Prof. Pravir Kumar, is Dean International affairs and also Head of Department of Biotechnology. He had also been, Dean of Alumni Affairs at DTU. An academician with more than 20 years of research and teaching experience in vascular biology, molecular neuroscience, drug discovery and lead molecule identification. His areas of research interest and expertise include protein aggregation, molecular chaperone and ubiquitin E3 ligase in neurodegenerative disorders along with the aberrant cell cycle re-entry into aged neurons and muscles. Prof. Kumar has more than 3300+ citations, h-index:27; i-10: 48; 200+ papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. Before joining Delhi Technological University, Prof. Kumar served as an Associate Professor and assistant Director for Centre for medical Engineering at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore,/institution of Eminence (IoE). He has obtained MS degree from BHU, Varanasi, India with Molecular and clinical genetics specialization, and PhD degree from J. W. Goethe University, Germany in the field of coronary artery diseases and cardiovascular physiology. Before returning to India, he served in the Neurology Department at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA as a postdoctoral fellow and later at faculty position. He has also served as National Expert member of Soldiers health and drug discover (SHDD), Defence Research and Development Organization, Ministry of Defense, Government of India. He was also in the selection panel in prestigious Fulbright scholarship, Indian Council of Medical Research, Ministry of Health, and did many confidential works of Government of India. He is editorial and reviewer of more than 50 journals of international repute including in Nature publication house.