For most of us at NCBS, the K. VijayRaghavan we meet on a daily basis is the ever-affable, always approachable and remarkably visionary leader of the Centre.

But of course Vijay also maintains a highly productive research career, and thanks to the same energy and intelligence he shows in administration, he continues to be one of the world's leading developmental biologists.His achievements were recently recognised by the award of the prestigious Infosys Prize for the Life Sciences, 2009.You can read more about why the Infosys Jury chose Vijay here, and about all of the 2009 Infosys winners here.Never one to rest on his laurels, Vijay also recently demonstrated his flute playing skills in a performance by the Neuronal Wind duo.