Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain is an Indian academic and a

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. He is a recipient of the prestigious

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award.

Biography

Hasnain spent several years at the

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, U.S., and returned to India in 1987 to work as a staff scientist at the National Institute of Immunology (NII).National Institute of Immunology Home Page
/ref> Hasnain was appointed as the first director of

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(CDFD) in February 1999. He served as the 7th vice-chancellor of

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from 2005 to 2011.University of Hyderabad Home Page
/ref> He took charge as vice-chancellor of

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, New Delhi on 2 September 2016 and served the office till 2021. An invited professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (2011–2018), he is currently serving as one of the first 5 National Science Chair of SERB at IIT, Delhi. ––

Distinctions

* Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany * Robert Koch Fellow (Visiting Scientist Programme), Germany * Honorary Doctorate (2011) from Queen’s University, Belfast, U.K. * Member, German Science Academy – Leopoldina, Germany * Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, USA * Member, Scientific Advisory Council to the prime minister of India *Member, Scientific Advisory Council to the Union Cabinet – Govt. of India *

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from the

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in 2006 * J. C. Bose National Fellow, University of Hyderabad * Fellow of TWAS, Trieste, Italy * Humboldt Research Award 2008 (The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany) * Member of Aga Khan Foundation * FICCI Award * Ranbaxy Research Award * Goyal Award * Bhasin Award

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hasnain, Seyed 1954 births Living people Scientists from Bihar Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni Academic staff of Delhi University Indian Sunni Muslims Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering 20th-century Indian biologists Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Biological Science