Prof. Ramakrishna Wusirika

Prof. Ramakrishna Wusirika, Acting Vice Chancellor of Central University of Punjab is an academician with over 30 years of combined experience in teaching, research and administration. Prof. Wusirika has been playing a vital role in administration and day-to-day functioning of the University.  He holds a doctoral degree from Pune University, Pune. He has been serving/served in the University since 2015 in various capacities: Dean, InCharge Academics from 2020, Dean, School of Basic Sciences (2020-2023), Dean, School of Global Relations (2017- 2020), HoD, Department of Biochemistry (2021-2022), and HoD, Department of Biochemistry and Microbial Sciences (2016-2019). Prior to joining Central University of Punjab, Prof. Wusirika was a postdoctoral fellow at Purdue University, USA and served as a faculty at Michigan Technology Technological University, USA. He was also Director, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) Graduate Program at Michigan Technological University, USA.

Prof. Wusirika’s areas of research interest are Plant Microbe Interactions and Plant Natural Products. He is an accomplished researcher with over 100 publications in reputed journals. He has mentored 12 Ph.D. scholars and 40 post graduate students for their research. Prof. Wusirika has served as PI or Co-PI on research projects funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Currently, he is serving as Central University of Punjab PI as part of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Anusandhan National Research Foundation Partnerships for Accelerated Innovation and Research (ANRF PAIR) grant. He is also Co-PI on current research projects funded by Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and DST.

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Email Id:  vc[at]cup[dot]edu[dot]in