M. G. Deo

Madhav Gajanan Deo (born 6 April 1932) is an Indian oncologist, pathologist and educationist, known for his contributions to the field of Molecular medicine.

[3] Madhav Deo was born on 6 April 1932[4] and graduated in medicine from Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior under Agra University in 1955.

[1] During his masters and doctoral research at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, along with V. Ramalingaswami, Deo was able to develop a non-human primate model of human protein energy malnutrition.

[8][9] Together, they propounded the necessity of iodization of common salt,[10][11] which formed the base for the National Goitre Control Programme in India.

[13][14] Continuing his research at the institute, Deo and his colleagues, discovered an Enhancing Factor (EF), a 14 kDa protein, isolated from the small intestine of mice.

[26] He also worked as an honorary visiting professor at the School of Health Sciences of the University of Pune[27] and was a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National AIDS Research Institute.