{"id":386,"date":"2025-06-13T07:38:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.iisc.ac.in\/?page_id=386"},"modified":"2025-06-17T06:04:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:04:38","slug":"chair-professorships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/chair-professorships\/","title":{"rendered":"Chair Professorships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center has-xx-large-font-size\">Chair Professorships<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center\">Chair professorships are prestigious positions established to recognize and support distinguished faculty members conducting impactful research and teaching. Funded through endowments, these chairs provide resources like top-up salaries, research grants, and other benefits to advance academic excellence. They attract and retain top talent, foster innovation, and strengthen the institution&#8217;s reputation globally. Chair professorships also create opportunities for collaboration and mentorship, significantly enhancing the institution&#8217;s research output and educational quality.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-669513ed wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4935966c wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/medal-icon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-437\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:175px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-21d4e958 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong>Chair Professorship in Honour of Lt Prof PC Guha<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">by Subrata Mitra, Partner at Accel Ventures<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"269\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/sr-and-usha-venkataramanan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-435\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:179px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-63bfd6c1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong>Chair Professorship in Endocrinology and Nephrology<br><\/strong>by IISc alumnus SR Venkatramanan &amp; wife, Usha Venkatramanan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/murali-aravamudan-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-436\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:180px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-63bfd6c1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong>Lakshmi Aravamudan Visiting Chair Professorship<\/strong> <strong>in Cardiology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">by IISc alumnus Murali Aravamudan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chair Professorships Chair professorships are prestigious positions established to recognize and support distinguished faculty members conducting impactful research and teaching. Funded through endowments, these chairs provide resources like top-up salaries, research grants, and other benefits to advance academic excellence. They attract and retain top talent, foster innovation, and strengthen the institution&#8217;s reputation globally. 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