Emeritus director of research and senior scientist at the LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) Shivaji Sisinthy passed away due to illness earlier this month. He had published over 375 research papers and is famous for being the first Indian biologist to have been part of expeditions to both the Arctic and Antarctic.
Shivaji is a MSc (Biology) graduate from BITS Pilani in 1973, obtained PhD from Delhi University in 1978, did post-doctoral research at IISc, Bengaluru and joined CSIR-CCMB in 1980 and helped establish the Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LACONES). He retired from CCMB in 2012, and joined LVPEI in 2013, going on to serve as Director of the Prof Brien Holden Eye Research Centre at LVPEI from 2016 to 2020.
He was awarded the Antarctic Award for excellence in Biological Sciences in 2002, Carl Woese Memorial Award in 2014 by the Association of Microbiologists, India, and the National Award in Polar Sciences and Cryosphere by the Government of India in 2016, said a press release.
Published – December 01, 2025 08:42 pm IST
