Prof. (Dr.)
Anand Nighojkar (N.Anand) is the Principal of MRSC since April 2006. Dr. Anand did
his M.Sc. (Biotechnology) from DAVV in 1991 (First batch in M.P.) in first
division with distinction. He was
awarded Ph.D in Biotechnology in 1996 on the topic “Pectinase and Pectin methyl
esterase from germinating seeds of Vigna Sinensis (Cow pea)”. He is a Gold Medalist in his B.Sc. (Ag) from
JNKUV Jabalpur in 1988.
Prof. Anand
Joined MRSC as Asst. Prof. and head, Department of Microbiology in 1995. He pioneered the starting of B.Sc.
(Biotechnology) in DAVV with MRSC as first college to do so in 2001. MRSC also became the first college in DAVV to
start M.Sc. (Biotechnology) in 2006.
Prof. Anand
prior to joining MRSC worked as JRF in CSIR project of Dr. Anil Kumar (91-94)
then he was selected as CSIR-SRF in 1995 Jan.
He has to his credit-15 research publications, attended several
International and National Conferences, Co-chaired scientific sessions at
conferences and delivered several lectures as guest speaker.
He has been
member Board of Studies in DAVV for Microbiology, Biotechnology and also member
exam committee of DAVV in Biotechnology.
He has guided
several students for their M.Sc. and Ph.D. thesis and also coauthored a book an
“Experiments in Biotechnology.” His
areas of interest are Enzyme Technology and Molecular Biology.