# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arun-kumar-sharma
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:54:32.196Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/arun-kumar-sharma"
name: "Arun Kumar Sharma"
slug: "arun-kumar-sharma"
description: "Arun Kumar Sharma, popularly known as AKS, was an Indian cytogeneticist, cell biologist, cytochemist and a former Sir Rashbehary Ghose Professor and Head of the Department of Botany at the University of Kolkata, College of Science and Technology. Considered by many as the father of Indian cytology, he headed the Centre for Advanced Study on Cell and Chromosome at the university and is known for his contributions to the studies on the physical and chemical nature of chromosomes. A Jawaharlal Nehru fellow, he is a recipient of several honors including the Om Prakash Bhasin Award and the VASVIK Industrial Research Award. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1967, for his contributions to biological sciences. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honor of the Padma Bhushan in 1983."
tagline: "Indian botanist (1924-2017)"
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gender: "male"
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  isoCode: "IN"
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birthDate: "1924-12-31"
deathDate: "2017-07-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump