Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain
Biological Sciences
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain obtained his BSc (Hons) degree from Magadh University, MSc and PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. During his PhD he worked under the supervision of Professor KC Upadhyaya​, FNA. He started his career as a Lecturer (1982-83) in the Department of Botany, University of Delhi. He moved to Canada as a post-doctoral Fellow at the Department of Medicine, University of Alberta and then at the Texas A&M University, USA and ​worked at ​the ​National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi (1987) as ​S​taff Scientist. He was appointed as the First Director (1999-2005) of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad. Presently an Invited Professor IIT Delhi where he teaches, has a laboratory and supervises over a dozen PhD students registered at II​T, he was the Vice-Chancellor ​(2005-2011) ​of the University of Hyderabad (a Central University). ​An Honorary Distinguished Professor, ​Dr Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences, Hyderabad ​he was​ Honorary Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)​, Bangalore​.
Research Interest
Molecular Infection Biology, Molecular Functional Epidemiology and Pathogenesis