Srinivas Saidapur

Srinivas K. Saidapur, M.Sc., Ph.D., is a former Vice Chancellor of Karnatak University (2006–2010) and Founder Director (2015–2017) of Karnataka State Higher Education Academy, Dharwad. He has been a Fellow of Population Council, Biomedical Division, New York, USA and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. He is a recipient of highly coveted Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Prof. M.R.N. Prasad Memorial Lecture Award of INSA, Prof. Har Swarup Memorial Lecture Award of INSA, and Sir M. Visvesvaraya Senior Scientist Award of Government of Karnataka for Lifetime Contribution to Science and Technology. He was invited by the Japanese Ministry of Science and Technology, as Visiting Scientist at National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB), Okazaki. He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru; Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi; World Academy of Science, Italy; National Academy of Sciences of India, Prayagraj; and Karnataka Science and Technology Academy, Bengaluru. He has also served as the Vice President of INSA (2012–2014). Under his Chairmanship a policy paper on “Revamping Science Education in Karnataka” was prepared in April 2021 for Karnataka Science and Technology Academy, GoK, Bengaluru. The author can be reached at saidapur@gmail.com.