Brief introduction for invited talks
Prof. Pawan K. Dhar is currently Head, of the Synthetic Biology group at the School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He also has a concurrent appointment as a Professor at the Special Centre for Systems medicine and the School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies at JNU. Prof. Dhar received his Ph.D. degree in 1993 from BHU (Varanasi) in Human Genetics. One of his significant contributions has been to develop a novel drug discovery platform from DNA sequences from the dark matter of the genome. In the past, Prof. Dhar has established research groups in India, Singapore, and Japan and published in the area of human genetics, systems biology, and synthetic biology covering computational, experimental and policy areas.
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Some of the key administrative responsibilities that have come up in the last few years
Within JNU: Dean, School of Biotechnology; Member, Executive Council & Academic Council; President, Institutional Innovation Council; Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell; Chair, Institute of Eminence Committee; and Intellectual Property Cell.
Outside JNU: Governing Council, NIFTEM Thanjavur and Presidency University, Kolkata; Advisory Committee, Hunt for Vaccine, Govt. of India & UK Govt., Member of JNU Academic Committees of LBS NAA, Mussoorie; DIPAS (DRDO), New Delhi; Indian Naval Academy Kerala, Raman Research Institute, CDRI Lucknow; IMTECH Research Council, Chandigarh; THSTI, Faridabad, National Institute of Immunology, CEC, IUAC, New Delhi, NIPGR, DBT Task Force on Genome Engineering, DBT Human Resource Development Program, IBSC of Indian Oil Company, Faridabad, CCMB Hyderabad, MHRD, Selection Committee, Commonwealth Scholarship UK and Japan; New Delhi Task Force, DBT Marine Biotechnology, New Delhi; Board of Studies, Gujarat National Law University; Central University of Kashmir, Oversight Committee, DBT Bioenergy Centres
Employment History
Dean, School of Biotechnology
School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi [ May 2017 - May 2021 ]
Professor & Head
Synthetic Biology group
School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi [ Mar 2015 ... ]
Professor
Department of Life Sciences
School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University
Dadri, Greater Noida, U.P.
Professor and Head, Biotechnology
Symbiosis School of Biomedical Sciences
Symbiosis International University, Lavale, Pune
Adjunct Professor
Centre for Energy Biosciences,
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
Director, Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology
University of Kerala, Trivandrum, Kerala
Senior Scientist & Head, Synthetic Biology group,
RIKEN Advanced Sciences Institute, Japan Adjunct Faculty,
Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Senior Scientist & Group Leader, Systems Biology,
Bioinformatics Institute, Singapore
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry,
National University of Singapore.
Assistant Professor Institute of Advanced Biosciences,
Keio University, Japan
Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Radiation Genetics,
Kyoto University, Japan
Associate Professor & Lab Head, Human Genetics Division,
Dept. of Anatomy, Manipal University, Udupi, Karnataka
Visiting Scientist, Institute of Medical Radiation Genetics,
University of Essen, Germany
Assistant Professor and Lab Head, Human Genetics Division,
Dept. of Anatomy, Manipal University, Udupi, Karnataka
Academic History
Higher Diploma in Software Engineering (1998)
APTECH, Udupi, Karnataka
http://www.aptech-education.com
Ph.D. in Human Genetics (1992)
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P.
Masters in Zoology (1986)
Department of Biosciences,
University of Jammu, Jammu J&K
Bachelors in Science (1984)
GGM Science College, Jammu, J&K
Matriculation (1980)
National High School, Srinagar,
Kashmir, J&K