Vasant Ramji Khanolkar, Indian pathologist (Quetta, Pakistan 13 April 1895 – 29 October 1978)
Authored over 100 scientific papers and 3 books
World famous for his work on racial distribution of blood groups especially the Rh group
The racial distribution of the blood groups. J. Anthrop. Soc. 1:110-33, 1945
With B. Suryabai. Cancer in relation to usages. Three new types in India. Arch. Pathol. 40:351-61, 1945
Developed Khanolkar reaction for ketosteroids
With A.S. Krishnamurthi, C.D. Bagul & M.B. Sahasrabudhe. A new method of histochemical localization of corticoids. Indian J. Pathol. Bacteriol. 1:84-9, 1958
Developed Khanolkar concentration test for Mycobacterium leprae
With K. Rajalakshmi. A method for the concentration of acid-fast bacilli in skin biopsies from leprosy patients. Leprosy in India 24:47-61, 1952
Method of taking biopsy for histological examination. Lepr. Rev. 22:83-5,
Isolated a new strain of Mycobacterium leprae
First proposed the presence of Mycobacterium leprae within axons (1955) and established its mode of dispersion (neural leprosy)
With Cochrane suggested the term dimorphous leprosy (1956)