Rakesh Bhatnagar

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]

Rakesh Bhatnagar
Bhatnagar in his office at BHU
Vice-Chancellor of Amity University, Jaipur
In office 6 July 2021 – 6 July 2024
Preceded by	Arun Patil
Succeeded by	Amit Jain
27th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University
In office 28 March 2018 – 28 March 2021
Appointed by	Ramnath Kovind
Preceded by	Girish Chandra Tripathi
Succeeded by	Sudhir K. Jain
Personal details
Born	(1951-07-31) 31 July 1951 (age 74) [1] Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Spouse	Dr. Nirupama Banerjee Bhatnagar
Alma mater	National Sugar Institute Kanpur University, Kanpur
Occupation	Biotechnology Educationist
Awards	Presidents Visitor's Award INSA Fellow NASI Fellow IAS Fellow
Website	Scholar-Profile

Early life

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

Career

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]