He was a Senior Professor, Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.
Prof. Prakash Babu received Graduation from Acharya Nagarjuna University, Masters from Andhra University and Ph.D. from University of Hyderabad. Subsequently completed Post-Doctoral training from Stroke Hospital, Japan and University of London, U.K. His main research interests are Cerebral Ischemia/ Ischemic stroke, Cerebral Malaria, Glioma (Brain tumor). He has guided 24 doctoral students, 4 Post-Doctoral students and is currently supervising 8 Ph.D. students and one Post-Doctoral student. He has published more than 120 research articles in the peer reviewed journals, presented his research in more than 160 national and international conferences, and has also organized many conferences of national and international significance. His publications citations are > 4,500, h-index -32, i10 index 78.
He has served as the Vice Chancellor, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, Pro-Vice-Chancellor to the University of Hyderabad and Dean, School of Medical Sciences, University of Hyderabad. Director, UGC- MMTTC (HRDC), Dean Students’ Welfare, Chief Proctor, Head, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics. He has served/ is serving across various important committees in the Universities, Biotech and Pharma industries and Hospitals in different capacities.
He is Fellow, Royal Society of Biology, Fellow, National Academy of Biological Sciences, Fellow, A.P. Akademy of Sciences, Fellow, Indian Academy of Neurosciences, Life Time Achievement awardee by the Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery Society, India. He served as the Secretary, Asia Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (APSN), Singapore; Secretary General, Federation of Asian Biotech Association; Vice-President, Indian Society for Parasitology. Serving as General Secretary, Society for Neurochemistry, India (SNCI); Currently his lab has grants from DST and ICMR. He has active collaboration with KIMS Hospital and Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences (DrILS).
