Background
Gopalan, Coluthur was born on November 29, 1918 in Salem Town, Tamil Nadu, India. Son of Doraiswami Iyengar and Pattammal Gopalan.
Gopalan, Coluthur was born on November 29, 1918 in Salem Town, Tamil Nadu, India. Son of Doraiswami Iyengar and Pattammal Gopalan.
Doctor of Medicine, Madras University. Doctor of Philosophy, London University. Doctor of Science, London University.
Doctor of Science, Banaras Hindu University.
Deputy director, Nutrition Research Laboratory, Coonoor, Tamil Nadu., India
director, National Institute Nutrition, Hyderabad, 1960-1974;
director-general, Indian Council Medical Research, New Delhi, 1974-1979;
president, Nutrition Foundation of India, New Delhi, since 1979. Chairman advising committee on medical research World Health Organization, 1975-1980, chairman technical session, 1977. Member nutrition expert panel World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations).
Chairman task force on nutrition of the Planning Commission. Chairman of Commission of alternative strategies in delivery of health care Indian Council of Medical Research, ICSSR, 1977. Lecturer in field.
Fellow Royal Society London, Royal College Physicians (London), Royal College Physicians (Edinburgh), Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy Medical Sciences of India. Member International Union Nutritional Sciences (president 1975-1979), American Institute Medicine (honorary member), Nutrition Society India (founder president), First Asian Congress of Nutrition (president), Secunderabad Club, India International New Delhi Center.
2 children.