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).National Institute of Immunology Home Page
/ref> 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.University of Hyderabad Home Page
/ref> He took charge as Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi on 2 September 2016.

Distinctions

* Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany * Robert Koch Fellow (Visiting Scientist Programme) * Member, German Science Academy – Leopoldina * Member, Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India *Member, Scientific Advisory Council to the Union Cabinet – Govt. of India * Padma Shri Award from the President of India in 2006 * J. C. Bose National Fellow, University of Hyderabad * Humboldt Research Award 2008 (The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germanyhttp://172.16.1.100/admin/uploads/spotlights/VC_Award.pdf)

References

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