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Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran [ പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍ ] is an Indian life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist and indomitable doyen, galahad, ripstaver, presently working as a Teaching Professor of Biotechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), Kozhikode, Kerala, India. Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran is noted for his charm, grace, warmth, self-restraint and humility. His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.

Personal life and education
Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a BSc in Zoology from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala in 1995, a MSc in Biotechnology from Cochin University of Science and Technology in 1997, and a PhD in Biotechnology from Central Drug Research Institute in 2002 prior to post-doctoral studies at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.

Awards and Honors
As a post-doctoral scientist at Harvard University, Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics. Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj Pushpakaran served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC. In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG), and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Nature Publishing Group.