# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/balu-sankaran
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:47:35.982Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/balu-sankaran"
name: "Balu Sankaran"
slug: "balu-sankaran"
description: "Balu Sankaran was a professor, scientist and recipient of the Padma Shri and Padma Vibushan awards. He helped establish an artificial limbs manufacturing corporation and a rehabilitation institute."
tagline: "Indian academic"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_President%2C_Dr._A.P.J._Abdul_Kalam_presenting_Padma_Vibhushan_to_Prof._Balu_Sankaran%2C_at_an_Investiture-II_Ceremony_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan_in_New_Delhi_on_April_05%2C_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1926-09-04"
deathDate: "2012-06-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.4
  historical:           5.737221333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.artlimbs.com/"
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    title: "بالو سانكاران"
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    title: "ಬಾಲು ಶಂಕರನ್"
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    title: "ബാലു ശങ്കരൻ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump