Rakesh Bhatnagar

Rakesh Bhatnagar is an Indian educationist, scientist and current Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.[2]

Rakesh Bhatnagar
Born (1951-07-29) 29 July 1951 [1]
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materNational Sugar Institute
Kanpur University, Kanpur
OccupationBiotechnology
Educationist
Years activeSince 1979
Known forAnthrax Research
Spouse(s)Dr. Nirupama Banerjee Bhatnagar
AwardsPresidents Visitor's Award
INSA Fellow
NASI Fellow
IAS Fellow
WebsiteScholar-Profile

Early life

He has an M. Sc. from Kanpur University and Phd from National Sugar Institute.

Career

He has served as the dean of the school of biotechnology at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the Vice Chancellor of Kumaun University, the director of the academic staff college at JNU, and the director of the Advanced Instrumentation Research Facility at JNU.[3] He helped develop a genetically engineered vaccine against anthrax.[4] He is an elected fellow of several major Indian science academies and is a recipient of many honors, including the 2016 President of India Visitor's Award for Innovation.[5] His team has also developed a DNA vaccine against Rabies. His research group has initiated research in other important infectious disease systems like Mycobacterium, Brucella; aiming to open avenues for their control. His areas of interest are Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Recombinant Vaccine Development, and Programmed Cell Death in Prokaryotes.[6]

References
  1. Kumar, Mamidala Jagadesh (1 August 2016). "Prof. Rakesh Bhatnagar of JNU retired on 29-07-2016. JNU Wishes him a very active life ahead.pic.twitter.com/bj3xroNvn8". Twitter. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. "Vice-Chancellor". Bhu.ac.in. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. "Rakesh Bhatnagar". Samviti.com. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  4. "Dr. Rakesh Bhatnagar : CV". Jnu.ac.in. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. "VISITOR'S AWARDS 14th March, 2016" (PDF). President of India, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  6. "VISITOR'S AWARDS" (PDF). Presidentofindia.nic.in. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2019.


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