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Published on: 9/26/2001
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2000 : Dr. C. K. Atal, Former Director, RRL, Jammu
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Dr.C.K. Atal
Dr. C. K. Atal for his noteworthy achievements in the field of plant based drugs particularly the development of a natural non-steroidal drug "Sallaki" for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and for his endeavor to introduce it in the market has been selected for the Dr. I. C. Chopra, Memorial Award for the year 2000.The award will be given to him by Hon'ble Minister for HRD and Science & Technology Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi on the occasion of 59th CSIR Foundation Day celebrations at New Delhi.
Brief Biodata of Dr. C.K. Atal is as under:
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In 1985, Dr. Atal joined UNIDO ( Vienna) as Chief Technical advisor and worked in Vietnam.He was also Honorary Professor of Chemistry in the University of Jammu, Jammu.
There are more than 400 publications in international journals to the credit of Dr. Atal.He has produced large number of Ph.D's.
Some of the significant leads and path breaking results produced by Dr. C. K. Atal and his team members, which have been recognized by Pharmacologists worldwide are as under :
His pioneering work on piperine has opened new vistas in the field of drug bioavailability.