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Dr Rajesh S. Gokhale, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology has been given additional charge of the post of Director-General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-cum-Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) on 29 April 2022. Dr Gokhale will handle the new responsibility from 30 April 2022 till the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders.

Dr Gokhale is a chemical biologist recognised for his study on Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Dr Gokhale graduated (BSc Chemistry) from Delhi University and an M.Sc. in Biotechnology from the IIT Bombay, India in 1990. He obtained his PhD from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, and Postdoctoral studies from Stanford University, USA. Dr Gokhale joined the faculty of the National Institute of Immunology (NII), Delhi in 1999. He was also the Director of CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB), Delhi, from 2009 to 2016.

Dr Gokhale has several prestigious awards to his credit including the Wellcome Trust (UK) Senior Research Fellowship (2001-2006), Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) International Research Scholarship, USA (2005-2010), Swarnajayanti Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, India (2006-2011), Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Prize in Biological Sciences, India (2006), National Bioscience Award for Career Development, India (2009), Infosys Prize in Life Sciences (2013), IIT Bombay Distinguished Alumnus Award (2014), Sun Pharma Research Award (2014) – Medical Sciences, Basic Research Award, JC Bose National Fellowship (2018-Present).