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Dronamraju, Krishna Rao was born on January 14, 1937 in Pithapuram, India. He was the son of Bapiraju and Rajeswaramma (Vankayalapati) Dronamraju.
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Biologist, specialist in Genetics
Dronamraju, Krishna Rao was born on January 14, 1937 in Pithapuram, India. He was the son of Bapiraju and Rajeswaramma (Vankayalapati) Dronamraju.
Dronamraju went to M.R. College in Vizianagaram, Andhra University to study botany and earned a bachelor's degree in 1955. He received a master's degree from Agra University in 1957; he studied plant breeding and genetics. When J.B.S. Haldane moved to India in 1957, Dronamraju wrote to Haldane for an opportunity to pursue a research career under his direction at the Indian Statistical Institute in Calcutta.
Early in his research career, he discovered the first case of a gene on the human Y chromosome and published a paper in 1960. It was also part of his Doctor of Philosophy thesis at the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta. Dronamraju's research with Haldane at the Indian Statistical Institute included many areas.
In 1966-1969 Krishna Rao was a research fellow at the University Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. From 1968 to 1973 he was an Assistant professor at the University Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada. In 1969-1973 he was a Chief geneticist in Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Cleft Palate Clinic.
In 1978-1979 he worked as personnel consultant in City of Baltimore. In 1979-1981 - job development advisor. In 1982-1985 he was a Senior fellow at University Texas, Houston.
President, director Foundation for Genetic Research, since 1985. In 1969-1973 he was a Visiting professor of Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania at Osmania University in India; in 1995 - at the Turin University in Italy; in 2004, 2005-2006 - at the Hong Kong University Medical Center. Member recombinant DNA advisory committee National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, since 1992.
In 1994 Krishna became an Honorary research fellow of London University, Visiting professor of Paris University, and of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. In 1996 - Honorary professor Albert Schweitzer International University, Geneva.
Since 2000 - Advisor Texas State Council on Biotechnology. In 2003 Dronamraju became an Honorary professor of Andhra University. Since 2002 he was a Member of advisory board to the United States Secretary Agriculture.
Since 2002 - Chairman of the International advisory board Chemtech Foundation. Delegate 23rd International Congress Science and Technology, Beijing, China, 2005. Delegate Indian Science Congress, 2006, chairman Frontier Technologies, 2006, Biotechnology Plenary Symposium, 2008.
Distinguished centennial lecturer Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, 2006.
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Married Sheila Marion McHarg, March 31, 1962 (divorced 1978). 1 child, Raj Gopal.