Prof. Dr. A K Bakhshi is the Vice Chancellor of UP Rajarshi Tandon Open University, Allahabad. He has been Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, where he holds the prestigious Sir Shankar Lal Chair of Chemistry since 1996. A double gold medalist of Delhi University, Dr. Bakhshi did his post-doctoral training at the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany. He has also been a Visiting Scientist at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangaluru.

Dr. Bakhshi’s research interests include theoretical polymer chemistry with special reference to electrically conducting polymers and biopolymers. He is the author/coauthor of more than 150 research and education articles, five books/monographs and one patent. He has been recipient of several awards and academic honours.

Dr. Bakhshi is presently member of the editorial board of the Indian Journal of Chemistry (Section A).