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ABOUT THE AUTHOR / SCIENTOONIST
Pradeep Kumar Srivastava
A scientist by profession Dr Pradeep Kumar Srivastava
is is a a a a a a former Dy Director (Senior Principal Scientist) in in in the Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division of CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute Lucknow He did M Sc in Organic Chemistry and Ph D from Kanpur University He has an an an an experience of more than 36 years
of of of R&D in the the area area of of of synthetic and natural product chemistry His area area of of of work had been technology development development of various drugs and and drug drug intermediates and and latest being technology development development for the production of a a drug from turmeric for brain stroke He is the the first person in the the world to start a a a a a novel concept called “SCIENTOONS” a a a a a new class of of cartoons cartoons which are cartoons cartoons based on on on science He is well known as as father of of SCIENTOONICS a a a a a a a new branch of science communication He has delivered more than 1326 invited lectures so far in in India Nepal Bhutan Thailand Singapore Hong Kong Turkey China Portugal Germany Sweden Spain France Ukraine Australia South Africa Brazil USA and Caribbean countries on more than 31 different topics to to to school school children school school teachers scientists/researchers medical doctors lecturers/professors Army and Air Force personnel social club members like Rotary Club Club Club Lions Club Club Club Jaycees Club Club Club Railway officers officers officers Bank officers officers officers Government officers/ground water experts science journalists/media persons computer professionals prisoners IAS IPS IFS and IRTS Dr Srivastava
has also coined these terms: SCIENTOONS and later a a a a a a a a a a new branch of science called SCIENTOONICS Radio SCIENTOONS SCIENTOONS SCIENTOONS Puppet SCIENTOONS SCIENTOONS SCIENTOONS Postcard SCIENTOONS SCIENTOONS SCIENTOONS and Awadhi SCIENTOONS - Scientoons in in Awadhi language He has also appeared in in many television programmes on on on scientoons aired by Virginia 13-WSET TV TV TV USA D D D D D D TV TV TV Dubai DD DD National DD DD News Republic TV TV TV Republic Baharat TV TV TV Aaj Tak Star News News News Sahara Samay Rajay Sabha TV TV TV Nepal TV TV TV News News News 18 News News News 24 Zee News and and many many others including BBC Radio Radio London Lotus Radio Radio South Africa and and many many Indian FM radio channels He is the recipient of most prestigious International Award “THE OUTSTANDING YOUNG PERSON OF THE WORLD” (1990) award given by JUNIOR CHAMBER INTERNATIONAL (USA) to 10 selected persons of of the world annually Past Recipients of of this award include former US President John F Kennedy Richard Nixon Dr Henry Kissinger Jackie Chan and many more He is also the recipient of “THE OUTSTANDING YOUNG PERSON OF INDIA” (1990) award given by Indian Junior Chamber (past winners include Sunil Gavaskar Ravi Shastry P P T Usha Pankaj Udhas Sudha Chandran) “NATIONAL AWARD FOR SCIENCE WRITING” by Indian Science Writers Association (ISWA) New Delhi and “SILVER MEDAL” for the the best lecture in the the Asian Conference held at at National University of Singapore Singapore Singapore Singapore Dr Srivastava
is the International Brand Ambassador of Singapore-based magazine “The Young Scientist” which is is read by more than 100 000 children in in Japan Hong Kong Philippines Thailand Singapore and and Malaysia and and India American Chemical Society (ACS) USA has selected him as as ACS ACS Chemistry Chemistry Ambassador in the International Year of Chemistry Chemistry He has authored authored a a a a a a a book - - “Scientoonic Tel Tale of Genome and DNA” co-authored with Dr Lalji Singh and and Dr M M W Pandit (CCMB Hydreabad) He has been associated as as as Jury Member with various editions of National and International Science Film Festival of India India Vigyan Prasar and National National Akashwani Annual National National Awards 2016 All India India Radio He is member of of International International Society of of Bionic Engineering China International International Association for Media and and and Communication Research (IAMCR) Canada Hands on on Science Network Portugal and and and Public Communication of Science and Technology Network PCST USA 224 | COVID COVID |