Background
Padbidri, Bhaskaram was born on November 2, 1942 in Pithapuram, India. Daughter of Jagannadham and Rajeswari (Tanikella) Challa.
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Padbidri, Bhaskaram was born on November 2, 1942 in Pithapuram, India. Daughter of Jagannadham and Rajeswari (Tanikella) Challa.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, 1966. Doctor of Medicine, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, 1969.
Research officer, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India, 1972-1977; senior research officer, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India, 1977-1984; assistant director, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India, 1984-1992; deputy director, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India, since 1992. Postgraduate examiner various universities, referee Indian Pediatricians, Indian Journal of Medical Research. Member science commission on nutritional regulation of immunity and infection, Toronto, Canada, 1986, expert commission on breast feeding, New Delhi, 1994, national editorial advisory committee for Indian Journal of Pediatricians, New Delhi, since 1994, national committee of Institut National des Sciences Appliquées-IUIS, India, 1991-1994, nutrition-infection sub-committee of IUNS, United States, 1984, 1989-1994.
Fellow Indian Academy Pediatricians (life member nutrition subchpt.). Member Indian Immunology Society (life), Nutrition Society of India (life).
Married Raghuveer Rao Padbidri, December 23, 1976. Children: Prashant Madhav, Jagan Mohan.