Prof. Premendu P. Mathur Is Currently The Vice-Chancellor, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India. Previously He Served As Dean, School Of Life Sciences And Professor Of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology And Head, Center Of Excellence In Bioinformatics, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry. He Began His Teaching Career At Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He Received M.Sc.And Ph.D. Degrees From Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He Has Contributed Significantly In The Field Of Male Reproduction, Reproductive Toxicology And Bioinformatics And Has Guided Several Ph.D., M. Phil. And M.Sc. Dissertations. He Has More Than 32 Years Of Teaching And Research Experience. He Has Published Around 150 Scientific Papers/ Reviews In Various High Impact Journals And Books And Participated In More Than 100 National And International Scientific Conferences. His Publications Has H Index Of 23 (Scopus). He Is On The Editorial Boards Of Asian Journal Of Andrology (Nature Publishing Group), Spermatogenesis (Landes Biosciences), Open Andrology Journal (Bentham), Asian Pacific Journal Of Reproduction (Elsevier) And Peer J (USA). He Is Reviewer For More Than Seventy Five National And International Journals. He Is Recipient Of Many Prestigious Awards Such As Young Scientists' Award (ISCA), Rockefeller Foundation Special Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Rockefeller Foundation Biotechnology Career Award, INSA-German Academy (DFG) Exchange Programme, Dr. P.N. Shah Memorial US Vitamin (India) Oration Award, ICMR International Fellowship Award For Senior Indian Biomedical Scientist, Subhash Mukherjee Memorial Infar India Oration Award And Dr. K.K. Iya Memorial Oration (NDRI). He Has Travelled Widely Within India And Abroad. He Is On The Committee On Reproduction And The Environment Of The Society For The Study Of Reproduction, U.S.A. And Was Vice-Chairman Of Scientific Committee Of Third Asia-Pacific Forum On Andrology, China. He Is Currently President Of The Section Of Animal, Veterinary And Fishery Sciences Of The Indian Science Congress. Prof. Mathur Has Been Visiting Professor/ Scientist At The Population Council, Rockefeller University, New York, Cleveland Clinic, USA And Westfalische-Wilhelms Univers itat, Muenster, Germany. He Has Been Chairman/ Member For Many National And International Committees. He Has Been Member/ Member Coordinator Of NAAC Peer Teams To More Than 50 Institutions And Has Been Chairman/ Member Of Many Academic/ Scientific Committees. He Was Member Of Executive Committee Of Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), (2008-10) And Founder Convener Of Pondicherry Chapter Of ISCA. He Served On National Task Force On Bioinformatics And Infrastructure Facilities Of The Department Of Biotechnology (DBT) And Department Of Information Technology, Government Of India. He Is On The National Task Force On Fertility Regulation & Expanding Contraceptive Choices Of Indian Council Of Medical Research. He Is On The Committee On Reproduction And The Environment Of The Society For The Study Of Reproduction, U.S.A. And Was Vice-Chairman Of Scientific Committee Of Third Asia-Pacific Forum On Andrology, China. Prof. Mathur Has More Than 32 Years Of Teaching And Research Experience. He Has Made Many Innovations In Teaching And Research Including Launching Of Study In India Programme At Pondicherry University. He Received Funding Support From Various National And International Funding Agencies. He Developed A Bioinformatics Centre At Pondicherry University, Which Has Become A Centre For Excellence For Teaching And Research. He Is A Fellow Of National Academy Of Medical Sciences (India).