Rakesh Bhatnagar

Rakesh Bhatnagar
Born	(1951-07-29) 29 July 1951 Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	National Sugar Institute Kanpur University, Kanpur
Occupation(s)	Biotechology Educationist
Years active	Since 1979
Known for	Anthrax Research
Spouse	Dr. Nirupama Banerjee Bhatnagar
Awards	Presidents Visitor's Award INSA Fellow NASI Fellow IAS Fellow
Website	Scholar-Profile

Rakesh Bhatnagar is an Indian educationist, scientist and current Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. 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. He helped develop a genetically engineered vaccine against anthrax. 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. 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. His areas of interest are Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Recombinant Vaccine Development, and Programmed Cell Death in Prokaryotes.