Dr. Seyed Hasnain

Biography

  Ph.D. (JNU, Delhi), D.Sc. (h.c.), D.Med.Sc. (h.c), Former professor at the University of Delhi • National Institute of Immunology (an Institute of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India) Institution builder, policy maker, an administrator and importantly, an active scientist First Director of Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Govt of India and made CDFD a gold standard for DNA based crime investigations in the country As the Vice Chancellor of the prestigious University of Hyderabad, he made it the #1 University of India displacing JNU and DU for which the Prime Minister of India gave a PURSE Award Recipient of many prestigious Awards such as G.D. Birla Award, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, FICCI Award, J.C. Bose National Fellow Award, Ranbaxy Research Award, Goyal Award, Bhasin Award etc At the age of 51, he received the Padma Shri (Civilian Award) from the President of India 3rd Indian (Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, 2009, Dr Amartya Sen, 2010) to receive an Honorary Doctorate from the Queen’s University, UK (member of the prestigious Russell Group of Universities which include Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College etc) International recognitions include the rare Humboldt Research Prize (Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation, Germany); the very exclusive Robert Koch Fellowship (the ONLY Indian so far), of the Robert Koch Institute, Berlin etc First Indian elected as a Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and youngest to be elected as a Fellow of TWAS, Trieste Elected Fellow of all the major Science Academies of India (FNA, FASc, FNASc) Member of the International Advisory Board, EuroPathoGenomics Network of Excellence Well known internationally for his research on Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the TB causing bacterium, and has >240 publications in peer-reviewed journals of high impact, and >dozen patents globally Mentored more than 100 PhD, MD and Post Doctoral students, four of who received the prestigious INSA Young Scientist Medal Member of Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (SAC-PM) Was a member of Scientific Advisory Committee to the Union Cabinet Was Chairman of Biotech Advisory Council, Government of Andhra Pradesh for several years and a Member of Biotech Advisory Council of many other State Governments. Chairman of the Academic Committee of the prestigious Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI, Chandigarh) and Member of the PGI Institute Body and Governing Council. Member of Governing Councils of Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla; Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; IIM, Khozikode; and several other institutions; policy-making bodies; XII Plan Committees for the Ministries of S&T, MHRD, and Health Invited Professor at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Member of the University Grants Commission (UGC)

Research Interest

  Biotechnology