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The news of Dr. Venkatraman
Ramakrishnan being awarded the Nobel Prize 2009 in Chemistry for his
pioneering work on RIBOSOMES, is received with much pride and
excitement by the entire fraternity of the Maharaja Sayajirao University
of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. It is indeed a matter of great honor
for any academic institution to have an alumnus awarded such high
international recognition and acclaim. The M S University recounts its
early association with VENKI, that of his undergraduate years
(1968-1971) while he was pursuing his Bachelor of Science in Physics from
the Faculty of Science. His mentors and colleagues fondly recollect their
interaction with him during his student days and remember him as a shy,
studious, yet sharp witted and humble person.
Today, every person on campus tries to recall any
association they may had with him or his family who stayed on the M S
University campus from 1955-1986. His parents Prof. C V Ramakrishnan and
Dr. R Rajalaxmi, both accomplished academicians themselves, share the
credit of having started the Department of Bio Chemistry at the M S
University in 1955. While Prof. C V Ramakrishnan has kept up his
association with the University, Dr. Venkatraman had visited here and
interacted with staff and students and delivered a Lecture on X-ray
Crystallographic Structure of Ribosomes in 2005.
The Ramakrishnan family continues to maintain contacts in
Vadodara, not only with academicians, but also socially. Expressing much
pride and hope for the M S University of Baroda, the present Vice
Chancellor Prof. Ramesh Goyal says : Diwali celebrations for us have
already begun! I met Venki last year during a conference in Delhi. We hope
for better collaborations with him in the future.
In its sixtieth commemorative year
the M S University of Baroda could not have asked for a better reason to
rejoice!
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