Seyed E. Hasnain
| Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain | |
|---|---|
| Born |
13 April 1954 Gaya, Bihar India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Fields | Life Sciences |
| Institutions | IIT Delhi (2011 – |
| Alma mater | Jawaharlal Nehru University (PhD) |
| Doctoral students | Akash Ranjan, Saman Habib Sharmistha Banerjee, M Krishnaveni, Sudip Ghosh, Smanla Tundup, Yusuf Akhter, |
| Notable awards |
G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research 2001 Om Prakash Bhasin Award Goyal Award Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Ranbaxy Research Award |
Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain is Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, an academic, science policy advisor and institution builder based in Delhi, India.
Hasnain spent several years at the Texas A&M University, USA and returned to India in 1987 to work as a Staff Scientist at the National Institute of Immunology. Hasnain was appointed as the first director of Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) in February 1999. He served as the 7th Vice-Chancellor of University of Hyderabad from 2005-2011. He took charge as Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi on 2 September 2016.
Hasnain is the Chairman of the Biotechnology Advisory Committee (Government of Andhra Pradesh) and Adviser to the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on Biotech related issues. He is also the Member of Biotechnology Advisory Committees of Government of Jharkhand, Government of Gujarat and Government of Kerala.
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