Question
Mamannamana Vijayan passed away recently. Who was
he?Solution
Molecular bio-physicist and structural biologist professor Mamannamana Vijayan passed away in Bengaluru. Vijayan, who was born at Cherpu in Thrissur district of Kerala, had made contributions particularly to the study of amino acids, proteins and macromolecules. He became Fellow of INSA in 1987 and was also Fellow of other major Academies including TWAS. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2004. Vijayan had recently written an autobiography ‘A Life among Men, Women and Molecules’ published by INSA.
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