Suman Sahai
Suman Sahai | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Citizenship | India |
Education | Ph.D., 1975 |
Alma mater | Indian Agricultural Research Institute |
Occupation | Founding director |
Organization | Gene Campaign |
Awards | Order of the Golden Ark, Borlaug Award, Padma Shri |
Suman Sahai is an Indian activist and the founder of Gene Campaign.
Career
Sahai obtained a Ph.D. from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute[1] in 1975. She then successively worked at the University of Alberta, University of Chicago, and the University of Heidelberg, where she obtained her habilitation in human genetics.[2] According to the Web of Science, Sahai has published over 40 articles, mostly on policy issues relating to genetically-modified organisms, which have been cited over 150 times, giving her an h-index of 7.[3] She is director of the NGO, Gene Campaign.[4][5][6]
Awards
- Order of the Golden Ark, 2001[1]
- Borlaug Award, 2004[7]
- Padma Shri, 2011[8]
Controversy
In April 2013, Sahai was shown to have committed plagiarism in her habilitation thesis,[9] which had been submitted to the University of Heidelberg in 1986.[10] In addition, she was accused of presenting herself as being or having been a professor at that University, without ever actually having occupied such a position.[9] On 14 April, 2013, the University of Heidelberg confirmed that plagiarism had taken place, that Sahai has no right to call herself a professor of the University of Heidelberg, and that in consequence Sahai had agreed to renounce her venia legendi.[9][11]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "How I made it: Suman Sahai : Aspire". India Today. 2010-04-29. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
- ↑ "Dr Suman Sahai: Curriculum vitae". World Academy of Art and Science. Archived from the original on 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- ↑ Web of Science, accessed 2013-03-29.
- ↑ Basu, Paroma; Qiu, Jane; Powell, Kendall (2008). "Making a difference". Nature 455 (7215): 1002–3. doi:10.1038/nj7215-1002a. PMID 18938259.
- ↑ Jayaraman, K.S. (2002). "Poor crop management plagues Bt cotton experiment in India". Nature Biotechnology 20 (11): 1069. doi:10.1038/nbt1102-1069. PMID 12410241.
- ↑ Dickson, D (1993). "Indians protest against US-led gene bank". Nature 361 (6410): 291. doi:10.1038/361291a0. PMID 8426645.
- ↑ "Subba Rao, Suman Sahai get Borlaug award". The Hindu. 2004-01-31. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
- ↑ "Press Information Bureau English Releases: Padma Awards Announced". Government of India. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Köppelle, Winfried (2013-04-09). "Heidelberger Habilitations-Humbug". Laborjournal (in German) (4): 14–17. ISSN 1612-8354. OCLC 85726582. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. English translation
- ↑ "Sahai, Suman: Elucidation of the role of neurotransmitter glutamate in normal and abnormal mental function". HEIDI. University Library Heidelberg. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- ↑ "Stellungnahme der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Heidelberg". UniversitätsKlinikum Heidelberg. Archived from the original on 2013-04-29. Retrieved 2013-04-29.