Bharat B. Chattoo

Bharat B. Chattoo (25 May 1951 – 15 November 2016), a JC Bose National Fellow, was a scientist specialising in the field of Biotechnology, Genomics and Proteomics.

Chattoo was responsible for establishment of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Jammu, as the Founding Vice-Chancellor, between 19 August 2001 and 31 August 2004 right from the initial conceptualisation stage.

This university which began its academic programmes in 2004 was established under an Act of the Jammu & Kashmir legislature as a residential and highly technical university. Provided by Wikipedia