Prof Anil K Tyagi, a leading scientist in Biotechnology and recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, has joined as the new vice- chancellor of IP University for a full five-year term. Prior to this assignment, Prof Tyagi was chairman, Advisory Committee of WUS Health Centre, University of Delhi, South Campus.
His area of specialisation is Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Tuberculosis Research with special emphasis on vaccine development and drug discovery. He was HoD of Biotechnology from 1990 to 2011. He is recipient of several national and international awards and member of numerous national and international scientific bodies. Prof Tyagi holds an MSc degree in Biochemistry from the University of Allahabad and a PhD degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Delhi.
After the retirement of previous vice-chancellor Prof DK Bandyopadhyay, on December 11, 2013, the senior most dean of the University Prof Anup Singh Beniwal had been appointed as interim V-C to run the university administration in the interim period.