fellow in the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2003, and is also a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, the Indian Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medical Sciences, and the International Union of Nutritional Sciences as well as other societies.[5][6]
Honors and Awards
The recipient of multiple awards, including Dr. VN Patwardhan Prize[5][6] and the Dr. Kamala Menon Medical Research Award from the Indian Council of Medical Research;[5][6] the Ramachandran Oration Award from the Nutrition Foundation of India in 2011,[5][6] Dr. Gopalan Cenetenary Award of Nutrition Society of India in 2018[6] and many others, Krishnaswamy was most recently honored with the Living Legend Award of International Union of Nutritional Sciences Award in 2022.[5]
Biography
She earned her MBBS and MD in Internal Medicine from Osmania University. She trained in clinical pharmacology in the Karolinska institute in Sweden under a World Health Organization fellowship. She joined the National institute of Nutrition in 1964 and became its director in 1997.[5][7][8][9]
Books
- Obesity in the urban middle class in Delhi.[10]
- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics in Malnutrition.[11]
References