Seyed E. Hasnain

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Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain
Life sciences
InstitutionsIIT Delhi (2011 – 2024)

Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain is an Indian academic.

Biography

Hasnain spent several years at the Texas A&M University, U.S. and returned to India in 1987 to work as a Staff Scientist at the National Institute of Immunology (NII).[1] 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 to 2011.[2] He took charge as Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard,[3] New Delhi on 2 September 2016 and served the office till 2021.

Distinctions

  • Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany [4]
  • Robert Koch Fellow (Visiting Scientist Programme), Germany[5]
  • Honorary Doctorate (2011) from Queen’s University, Belfast, U.K.[6]
  • Member, German Science Academy – Leopoldina, Germany[7]
  • Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, USA
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India[8]
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Council to the Union Cabinet – Govt. of India[8]
  • Padma Shri Award from the President of India in 2006[9]
  • J. C. Bose National Fellow, University of Hyderabad[10]
  • Fellow of TWAS, Trieste, Italy
  • Humboldt Research Award 2008 (The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany[11])
  • Member of Aga Khan Foundation
  • FICCI Award
  • Ranbaxy Research Award
  • Goyal Award
  • Bhasin Award[12]

References

  1. ^ National Institute of Immunology Home Page
  2. ^ University of Hyderabad Home Page
  3. ^ "Dr S E Hasnain Appointed New Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Indian scientist gets Order of Merit from German government | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  5. ^ "Robert Koch-Fellow"- Programm Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Dr S E Hasnain Honorary Doctorate from Queen's University" (PDF).
  7. ^ Leopoldina-halle Archived 4 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ a b "The Hindu : National : Scientific advisory council to Prime Minister constituted". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ http://172.16.1.100/admin/uploads/spotlights/VC_Award.pdf[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Dr S E Hasnain Profile".