Gopinath Balakrish Nair

Background

Nair, Gopinath Balakrish was born on January 5, 1954 in Nasirabad, Rajasthan, India. Son of Krishnapillay Gopinathan and Santa Nair.

Education

Bachelor of Science 1st class, Loyola College, Madras, India, 1975; Master of Science 1st class, Annamalai U., Chidambaram, India, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, Annamalai U., Chidambaram, India, 1982.

Career

Assistant research officer, National Institute Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India, 1981-1982; research officer, National Institute Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India, 1982-1988; senior research officer, National Institute Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India, 1988-1993; assistant director, National Institute Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India, 1993-1996; deputy director, National Institute Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India, since 1996. Guest researcher National Children's Medical Research Center, Tokyo, 1987, 88. Visiting scientist department international health Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1991.

Visiting scientist department microbiology Kyoto (Japan) U., 1994, 95.

Achievements

• Gopinath Balakrish Nair has been listed as a noteworthy Microbiologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow National Academy Sciences. Member International Union Microbiol. Socs. (member-at-large).

Interests

• Avocations: reading fiction, listening to classical music, traveling.

Connections

Married Ranjita Warrier, April 17, 1983. Children: Vinayak, Vijay.

Father:

Krishnapillay Gopinathan

Mother:

Santa Nair

Spouse:

Ranjita Warrier

child:

Vinayak Nair

child:

Vijay Nair