Background
Nagarajan, Kuppuswamy was born on September 15, 1930 in Madras, India. Son of Kalpattu and Rajammal Kuppuswamy.
pharmaceutical company executive
Nagarajan, Kuppuswamy was born on September 15, 1930 in Madras, India. Son of Kalpattu and Rajammal Kuppuswamy.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with honors, Madras (India) University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, Madras (India) University, 1954. Diploma in German, Madras (India) University, 1956.
Certified in French, Madras (India) University, 1957.
Postdoctoral work with Professor Commander of Order of Leopold Stevens, Wayne State University, and Professor Juris Doctor Roberts, Caltech, and Professor
H. Schmid, Zurich University.
He was Head of Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Industries Basel Research Centre, Goregaon 1963-1984. Director, R&Doctorate Centre, Searle India 1984-1992.
Director R&Doctorate, Bangalore Pharmaceutical & Research Laboratory Private Limited, Bangalore, 1992-1994. Director R&Doctorate, Recon Limited., 1994- 2000.
Consultant to M/s Rallis India Limited.
(2001) Presently Corporate Advisor to Alkem Laboratories and M/s Hikal Limited., Mumbai and consultant to Astrazeneca, Bangalore. Three Drugs, Sintamil, Varsyl, Satranidazole. Several patents; about 270 publications.
One antiamoebic in clinical trials in India and also exported.
He discovered an important new lead for Anti Tuberculosis activity. He was involved in the development and commercialisation of several drugs like azathioprine and pesticides like flucythrinate and quinalphos.
He is experienced in custom synthesis, contract research. His interests include natural products chemistry, medicinal chemistry, pesticide chemistry, applications of Nuclear magnetic resonance to problems of structure and reactivity in organic chemistry.
His extracurricular interests include Carnatic Music, Bharathanatyam, Gardening.
He is Fellow of Indian National Science Academy. Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. Fellow of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences.
Chairman and founding member, National Organic Symposium Trust.
Senior exchange visitor of Indian National Science Academy, with United Kingdom Royal Society, French Academy of Sciences and Polish Academy of Sciences. Past president of Indian Chemical Society, Bombay Branch.
Member of the Editorial Boards of Indian Journals, Member at various times of University Board of Studies, Research Advisory Councils of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Project Advisory committee of Department of Science and Technology. Till recently member Research Council, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad. Currently member, Remote Control of RRL, Jammu.
Married Padmalochana Padmanabhan. Children: Sobhana Sridharan, Srivatsan.