Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISER Mohali) has appointed Dr. (Prof.) Anil Kumar Tripathi as the director for a tenure of five years. Prof Tripathi is a senior professor in the School of Biotechnology, Institute of Science at Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He has over 40 years of research and teaching experience.
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He has been teaching in BHU since 1990 and has also served as a professor at the DDU University, Gorakhpur from 2002-2004. Prof. Tripathi was also the Director of the Institute of Science, BHU, from February 2019 to January 2024. He has been contributing significantly in various administrative as well as academic capacities in the university, besides leading several research projects, claims the press release.
He has supervised 22 PhD theses and is a recipient of numerous fellowships and awards. These include the J C Bose National Fellowship, Dr Rajendra Prasad Oration Award, CSIR Technology Award in Life Science, UGC Career Award in Biotechnology, and ISCA Young Scientist Award by the Indian Science Congress, Bangalore, among others. He is also the Fellow of the leading Science Academies of the country including Indian Academy of Science (IASc), Bangalore, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), National Academy of Sciences India (NASI), Allahabad, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS).
Prof. Tripathi has a number of publications in leading national and international research journals, to his credit. His areas of expertise are bacterial genetics, functional genomics, systems biology and synthetic biology, informed the release.
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He has also served as the Director of the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP) from February 2014 to January 2019. As per Media Report.
