Meeting Important Personalities

Meeting the doyen of Indian Agriculture Prof. M S Swaminatha

I got chance to meet the doyen of Indian Agriculture Prof. M S Swaminathan in the XX World’s Poultry Congress held at New Delhi from 2 -5 September 1996.The venue of the conference was Taj Hotel. The conference was a grand affair. This was my first exposure to a World Congress. The arrangements were fabulous. There were many parallel scientific sessions. The quality of presentations was of very high standard. I had a chance to meet Prof. Swaminathan during the poster session.

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Meeting with Prof. V Shanta

I had a chance to meet Prof. V Shanta, Chairperson, National Cancer Institute, Chennai during the 6th INCTR Annual Meeting. She personally visited our poster on HUMA cancer therapy and encouraged us. 

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Meeting with Dr. J D White

I had a chance to meet Dr. J D White, Director of the Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM), National Cancer Institute – National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. I was invited to attend the ‘Cancer Researcher and CAM Practitioners: Fostering Collaborations; Advancing the Science’ Conference from October 22 – 23, 2007.

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Meeting with Dr. Bimal Chandra

Dr. Bimal Chandra is the second Indian person to cross the ‘English Channel’ after Mr. Mihir Sen. Dr. Chandra was colleague of my father and a good friend of my late father-in-law Mr. Brojen Das. I used to call Dr. Chandra ‘Jhatu’; he was a champion sport person. Besides swimming he was also a good cricket, football and badminton player. Incidentally, he taught me how to swim. He was also a very good actor and spontaneous performer. He was also responsible for my marriage.