S R RaoDr. S.R. Rao is currently Vice President of Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth a health care university in Pondicherry.
During his service in the Government of India for 30 years, he had gained knowledge and experience in dealing with R&D promotion in agricultral medical and animal biotechnology. Dr. Rao is founder and editorial board member of the Asian Biotechnology Development Review (ABDR) and co-founder and convener of The Global Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness & Response (APAR) advancing Global Health Security through South-South & North-South Collaboration (www.aparweb.org) He has published 55 research papers in national/international Journals including four strategic reviews in high impact journals on preparedness and Covid 19 pandemic and published two books on animal vaccines and diagnostics and biotechnology. He has visited more than 80 countries on scientific and official matters and made more than 100 scientific and technical presentations in cutting edge areas of the biological sciences. Dr. Rao has spent the majority of his 30 year career working for the Government of India. He joined the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology Government of India in 1989 and progressed to become Senior Advisor to Government of India. Read More Read Less