The Biophysics Research: The Role of Indian Biophysical Society (IBS) and the Asian Biophysics Association (ABA)

[1. Birth and the Early Days of Indian Biophysical Society(IBS)] Since the days of Jagadish Chandra Bose, the first Indian physicist to realize the importance of physics in biology, the area of biophysics flourished at many Universities and Institutes as centers for multidisciplinary research in India. N. N. Dasgupta was another active researcher from Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics(SINP)in Kolkata fabricated the first electron microscope in India and played a key role in introducing biophysics as a part of physics teaching at the University of Calcutta. In later years, a separate Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics was established at the University of Calcutta. At the same time, A. R. Gopala Ayengar at Bhabha Atomic Research Center(BARC), Mumbai was doing in biophysical studies with radioactive isotopes and ionizing radiations. Also at the University of Madras, G. N. Ramachandran developed a laboratory for study of biomolecules using of X-ray crystallography. Under his leadership, pioneering work on the triple helical structure of collagen was determined.