Rakesh Bhatnagar

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Rakesh Bhatnagar
File:Prof. Rakesh Bhatnagar.jpg
Bhatnagar in his office at BHU
Vice-Chancellor of Amity University, Jaipur
In office
6 July 2021 – 6 July 2024
Preceded byArun Patil
Succeeded byAmit Jain
27th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University
In office
28 March 2018 – 28 March 2021
Appointed byRamnath Kovind
Preceded byGirish Chandra Tripathi
Succeeded bySudhir K. Jain
Personal details
Born (1951-07-31) 31 July 1951 (age 74) [1]
SpouseDr. Nirupama Banerjee Bhatnagar
Alma materNational Sugar Institute
Kanpur University, Kanpur
OccupationBiotechnology
Educationist
AwardsPresidents Visitor's Award
INSA Fellow
NASI Fellow
IAS Fellow
WebsiteScholar-Profile

Rakesh Bhatnagar is an Indian educationist, scientist, who served as Vice Chancellor of Amity University Rajasthan.[2][3] Previously he has served as the 27th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University.[4][5]

Early life

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

Career

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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.[6] Dr. Bhatnagar also served as the Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.[7] He helped develop a genetically engineered vaccine against anthrax.[8] 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.[9] 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.[citation needed] His areas of interest are Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Recombinant Vaccine Development, and Programmed Cell Death in Prokaryotes.[10]

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