KANDARPA SOMESWARA RAO

Education

Andhra University, India, 1940-1945, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, 1951, Doctor of Medicine Internal Med. University of Toronto, Canada, 1953-1955, Pediatrics. Spoken languages: Telugu, English, Portuguese, Spanish.

Career

Reg Med Nutrition Adviser, Regional Office for East Mediterranean, World Health Organization since 1970. Nutrition Adviser, World Health Organization, Brazil, 1962-1970. Deputy Director, Indian Council of Med Research, India, 1960-1962.

Research Officer, Nutrition Research Laboratory, 1949-1960. Assistant Surgeon, Madras Med Service, India, 1948-1949.

Membership

Nutrition Society of India. International Union of Nutrition Science.

Interests

• Nutrition, pediatrics, public health. Medicine philately.