Pushpa Mittra Bhargava (1928-2017)

Pushpa Mittra Bhargava's vision for the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), founded by him in Hyderabad in 1977, is now the stuff of legend. He had already set his sights on institution building before he hit 30, at a time when most researchers are thinking about establishing their own careers and identities. CCMB was the idyll where about 20 of the finest minds led small-to medium-sized groups of scientists to study major unsolved questions in biology.