Akhouri Sinha

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Akhouri Sinha is a professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development at the University of Minnesota. The United States has named a mountain in Antarctica in honour of Sinha, Mt Sinha. Mr Sinha's native place is Churamanpur, a village in the state of Bihar in the eastern part of India. [1] [2]

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References

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  2. "Indian-American Antarctic explorer has mountain named after him". The Hindu. PTI. 2014-07-02. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2019-12-05.