Biography:

Professor Bhaskar C. Harinath Director, JBTDRC and Honorary Professor in Biochemistry, after completing Ph.D. and Post¬ doctoral study in United States under Fulbright programme, joined MGIMS in 1970 to establish the Department of Biochemistry. During the last forty two years, in addition to teaching and hospital biochemistry work, the department was developed into an advanced centre for Tropical Disease Research in particular on filaria and tuberculosis with all the sophisticated equipments with support from Unichem labs., USEFI, ICMR, CSIR, DST, DBT and WHO/TDR resulting in establishment of Jamnalal Bajaj Tropical Disease Research Centre on campus.