Rakesh Bhatnagar has been appointed as the vice-chancellor of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU). Bhatnagar has been working in the field of anthrax for the past 20 years.
Rakesh Bhatnagar, who was VC of Kumaon University from 2012 to 2013, has been teaching at JNU for two decades and his areas of interest include molecular biology of infectious diseases, recombinant vaccine development and programmed cell death in prokaryotes.
Prof. Rakesh Bhatnagar has been working in the field of anthrax for the past 20 years.
Rakesh Bhatnagar's predecessor, Girish Chandra Tripathi, had gone on leave two months before his tenure came to an end, following a ruckus on campus in September last year.
The development came amid indications from HRD Ministry sources that the central government was upset with the manner in which the former vice-chancellor had handled the entire episode, including a protest by women students following an incident of alleged harassment.
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