Brief Academic Achievements :

Prof. Dr. Bharathi P. Salimath served as Professor of Biotechnology at the University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, until she superannuated in 2020. She completed her M.Sc. in Biochemistry from the University of Mysore and her Ph.D. from Albert Ludwig’s University, Freiburg, Germany. She held a postdoctoral fellowship from the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research at the University of Calgary, Canada.

She began her career as a Scientist Pool Officer at CFTRI, Mysore, and later contributed to teaching, research, and academic administration at the University of Mysore for over four decades. Her work is in molecular oncology, particularly tumour angiogenesis. She has guided 27 Ph.D. scholars and published over 75 research papers. She has been a visiting scientist in Germany and the USA, and is a recipient of the Veerendra B. Kamath Award, the Young Scientist Award, the Dr Kalpana Chawla Award, and the Khorana Technology Transfer Programme Award. She has served as a NAAC assessor for universities across India.