Ramesh ChandraProf. Ramesh Chandra is a distinguished scientist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, recognized for his contributions to Biomedical Sciences. He currently serves as Vice-Chancellor of Maharaja Surajmal Brij University, Rajasthan, and is the Founder Director of the Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research at the University of Delhi. Prof. Chandra has held prominent positions including Vice-Chancellor of Bundelkhand University and Head of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Delhi. He has also served as an official resource person to the Minister and Department of Science and Technology in Lesotho, South Africa. His research career spans prestigious institutions such as Cornell University, Rockefeller University, Harvard Medical School, and MIT.

He started his research career at the University of Delhi, then at The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, and The Rockefeller University, New York; State University of New York at Stony brook, New York; Harvard University Medical School-Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) jointly at MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Prof. Chandra has been Vice-Chancellor, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (1999-2005) as well as President of the Indian Chemical Society, Member, Planning Commission, Government of U.P. India; Secretary - Zaheer Science Foundation, New Delhi and Non-Official Director, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, Government of India. He was also Head of the Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi.

He is recipient of several international recognitions: J. William Fulbright Scholarship, The Rockefeller Foundation USA-Biotechnology Career Award, Award of the Highest Honor of Soka University, Tokyo, Japan; Millennium Plaques of Honor (Life Time Achievement Award for contribution in Science & Technology) by the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Lifetime Achievement Award of the Indian Chemical Society (ICS); UGC Research Scientist Award; UGC Career Award; Rajib Goyal Award for Young Scientists and others.

Prof. Chandra shows deep commitment to the cause of higher education & research and possesses in ample measure quality of dynamic leadership, vision required for building academic institutions and excelled in his academic pursuits. To illustrate, he has to his credit several international patents, 9 Books; 28 Book Chapters; and more than 387 original Scientific Research Papers in International journals of repute. He has mentored more than 100 Ph.D students.