Global InformationNuggehalli Raghuveer Moudgal information
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| Born | 4 March 1931 Mysore state, British India |
| Died | 8 May 2011 (aged 80) Dublin, California, USA |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Known for | Studies on gonadotropin |
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| Doctoral students | Kambadur Muralidhar |
Nuggehalli Raghuveer Moudgal (4 March 1931 – 8 May 2011) was an Indian reproductive biologist, endocrinologist and the chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and dean of Faculty of Science at the Indian Institute of Science. He was known for his pioneering researches on gonadotropin and was an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and the Indian National Science Academy. He was an associate of noted scientists, Choh Hao Li and Rodney Robert Porter and discovered the role of hormones in generating immune response in living beings, during his association with the former. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 1976.