Dr. Achuthsankar Nair
Former Head
Department of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695581
(sankar.achuth@gmail.com), India
Achuthsankar S Nair is the senior Professor of Department of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Kerala. His research area includes machine learning, bio-sequence analysis, Travancore history and Carnatic music. He led various IT development projects as the Director of C-DIT, Govt of Kerala, for 3 years. He authored more than 15 books in English and Malayalam. He is also a recipient of Kerala government's Young scientist award (1991), Engineering Teacher's National Award (1994) by ISTE, National Teacher's Award by Indian National Science Academy (INSA-2013), Vakkom Maulavi Foundation's Award for Excellence in Social Service (2014) and P.T Bhaskara Panicker Award (2019). He is a life member of Indian Society for Technical Education.