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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|11|7}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mirzapur]]<br />
| workplaces = * Banaras Hindu University<br />
* IISER Mohali<br />
* CSIR-CIMAP<br />
* DDU University Gorakhpur<br />
| education =Bachelor of Science [[Botany]], [[BHU]],(1978)<br />
Master of Science [[Botany]], [[BHU]],(1980) <br />
[[Doctor of Philosophy]] [[Botany]], [[BHU]], (1984)<br />
| occupation =[[Academician]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Banaras Hindu University]]<br />
| thesis_year = 1984<br />
| awards = [[Indian National Science Academy|FNA]], [[Indian Academy of Sciences|FASc]]<br />
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'''Anil Kumar Tripathi''' (born 1959) is an Indian academician, and senior professor of biotechnology at the [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Anil Kumar Tripathi Ph.D. (BHU), FNA, FNASc, FNAAS |url=https://fellows.ias.ac.in/profile/v/FL2020004 |website=Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru}}</ref> He has been director of [[Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali]] since April 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-18 |title=IISER Mohali appoints BHU professor Anil Kumar Tripathi as new Director |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/iiser-mohali-appoints-bhu-professor-anil-kumar-tripathi-as-new-director-9277847/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> Previously, he has been the first director of the [[Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-04-26 |title=Union Min Jitendra Singh praises BHU for high-quality research |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/union-min-jitendra-singh-praises-bhu-for-high-quality-research/articleshow/99775217.cms |access-date=2024-05-19 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Prior to that, he also served as the Director of [[Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants|CSIR-CIMAP]] and the first mission director of [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|CSIR]]’s Aroma Mission.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Tripathi was born in 1959<ref>{{Cite web |title=INSA :: Fellow Detail |url=https://insajournal.in/intranetinsa/fellow_detail.php?id=P15-1702 |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=insajournal.in}}</ref> in [[Mirzapur]], Uttar Pradesh. He had his education from schooling to PhD in Varanasi, where he did his schooling up to high school from the Queens College. He graduated with [[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc]] in 1978, [[Master of Science|M.Sc]] in 1980, and [[PhD]] in 1984 from the Banaras Hindu University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=https://bhu.ac.in/Content/FacultyCV/tripathianil@rediffmail.com.pdf |access-date=2024-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519055108/https://bhu.ac.in/Content/FacultyCV/tripathianil@rediffmail.com.pdf |archive-date=19 May 2024 }}</ref> He then joined as a lecturer at [[Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University]]. Later, he went to Germany for his Postdoctoral research (1988-1990) at [[University of Bayreuth]] before returning back to India and start his teaching career at [[Banaras Hindu University]].<br />
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He has taught for over 40 years, primarily at [[Banaras Hindu University]] (since 1990), but also at [[Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=बीएचयू के प्रो. अनिल कुमार त्रिपाठी आईसर-मोहाली के निदेशक नियुक्त |url=https://www.hindusthansamachar.in/Encyc/2024/4/18/BHU-Prof-Anil-Kumar-Tripathi-appointed-director-of-ICER.php |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=www.hindusthansamachar.in |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Tripathi is a J C Bose Fellow, and holds fellowships in various [[Science academies in India|science academies]] such as [[National Academy of Agricultural Sciences]], [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], [[Indian National Science Academy]], and [[National Academy of Sciences, India|National Academy of Sciences India]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-04-18 |title=BHU's Prof Anil Kumar Tripathi to head IISER Mohali as Director |url=https://www.edexlive.com/campus/2024/Apr/18/bhus-prof-anil-kumar-tripathi-to-head-iiser-mohali-as-director |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=EdexLive |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Prof Anil Kumar Tripathi appointed Director of IISER - Mohali - ET Education |url=https://education.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/prof-anil-kumar-tripathi-appointed-director-of-iiser-mohali/109472817 |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=ETEducation.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Apart from the IISER & BHU, he has also served as the director of [[Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants]] from 2014 to 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-18 |title=IISER Mohali appoints BHU professor Anil Kumar Tripathi as new Director |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/iiser-mohali-appoints-bhu-professor-anil-kumar-tripathi-as-new-director-9277847/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=9BndlTcAAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar profile]<br />
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