Prof. (Dr.) P. P. Mathur

Prof. Premendu P. Mathur is the Vice Chancellor of Birla Global University, Bhubaneswar, with over 48 years of teaching and research experience. Previously, he served as the Vice Chancellor of KIIT University and was the Founder Head of the Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University, where he also led the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. A distinguished academician, Prof. Mathur holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Banaras Hindu University. He is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India, and the National Academy of Medical Sciences. With around 200 published papers and numerous accolades, including the Asutosh Mookerjee Memorial Award and the ICMR International Fellowship Award, he has significantly contributed to academia. Prof. Mathur has been a driving force behind several educational initiatives, including the “Study in India Programme,” and has served on the editorial boards of over 100 national and international journals.