Prof. GovindasamyKumaramanickavel works on ocular genomics - primarily involved in gene mapping, mutational screening and association studies including genome-wide in complex and Mendelian ophthalmic diseases. Was involved in glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and pediatric epidemiological and genetic projects comprising of 35,000 subjects. Was a key member of a successful ocular gene mapping team at New Zealand. Later, joined the Department of Genetics at Sankara Nethralaya, India and worked for over a decade and

where he was elevated as executive officer (Medical) and Deputy Director of Research. He has done genetic counselling for over 10,000 patients and teaches medical and ophthalmic genetics. He graduated in medicine (MBBS) from the University of Madras, Madras Medical College, India and subsequently graduated in MD (Physiology). As Fogarty Visiting Associate, Dr. James Fielding Hejtmancik trained him in the Ophthalmic Genetics

& Clinical Services Branch, National Eye Institute, National Institute of Health, USA. He was a Research Fellow, Ocular Gene Mapping Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, New Zealand, where Dr. Michael John Denton trained him. During the same period at Otago, Dr. Robert F Mueller trained him in genetic counselling. Currently, he is the Research Director at two premier ophthalmic institutions of India – (a) Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore and (a) Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital, Mumbai. He is a visiting faculty at the National Eye Institute, USA; Chinese University of Hong Kong and several universities in China and India. He has received funding for research projects from DBT, DST, ICMR, CSIR (all Government of India), National Institutes of Health, USA, INSERM, France and other private funding agencies. He has over 90 peer-reviewed publications including articles in Nature Genetics. He is a recognized PhD guide in various universities in India and across the world.

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