Anand Prakash

The undersigned has played an important role in development of teaching and research. The applicant has been in teaching profession for the last 16 years. During this long career as a teacher and a researcher I have experienced and learnt the art of administration in teaching and research and the ethics involved. I started my career as a teacher in 2001 after successfully completing my doctoral work at IITR, Lucknow. However my passion for higher research made me join postdoctoral position at University of Illinois Chicago, USA and later at Department of Pharmacology at Creighton University Omaha, Nebraska, USA. During this span of about 05 years I underwent world class training in the field of learning and memory and alcohol addiction. I learnt many behavioural, molecular and electrophysiological techniques required towards deeper understanding of neural circuits leading to memory formation as well as addiction. In 2009 I came back to India and joined as an Assistant Professor at Department of Biotechnology, BBAU, Lucknow. I worked hard in changing the research and teaching at the Department. I got a new innovative programme in M.Sc. Brain and Cognition Sciences as well as big research grants from DBT and DST. I also established a small animal house and a laboratory with facilities like cell culture, immunohistochemistry, behavioural research (fear conditioning), molecular techniques like CHIP assay, western blot and real time PCR, fluorescent microscopy etc., for higher research. Currently the undersigned is working as Professor at Dept. of Biotech, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, since last 05 years. During these 05 years I have been successful in creating a conducive environment for teaching, learning and research. Being the Senior most Professor of MGCU currently I am holding the charge of Vice Chancellor of MGCU since March 2022. Apart from this I have been DSW, Provost, Acacdemic Coordinator, IQAC Coordinator and many other Administrative Positions.