Kamala Krishnaswamy

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Kamala Krishnaswamy
Nationality Indian
Alma mater Osmania University, Karolinska institute
Scientific career
Institutions National institute of 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] .

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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]

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