Identify the celebrated biologist who is credited as the founding Director of TIFR National Center for Biological Sciences?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Obaid Siddiqi
Obaid Siddiqi (1932–2013), a pioneer of molecular biology and neurogenetics in India, was the founding Director of the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), set up in Bengaluru by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in the early 1990s. He is known for his work on the genetics of taste and smell in the fruit fly Drosophila, and received the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Vibhushan.