PERL VEMBA South VENKATACHALAM, Diplomat, Official. Assistant Scientific Secretary, Protein Adviser Group of the United Nations System. Fellow, Indian Academy of Med Sei, 67; Junior Amirchand Prize, Indian Council of Med Research, 54; Senior Amirchand Prize, 68. Nutrition Society of India; Royal Society of Medicine, United Kingdom.
Education
Med College, Madras University, India, 1941-1946, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. School of Tropical Medicine, Sydney University, Australia, 1955-1957, Doctor of Medicine Tropical Medicine and Nutrition. Spoken languages: Tamil, English.
Career
Assistant Scientific Secretary, Protein Adviser Group of the United Nations System since 1970. Deputy Director General, Indian Council of Med Research, 1965-1970. Deputy Director, National Institute, Institution of Nutrition, India, 1961-1965.
Research Officer, National Institute, Institution of Nutrition, 1948-1961.
Membership
Nutrition Society of India. Royal Society of Medicine, United Kingdom.