Prof. Jagadeesh Bayry is a graduate of Veterinary Medicine from Bangalore (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), Paris, France in 2006 as a faculty. In 2018, he became Director of Research at INSERM. In 2021, he joined IIT PKD as a Professor of Biological Sciences and Engineering. His research is aimed at fundamental Immunology, immunotherapy and host-pathogen interaction. His h-index is 62 and he has authored more than 280 articles with over 12,500 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 and has edited four books from Springer Publisher. He is also member of a commission at the European Research Council (ERC).