Dorairajan Balasubramanian, Indian cytologist and molecular biologist (Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu State 28 August 1939 –

Authored over 450 publications (6 books)

Showed that biochemical damage to visual proteins compromise lenticular transparency and lead to cataract

Isolated limbal stem cells of eye cornea

Showed the importance of optineurin in regulating the process of endocytic recycling