Dorairajan Balasubramanian, popularly known as Professor Balu, is an Indian biophysical chemist and ocular biochemist.
He is a former President of Indian Academy of Sciences and a Director of Research at the Prof.
Brien Holden Eye Research Centre of L.
V.
Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad.
A recipient of the National Order of Merit (France), Balasubramanian was honored by the Government of India, in 2002, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri