Professor S.K.Saidapur
FNA; FNASc, FASc ; FTWAS
Srinivas Kishanrao Saidapur (born 1947) is the former Vice
Chancellor of Karnatak University Dharwad.& current Director of Karnataka
Higher Education Academy (Government of Karnataka). He did his M.Sc. and Ph.D.
Karnatak University Dharwad and became Postdoctoral Fellow at Kansas
Medical Center, University of Kansus (1976-79). He has also received Alexander
von Humbolt Fellowship (1989-90) to work further at University of
Mainz. Beside these he was Visiting Scientist at National Institute for Basic
Biology, Okazaki,Japan and INSA-DFZ Exchange Progarm Fellowship (1995-2004) at
University of Ruhr, Bochum & University of Wurzburg, Germany. Professor
Saidapur is a recipient of prestigious 'S.S.Bhatnagar Prize
(1991)' from CSIR. in Medical Sciences.
Professor Saidapur is an outstanding
biologist who has immensely contributed on comparative
endocrinology of
amphibians and explained the different types of reproductive processes followed
by the tropical anurans and their control
mechanisms. His studies are reported to have widened the understanding of
the reproductive biology of the vertebrates and proposed gametogenesis methodologies for producing frogs
of predetermined sex. His research also enlightened us with enriched
knowledge of gonadal steroidogenesis, follicular atresia, luteal functions and
hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis. Professor Saidapur was
responsible to introduce molecular biology, behavioral biology and more
importantly evolutionary biology at Karnatak University Dharwad.
He has received many awards that
includes INSA awards,
'Sir M.
Visvesvaraya Lifetime Achievement Award', 'Professor MRN Prasad Memorial Lecture' and 'Professor
Har Swarup Memorial Lecture'. In October 14 2016 Prof.Saidapur delivered
the first "BLDE Alumni Lecture 2016" of BLDE University,Vijayapura.
Professor Saidapur is also one of the International Advisory Board member
of "BLDE University Journal of Health Sciences'.
