Jayaraman Gowrishankar


Jayaraman Gowrishankar is an Indian medical microbiologist. Gowrishankar received his M.B.B.S. degree from the Christian Medical College, Vellore. He holds Doctor of philosophy in bacterial genetics from the University of Melbourne.
He was a Scientist and Group Leader at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad.
In 2000, he was positioned as director for Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics.
He was awarded in 1991, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, the highest science award in India, in the Biological sciences category. He was awarded in 2013, the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, for his contribution towards the field of science.

Civilian Honours