Professor Seyed E. Hasnain

Elected Fellow, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences(TWAS)

Member, Prime Minister's Scientific Advisory Council

Recipient of the Padma Award from the President of India (Civilian Award of India)

Member, Scientific Advisory Council to the Union Cabinet

J C Bose National Fellow, University of Hyderabad

Honorary Professor, JNCASR, Bangalore, India

Founding Fellow and Adviser, ISOGEM

Distinguished Professorat the  Institute of Life Sciences

Hasnain as institution builder:

During the tenure of Prof. Hasnain as VC, UoH is firmly established as a Premier University of  India. Last year, UoH was ranked within the top 2 Universities of the country in S&T by the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India and as a consequence,  received the very prestigious PURSE Award (Rs 10 crore grant/year) from the Prime Minister of India. In the NISTADS, Govt of India analyses released in November, 2010, UoH has pushed Delhi University from the #1 position. The National Assessment and  Accreditation Council (NAAC) of India awarded UoH an overall grading of 97% (which remains the highest score given to any University till date). The International SCOPUS database analyses of multidisciplinary areas ranked UoH as the Top University in India.  As per the latest Q&S ranking (a respected ranking Institution based in China), UoH  figures at #34 in terms of quality of research output (no University from India figures  within top 90), and at #5 in teacher student ratio, amongst the top 200 Institutions of  higher education in Asia. In the latest UK Research Council survey of Centres of  Excellence in Social Sciences and Humanities, few UoH Departments figure prominently.

Contribution to science policy and administration:

Having served the Membership of the Sectional Committees and Council of the National Academies of Sciences of India, he is now a Member of the Sectional Committee (Microbiology & Immunolgy) to elect new members to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He is also a Member of the International Advisory Board, EuroPathoGenomics Network of Excellence and is the Founding  Patron of the ISOGEM (International Society for Genomic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Italy).  Hasnain has now been re-invited by the Prime Minister of India to serve another 5-year term as a Member of Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (SAC-PM) and continues as a Member of Scientific Advisory Committee to the Union Cabinet. He is Chairman of Biotech Advisory Council, Government of Andhra Pradesh and a Member of Biotech Advisory Council of many other State Governments. A Member of Governing Councils of Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, IIM,  Kozhikode, and several institutions, policy-making bodies for S&T and Higher education in the country. He serves on the Board of Directors of  Indian Immunologicals Limited, CICI Knowledge Park, Suven Life  Sciences, and several other Trusts and Societies.