Prasad Shekhar Variyar

Background

Variyar, Prasad Shekhar was born on June 27, 1961 in Ottapalam, Kerala, India.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, 1983.

Career

Science officer H head, FFAC section Food Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, India, since 1988. Assistant professor HBNI.

Achievements

• Achievements include discovery of novel natural products with unique bioactivities. Patents for novel biomolecules with anti-estrogenic and anti-tumor properties. Patents for new colorimetric probe.

Membership

Coordinator research activities plan projects Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 2006—2009. Fellow: Maharashtra Academy of Sciences. Member: Association Food Scientist and Technologists.

Connections

Son of Shekhar Variyar. Married Geeta Unnikrishnan, April 21, 1991. Children: Archana Prasad, Aishwarya Prasad.