Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai is an Indian scientist in the field of human genetics and cancer biology. He is the coordinator of the National Centre of Applied Human Genetics, School of Life Sciences,

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(New Delhi). He has served as the Vice chancellor of

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. He was honoured with the

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Award by the

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for his contributions to the fields of science and technology, in 2012. An elected fellow of the

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, he has published many articles on his research.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bamezai, Rameshwar Nath Koul Living people 1951 births Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering Indian geneticists Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy Fellows of the National Academy of Medical Sciences Scientists from Jammu and Kashmir People from Srinagar 20th-century Indian biologists