INSA :: Deceased Fellow Detail

	Name	Professor NC Ganguli (Professor Nripendra Chandra Ganguli)
	Gender	M
	Birth	1927
	Specialization	Biochemistry;Dairy Chemistry
	Year of Election	1980
	Demise	30-05-2009

Summary

Nripendra Chandra Ganguli obtained his DSc degree (1956) from the University of Calcutta. His areas of specializations were biochemistry and dairy chemistry. He was Professor of Eminence and In-charge, National Research Centre on Dairy Chemistry; Director and Head Division of Dairy Chemistry; and Principal, Dairy Science College, all at National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal.

Academic and Research Achievements: Ganguli’s researches relate to milk proteins and allied areas as well as semen-chemistry, biochemistry and preservation. He has worked on biosynthesis of ascorbic acid in rats and of sucrose and shikimic acid in plants. His work also includes: development of analytical techniques like paper chromatography; paper electrophoresis and radio autography; structure and function of casein and its fractions; formulation of infant food through appropriate chemical and biochemical tailoring to simulate human milk; and new extender for preservation and freezing of buffalo semen. He has written a monograph, namely, Milk Proteins (ICAR, 1973) and a book Semen Technology (INSA, 1984).

Other Contributions: Ganguli had served as Member, Diary Science Panel on Diary Education (FAO) and International Diary Federation, Group D2 E14, Brussels, and represented India in FAO/WHO Codex Meeting (Rome, 1972). He was Chief Editor of Indian Diary Association; and Member of Editorial Boards of: Newzealand Journal of Dairy Science and Technology (1978), Indian Journal of Animal Science and Indian Journal of Dairy Science.

Awards and Honours: Ganguli was conferred BC Guha Memorial Lecture of University of Calcutta (1978). Ganguli is a recipient of Professor SC Roy Commemoration Medal (1982); Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Memorial Prize of ICAR (1987); P Bhattacharya Memorial Prize and Lecture Award (1988); and CSIRO (Australia) Diary Research Jubilee Award (1990). He was a Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi; Indian Chemical Society; Institution of Chemists (India); and Member, Sigma Xi (California Chapter) of Agricultural Chemists.

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