Manojit Mohan Dhar

**Dr. Manojit Mohan Dhar** (13 January 1927 – 26 May 2003) ek Bhartiya rasayanik vaigyanik (chemist) aur researcher rahaa. Uu Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow ke director rahaa aur peptide aur internucleotide bond ke research ke laagi jaana jaawe laa.

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## Jeewan aur shiksha
M. M. Dhar ke janam 13 January 1927 ke din Kolkata me bhail rahaa. Unka pita Satyendra Mohan Dhar C.I.E. rahaa aur I.C.S. me seva kail rahaa. Unki maai Ava Dhar M.B.E. se sammanit rahin.

Unka padhai University of Manchester me bhail aur 1952 me unhone peptide par PhD prapt kail. Uu baad me Central Drug Research Institute me Deputy Director ke roop me jud gais rahaa, aur "Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Botany" ke head bhi rahaa.

Baad me uu institute ke Director bana gais aur kuchh samay ke laagi High Commission of India to the United Kingdom me Science Counsellor ke roop me seva kail rahaa.

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## Research aur yogdaan
Dr. Dhar ke research mukhy roop se Bhartiya ausadhiya paudha (medicinal plants) ke tatvon ke upar rahaa.
Uu unke chemical structure aur unke therapeutic (ilaj me upyog) gun ke upar adhyan kail.

Uu pahila vaigyanik rahaa jinhne kuchh peptide ke biological kriya ke baare me bataval jaise:

* decapeptide ke glycosidase activity,
* tetrapeptide ke abortifacient (garbh rokhak) guna,
* acetylcholine receptor mimicry,
* immunostimulant aur immunosuppressant compounds ke khoj.

Unhone 3,000 se adhik Bhartiya paudha ke sample par test kail aur microbial secondary metabolites ke synthesis process par naya theory dihal.
Uu pyrimidine aur purine nucleosides ke anhydro form se internucleotide bond banawa ke naya tarika banail rahaa.

Dhar ke research me uu paais rahaa ki Streptomyces cell-free extract quinomycin A ke synthesis me catalysis kare sakta hai.

Uu amoebiasis, leishmaniasis, filariasis, malaria aur helminthiasis jaisan rog ke upar bhi CDRI ke project me research kail rahaa.

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## Sanstha se juraav
Dhar ke naam se kai vigyanik sangathan me sambandh rahaa:

* Indian Chemical Society ke life member rahaa,
* Bombay Natural History Society se jural rahaa,
* Indian National Science Academy ke fellow 1973 me chuna gais rahaa.

Uu 1982 me Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International ke chairman rahaa aur International Whaling Commission me Bharat ke representative bhi rahaa.

Uu United Nations Vienna Conference on S&T for Development (1979), Man and the Biosphere Programme (Paris 1979), World Climate Conference (Geneva 1979), aur Group of 77 ke Delhi meeting (1982) me Bharat ke delegation ke hissa rahaa.

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## Maut
Dr. M. M. Dhar ke maut 26 May 2003 ke din bhail jab uu 76 baris ke rahaa.

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## Puraskar aur samman

* Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ke taraf se **Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize** (1971).
* **A. V. Mody Research Foundation Award** (1975).
* Indian National Science Academy ke fellow (1973).

Unke naam par Central Drug Research Institute me ek varshik puraskar sthapit baa —
**“Dr. M. M. Dhar Memorial Distinguished Career Achievement Award”**, jo chemical science ke shetra me yogdaan ke liye milaa jaawe laa.

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## Dekho bhi

* Decapeptide
* Tetrapeptide
* Acetylcholine

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## References