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Pawan K. Dhar

Pawan K. Dhar

Pawan K. Dhar
Pawan K. Dhar
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Biotechnology
Room No
6
Email
pawandhar@mail.jnu.ac.in, pawan.dhar@outlook.com
Personal Webpage
http://www.syntheticbiology.in
Qualifications

Ph.D. 1993: Human Genetics Division, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University 
M.Sc. 1986: Zoology, Department of Biosciences, University of Jammu

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Synthetic Biology applications in health, energy and environment 

Experience

(a) Administrative
1. Chairman, Institutional Biosafety Committee, Shiv Nadar University: 1 year
2. Academic Council member, Shiv Nadar University: 1.5 years
3. Director, Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of Kerala, Trivandrum : 5 years
4. Head, RIKEN, Japan and Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad Project: 2 years 
5. Management Board, Bioinformatics Institute, A*STAR, Singapore : 4 years

(b) Academic 
March 2015 onwards : Professor, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Oct 2013 – Feb 2015: Professor, Synthetic Biology, Dept. of Life Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, U.P. 
July 2011 – Jan 2013: Professor and Head, Dept of Genetics and Molecular Biology School of Biomedical Sciences, Symbiosis International University, Pune 
April 2010 – ongoing: Director, Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, Kerala 
Jan 2006 – Sept 2009: Senior Scientist and Team Leader, Synthetic Biology, RIKEN Advanced Sciences Institute, Yokohama, Japan. Adjunct Faculty, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
July 2002 – Dec 2005: Senior Scientist & Group Leader, Systems Biology, Bioinformatics Institute, Singapore. Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore 
June 2001 – June 2002: Assistant Professor, Systems Biology, Institute of Advanced Biosciences Tsuruoka, Japan, Keio University, Japan 
May 2000 – May 2001: Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Radiation Genetics, Kyoto University, Japan 
Oct 1997 - April 2001: Associate Professor & Lab Head, Human Genetics Division, Manipal University, Karnataka 
Mar 1997 – Sept 1997: Visiting Scientist, Institute for Medical Radiation Biology, University of Essen, Essen, Germany 
Oct 1993 - Sept 1997: Assistant Professor & Lab Head, Human Genetics Division, Manipal University, Karnataka 

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Shidhi PR, Suravajhala P, Nayeema A, Nair AS, Singh S, Dhar PK.Making novel proteins from pseudogenes. Bioinformatics. 2015: 31, 33-9

2. Dhar PK, Giuliani A. Laws of biology: why so few? Syst Synth Biol. 2010: 4(1):7-13

3. Dhar PK, Thwin CS, Tun K, Tsumoto Y, Maurer-Stroh S, Eisenhaber F, Surana U. Synthesizing non-natural parts from natural genomic template. J Biol Eng. 2009: 3, 3:2

4. Dhar P, Meng TC, Somani S, Ye L, Sairam A, Chitre M, Hao Z, Sakharkar K.Cellware--a multi-algorithmic software for computational systems biology.Bioinformatics. 2004: 20, 1319-21.

5. Meng TC, Somani S, Dhar P.Modeling and simulation of biological systems with stochasticity. In Silico Biol. 2004: 4, 293-309. 

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.