Cancer Science & Therapy

Prakash S. Bisen

Prakash S. Bisen Defence Research Development Organization Ministry of Defence, Government of India Gwalior, India

Biography

Prakash S. Bisen received PhD in 1972 and DSc in 1981 from Jabalpur University, Jabalpur, India. He has guided 60 doctoral theses and has to his credit 250 publications in indexed international journals of repute with 8 international books on contemporary issues in biological sciences. He has served as Lecturer and Reader in the department of Biological Sciences, Rani Durgawati University, Jabalpur and Professor and Director of the Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Vice-Chancellor, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, Direcor, Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior, Director and Dean, JC Bose Institute of Life Sciences, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi and Pricipal Director, Jaipur National University, Jaipur. He was a fellow of the UNESCO/UNDP/ICRO and Hungarian Academy of Sciences at the Institute of Plant Physiology, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary; a U.S. National Science Foundation fellow in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago and in the Department of Bacteriology at the University of California, Davis; UNESCO/WHO fellow at the Institute of Microbiology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Budejovika, Praha, Czechoslovakia; Marie Curie fellow at the Institute of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom; and DAAD (German Academic Exchange Fellowship) fellow at the University of Bonn, Germany, First Indira Gandhi Fellowship for his outstanding work on environment conservation and management (cyanophages), National Overseas Associateship of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, UGC Career Award, State Level Kailash Nath Katju Award of Government of Madhya Pradesh for contributions in Life Sciences. He was awarded the Life Time Professorship, the highest honor of Bundhelkhand University, Jhansi, India. Professor Bisen worked as emeritus scientist (CSIR) at Defence Research Development Establishment, Defence Research Development Organization, Ministry of Defence, Government of India, Gwalior and is currently pursuing his research in the field of medical biotechnology as Honorary Professor with a research project on tuberculosis from Grand Challenges Canada, Govt of Canada in the Centre of Innovative Technology, Vikrant Institute of Technology and Management, Gwalior and School of Biotechnology, Jiwaji University, Gwalior. He has been elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India, for his enormous contributions to the field of biology. The diagnostic technology developed by Professor Bisen is unique in several respects and has received recognition worldwide. The technology has been patented in India, the United States, Europe, and Japan (six international patents). Other patents are under active consideration. Professor Bisen is the external scientific advisor to a Barcelona-based multinational company, Biokit, which is involved in the manufacturing of diagnostic kits. He also serves as the chief of the research and development center of an upcoming industry, Tropilite Foods, based at Gwalior, which is involved in food biotechnology and develops several innovative products for the food industry.

Research Interest

Biotechnology, Medical biotechnology and biology