The Department of Biological Sciences is organising a Guest Talk by Prof. Edathil Vijayan, on December 17, 2025. Prof. Edathil Vijayan, President, Society for Biotechnologists India (SBTI) and Chairman, National Academy of Sciences India (NASI) – Kerala Chapter, will deliver an interactive session on “Disruptive Technologies Expected to Change the World.”
About the Speaker
Prof. Dr. Edathil Vijayan FNASc., currently President, Society for Biotechnologists India (SBTI) holds a BSc (Hons.), MSc. and Ph.D. from Banaras Hindu University. Immediately after his PhD, he joined the Department of Zoology, Center for Advanced Studies in Endocrinology, Delhi University as a Faculty. He was awarded the Ford Foundation post-doctoral Fellowship with Dr S M McCann at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, USA from1974-78. On return, he was selected as an Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences in the newly established Hyderabad Central University and rose to the rank of full Professor shortly. He was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Gottingen, Germany (1981-83). He was invited as Professor and Head, Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Dean, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry Central University in 1988 and continued in that position till 2006.
His research interests vary from Neuroendocrinology/Mammalian reproduction, Neuropeptides and Neurotransmitters, generously supported by DST grants. Prof. Vijayan has published over 105 papers in International Journals of repute including Nobel Foundation Symposium Volume and contributed Chapters in several Books. He has supervised 12 Ph.D., and 15 M.Phil Scholars and served as Chairman, Board of Studies, Member Academic Council and Executive Council of several Universties and Expert Committees of DST, ICMR, CSIR, UGC and UPSC and NAAC. He is also Ph.D. examiner for over 40 Indian and foreign Universities. Life Member of several Professional Societies including Endocrine Society USA and Max-Planck Alumni Association Germany.