Indian polar pioneer Dr Sisinthy Shivaji passes at age 73

Hyderabad: Dr Sisinthy Shivaji, one of the first Indian biologists who conducted research at Arctic and Antarctica passed away today in Hyderabad.

Dr Shivaji, who published over 350 scientific papers , two books in an outstanding career of over four decades died at the age of 73 in the early hours of Monday. He retired as Director-grade scientist of the CCMB and later served as Emeritus Director at Prof Brien Holden Eye Research Centre of the LV Prasad Eye Institute.

It was during the heady days of Antarctica research in the early 1980s that the young scientist from the CCMB (Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology) Dr Shivaji was selected as part of the Indian contingent to travel to the icy continent with the sea expedition in 1984.

He returned, after studying the life of micro