Prof. Jagadeesh Bayry is a graduate of Veterinary Medicine from Bengaluru (1996) with a specialization of Virology and Immunology from Indian Veterinary Research Institute (1999). He received PhD in Immunology from Sorbonne University, Paris in 2003 and following post-doctoral research at University of Oxford, he joined Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM, The National Institute of Health and Medical Research), Paris, France in 2006 as a faculty. In 2018, he became Director of Research at INSERM. In 2021, he joined IIT Palakkad as a Professor of Biological Sciences and Engineering. His research is aimed at fundamental Immunology, immunotherapy and host-pathogen interaction. His h-index is 67 and he has authored more than 300 articles (THE LINK TO FULL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/jagadeesh.bayry.1/bibliography/public/) with over 16,000 citations. He has received fellowship from the Academy of Translational Medicine Professionals (FAcadTM), Austria. Prof. Bayry serves as an Editor, Associate Editor or Editorial Board member of various journals like Frontiers in Immunology, Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Immunobiology, Discovery Medicine, Scientific Reports, Immunotherapy, Antibodies, PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Molecular Medicine, Virusdisease, and has edited four books from Springer Publisher. He has also served as a member (2016-2022) of a commission 'LS6-Immunity, Infection and Immunotherapy' at the European Research Council (ERC).