B. J. Rao
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| Born | Basuthkar Jagadeeshwar Rao 13 March 1956 Andhra Pradesh, India |
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| Fields | Biological science |
| Institutions | University of Hyderabad, IISER Tirupati, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, |
| Website | www |
Basuthkar Jagadeeshwar Rao (born 13 March 1956) is an Indian biologist who is currently the Vice-Chancellor of University of Hyderabad, Telangana. Prior to this, he was a senior professor at the Department of Biological Sciences at IISER Tirupati before that he served at TIFR, Mumbai and the head of Mechanism of Genome Dynamics and Cellular Adaptations Laboratory, TIFR. His areas of specialisations are molecular basis of genome dynamics, computational biology of genomes and protein active sites, cellular physiology and metabolism, to which he made fundamental contributions. Apart from his fundamental research in the domain of biology, he is also interested in dissemination of scientific knowledge and outreach activities.