FACULTY

Arun A. Bhagwath, Ph.D is currently serving as a Professor of Yenepoya Research Center, Principal, Yenepoya Institute of Arts, Science, Commerce and Management (YIASCM) and Dean, Faculty of Science at Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru. In his current capacity, he manages, strategic thinking, planning, proposal preparations, SWOT analyses, critical process review, technology forecasting, communicating with global audience, securing deals, data management, handling legal proceedings, etc., Under his leadership, many new initiatives have begun and he was instrumental in the transformation of the Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) to a national institution of excellence.

Born in Padubidiri, Karnataka, India (26^th November, 1974). He completed his primary and higher education in Karnataka, Ph.D from Mangalore University in the year 2002 from the Department of Biosciences. He was offered a Post Doctoral Fellowship from the Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan. In 2005, he was promoted as a Senior Researcher at the same Institute. During the year, 2009, he returned to India and joined Yenepoya (Deemed to be University, Mangalore), Mangalore to establish and head the Research Centre. He is currently, the Professor at this Research Centre. Additionally, he is also heading the Quality Assurance and Accreditation processes of the University as a Deputy Director. The Research Centres, established by him is now recognised for its globally acclaimed research output, patents and products in the areas of Health and Allied Sciences. Through the team of visionary leadership and strategic thinking, the University has been transformed into a centre for excellence in medical education and research in the country. The University was transformed to “A” category within 5 years and the University has secured 86^th position in NIRF-2019 Govt. of India, among 1000 other Universities in the country. The University was also ranked in THE-IMPACT Rankings in the top 300-400 range globally, 17^th position in India under the research category in SCIMAGO Institutional Rankings for Research,  and very recently had secured BAND-A (within 6-25 rank) in the AIIRA Rankings of HRD, Govt. of India. He has more than 250 publications in the reputed scientific journals and conference proceedings of national and international repute, guided 8 students for their Ph.D and currently handling funded research project from National and International agencies (more than Rs. 12 Cr. Funding), and has at least 6 patents and technology transfers. He has established and currently handling incubation and Entrepreneurship facilities and several new centres in the emerging areas of Health and Allied sciences. He was instrumental in establishing the training centres of international repute, colorations and linkages with the highly ranked national and international institutes and industries. He has successfully guided 5 start-ups which are currently being incubated at the University. He has been a member of various task forces formed by the Government and private agencies, and professional bodies. Organised and attended several training programmes, and also represented and delivered key note addresses in National and International forums, the very recent being the part of UNSDG-Health Summit held at Geneva. He has received national and international awards for the outstanding work.

Experience

• Principal (Apr 2022-till date) – YIASCM, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
• Deputy Director (Apr 2018-Mar 2022) – Quality, Assessments and Compliance Center, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
• Professor and Deputy Director (Oct 2010-Apr 2018) – Yenepoya Research Center, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
• Senior Scientific Officer (Oct 2009-Oct 2010) – Yenepoya Research Center, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
• Scientific Officer (Apr-Oct 2009) – Yenepoya Research Center, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
• Senior Researcher (Jul 2007-Jan 2009) – Studies on functional diversity and dynamics of microbial communities in soil with reference to their ecological role in agro-ecosystems: National Science Council of Taiwan. Department of Soil and Environmental Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan.
• Post-Doctoral Fellow (Mar 2003-Jul 2007) – Diversity of Nitrogen fixing and Phosphate solubilizing bacteria from Taiwan. Project of National Science Council of Taiwan.Department of Soil and Environmental Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan.
• Research Associate (Nov 2002-Feb 2003) – Baseline ecology of benthos and thermal tolerance of some selected aquatic invertebrate species and some microbes from Kaiga Environs, Karnataka: Board for Research in Nuclear Science, Government of India.
• Voluntary Participation (May 2000-Jun 2002) – Higher Education Link Programme, British Council, Chennai Conservation and Preservation of Environmental Resources of Coastal Karnataka for the Enhancement of Quality of Life.
• Junior Research Fellow (Jul 2000-Oct 2002) – Baseline ecology of benthos and thermal tolerance of some selected aquatic invertebrate species and some microbes from Kaiga Environs, Karnataka: Board for Research in Nuclear Science, Government of India.
• Research Assistant (Jul 1998-Jul 1999) –  DOD-ICMAM project on critical habitats.

Awards/Honors

• Outstanding Researcher Award-2009, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan.
• Appreciation certificate for the significant contribution to National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan, 2009.
• Reviewer for Several Science Citation Indexed National/International Journals.
• Publications in Science Direct TOP 25 Hottest Articles and in Top 10 cited with more than 1000 citations.