Vice Chancellor’s Desk

A known Intellectual Property Professional, currently is the Vice Chancellor of SRHU and Chairman of National Academy of Sciences India, Uttarakhand Chapter. Formerly, he was the Director, Strategic Planning Research and Development, SRHU after superannuating from the post of the Director General, Uttarakhand Council of Science & Technology, Govt. of Uttarakhand. He had many other positions during his carrier like Chairman and Managing Director of National Research Development Corporation, Govt. of India; Director and Senior Scientific Advisor Biotechnology; Director, Space Application Centre; Director, Science Education and Research Centre, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of Uttarakhand. He was also Technical Advisor to the Director General and Scientific Officer to the Director General, Madhya Pradesh State Council of Science & Technology, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal. A fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India, he is a Council Member of UGC- Department of Atomic Energy Research Centre, Govt. of India; Counsellor Mountain Initiative; Member of Global Technology Watch Group and other various committees of the Govt. of India and others. He has credit to have shaped Science & Technology infrastructure in Uttarakhand and AI based Science City Fifth in India. Dr Dobhal, a widely travelled scientist has monitored over 425 research & development projects, 45 technical reports, 15 books and 175 research papers in national & international journals. He has various awards to his credit like Royal Australian Chemical Institute Award, International Commonwealth Youth Silver Award, Uttarakhand Ratna, Uttarakhand Gaurav and Pride of Uttarakhand.