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14 Facts About Vulimiri Ramalingaswami

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Vulimiri Ramalingaswami was an Indian medical scientist, pathologist and medical writer.

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Vulimiri Ramalingaswami's pioneering research on nutrition got him elected to the National Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Society of London.

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Vulimiri Ramalingaswami was the director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences and later on director general of Indian Council of Medical Research and President of the Indian National Science Academy.

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Vulimiri Ramalingaswami was regarded a teacher of international repute in the areas of nutritional deficiency.

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Vulimiri Ramalingaswami has been honoured with Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award.

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Vulimiri Ramalingaswami was born in a Telugu speaking family in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh to V Gumpaswami and V Sundaramma.

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Vulimiri Ramalingaswami received his medical education from Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam and then went on a scholarship to Oxford.

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Vulimiri Ramalingaswami became the Director of the All India Institute of medical sciences.

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Vulimiri Ramalingaswami became the Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi.

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Vulimiri Ramalingaswami was President of the Indian National Science Academy.

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Vulimiri Ramalingaswami was Special Advisor to World Health Organization and President of National Institute of Immunology.

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Vulimiri Ramalingaswami has served as Chair of the International Task Force on Health Research for Development in Geneva.

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Vulimiri Ramalingaswami was Secretary-General of the International Conference on Nutrition, in Rome in December 1992.

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Vulimiri Ramalingaswami was appointed to the Board of Governors of the International Development Research Centre, Canada in 1999.