KUALA LUMPUR: For his contributions in the field of education, research and community service, Professor Datuk Dr C.P. Ramachandran, 73, was made Professor Emeritus by Universiti Sains Malaysia on Aug 12.
"I feel very honoured for being bestowed the status and I thank USM Vice-Chancellor Tan Sri Professor Dzulkifli Abdul Razak and his team for giving me the recognition," said Ramanchandran.
He started his career as a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya in 1963.
He moved on in 1967 to become the chief of filariasis research and control at the Institute for Medical Research.
"In 1970, the late Professor Tan Sri Hamzah Sendut invited me to join the then Universiti Pulau Pinang, now known as USM, as one of its pioneer academic staff," Ramachandran recalled.
He spent 10 years at USM as the Professor and Dean of the School of Biological Sciences.
In addition to his contributions to the development of USM, he was also instrumental in establishing the Muka Head Biological Field Station in Penang for teaching and research in marine and fresh water resources with help from the World Bank and Unesco.
He also initiated various projects and programmes for the Penang state government.
In 1979, Ramachandran joined the World Health Organisation in Geneva on secondment from USM.
"It was there that I set high standards for postgraduate training of young scientists from developing countries," he said.
He was made an Honorary Fellow of the University of Liverpool, a Fellow of the Institute of Biology, London and Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Malaysia.
He is also the recipient of the Mary Kingsley Medal from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 1998, the Sandosham Medal in 1974 from the Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine and Honorary Fellowship of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine and recently the Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine, London.
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