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Humboldt award for UoH Vice-Chancellor

The award honours academic achievements and is valued at
Rs. 37 lakh

HYDERABAD: Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain, Vice-Chancellor of University of Hyderabad, has been selected for the prestigious Humboldt Research Award 2008.

The award is given to ‘eminent non-German researchers whose fundamental discoveries, insights or new theories have had a lasting impact on their field of specialisation and who are expected to produce cutting edge results’. It is given by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.

The Humboldt Research Prize honours the academic achievements to date of internationally recognised scientists and is valued at €60000 (about Rs. 37 lakh). He was also honoured with Padma Sri by the Government of India.

Prof. Hasnain was the first Director of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad. He currently leads an active research group on molecular epidemiology and functional biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen that causes tuberculosis and has authored more than 180 research papers and about a dozen international patents.

Several honours

Prof. Hasnain is also the recipient of several other awards including the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, the Ranbaxy Research Award, J.C. Bose Fellowship and the prestigious G.D. Birla Award which is given annually to a scientist who has excelled in all branches of sciences put together.

He is also a Fellow of several prestigious national and International Science Academies. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India and is the Chairman of the Biotechnology Advisory Council to the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

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