M. G. Deo

Madhav Gajanan Deo (born 6 April 1932) is an Indian oncologist, pathologist and educationist, known for his contributions to the field of Molecular medicine. He is the founder president of the Indian Association of Cancer Research and one of the founders of the Moving Academy of Medicine and Biomedicine. He is a recipient of the Om Prakash Bhasin Award.

Biography Madhav Deo was born on 6 April 1932 and graduated in medicine from Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior under Agra University in 1955. His master's degree (MD) came from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi for his research under Vulimiri Ramalingaswami which he completed in his first attempt in May 1960 after which he secured a doctoral degree (PhD) in July 1964 from the same institution. Joining AIIMS, he became a professor of pathology in 1974 and held the post till 1978, when he was appointed as the director of Cancer Research Institute, (present day Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer - ACTREC, a satellite institution of the Tata Memorial Centre). Together, they propounded the necessity of iodization of common salt, which formed the base for the National Goitre Control Programme in India. He is credited with the development of an anti-leprosy vaccine from killed ICRC bacillus which was accomplished during his stint at the Cancer Research Institute. Continuing his research at the institute, Deo and his colleagues, discovered an Enhancing Factor (EF), a 14 kDa protein, isolated from the small intestine of mice. This gene is presently in use for producing transgenic mice. His researches have been documented by way of several articles, published in peer-reviewed journals and papers presented at national and international conferences.

In 1980, Deo and a few other oncological researchers and medical practitioners, got together for the promotion of cancer research and interaction among scientific community and to disseminate knowledge about the disease among the common man and that resulted in the formation of the Indian Association of Cancer Research with Deo as its founder president. He was among the twelve medical researchers who assisted Noshir Hormusjee Wadia in founding the Moving Academy of Medicine and Biomedicine, in 2001, to spread the knowledge about the modern trends in medical and bio-medical research, of which he is the incumbent vice president. The organization plays a role in conducting periodical workshops at institutions, thereby providing easy access for the medical student community to modern medical information; The next one, the First Asian and Second National Medical Students' Research Conference was staged two years.after which, the students, under Deo's leadership, formed an association, the Indian Forum For Medical Students' Research (INFORMER). and has served as an advisor to many national and international medical organizations He also worked as an honorary visiting professor at the School of Health Sciences of the University of Pune and was a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National AIDS Research Institute. The next year, the Medical Council of India awarded him the Silver Jubilee Research Award (1989). The Government of India included him in the 1990 Republic Day honours for the civilian award of Padma Shri. Two years later, he received the Rameshwar Das Birla National Award (1992) and Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Visiting Fellowship Award of Indian National Science Academy reached him 1993. He is also a recipient of the Hari Om Alembic Research Fund Award and the Association of Pathologist of Indian of North America, USA selected him for the Life Time Achievement Award in 2008.

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