Anuranjan Anand

Anuranjan Anand did his doctoral studies at the Indian Institute of Science.,^[1] and his post-doctoral studies at Stanford University.^[2] He joined Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) as a faculty member in the Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit (MBGU)^[3][4] and later became a professor and chair (2009-2016) of the Unit.^[5] When the institute established the Neuroscience Unit (NSU) in 2014, he was designated as its associate faculty. He was the chair of NSU during 2016 - 2022.^[6]

During his post-doctoral studies, Anuranjan Anand worked with his colleagues in Bruce Baker's laboratory on the mutations of fruitless, a gene involved in sexual behavior and courtship in Drosophila melanogaster.^[2] In JNCASR, his primary focus is on human genetic diseases, emphasizing neurological disorders, hereditary hearing loss and rare developmental disorders^[7] His laboratory has discovered several genes and mutations underlying these disorders and is currently examining their biological underpinnings employing cell- and animal- modeling approaches.^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

Anuranjan Anand received an Outstanding Research Investigator Award from the Department of Atomic Energy in 2006-2010. The Department of Biotechnology awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development from 2008-2011.^[13] He is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences,^[14] National Academy of Sciences, India,^[15] and the Indian National Science Academy.^[16]