Pushpa Mittra Bhargava
Pushpa Mittra Bhargava (22 February 1928 – 1 August 2017) was an Indian scientist, writer, and administrator. He founded the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, a federally funded research institute, in Hyderabad. He was outspoken and highly influential in the development of scientific temper in India, and argued that scientific rationalism needed to be cultivated as a civic duty.[1][2]
Bhargava died on 1 August 2017, aged 89 at Hyderabad, India.[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.thehindujobs.com/thehindu/jobs/0104/05180014.htm
- ↑ "About CCMB > Profile". Ccmb.res.in. 1977-04-01. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
- ↑ Pushpa Bhargava, Scientist And Activist, Dies At 89. August 2017. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pushpa-bhargava-scientist-and-activist-dies-at-89/article19403218.ece. Retrieved 2017-08-03.