Eminent scientist and ‘father of DNA fingerprinting in India’ Lalji Singh died following a heart attack on 10 Dec. He was 70.
Dr. Singh was one of the leaders instrumental in making DNA fingerprinting mainstream in India, both at the level of research as well as for forensic applications.
This was after techniques advanced by him led to DNA profiling being used to establish parentage as well as solve some high profile crime cases in India.
Based on his work he was tasked by the government in the late 1990s to establish the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) with a mandate of making it a nodal centre for DNA fingerprinting and diagnostics for all species and several diseases.
He also set up a slew of dedicated labs that worked on several aspects of genetics such as population biology, structural biology and transgenic research.
Dr. Singh served as a director at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad from 1998 to 2009.
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