The
public is hereby informed that effective on 15 June 2020, Professor Theesan Bahorun, PhD, G.O.S.K is
the Executive Director of the MRIC.
Prior to joining the MRIC as Executive Director, Professor Theesan Bahorun
occupied a Chair position in Applied Biochemistry at
the University of Mauritius. He was National Research Chair and National
Research and Innovation Chair from 2012 to 2018 at the Mauritius Research
Council.
He was awarded a “Doctorat Sciences de la
Vie et de la Santé” in Biotechnology from the University of Lille I (France).
He also holds a DEA “Génie
Enzymatique, Bioconversion et Microbiologie” from Université de Technologies de
Compiègne (France), a “Maîtrise” in “Biochimie Alimentaire” and a “Licence” in
Biochemistry from University of Lille I (France). He has more than 25 years of experience in biomedical research. He has been the Chairman of the Food and
Agricultural Research Council and President of the Board of Governors of the
University of Technology, Mauritius. He is currently the President of the Board
of Directors of Polytechnics Mauritius, the President of the Society for Free
Radical Research Africa (SFRR-Africa) and Vice President of the International
Association of Medical and Biomedical Researchers (IAMBR). He is on several
journal editorial boards and is the author/co-author of over 250 peer reviewed
papers and communications. In 2010 he was awarded the CV Raman Senior
Fellowship for African researchers by the Government of India. In 2013 he has
been conferred the title of Fellow of the Mauritius Academy of Science and
Technology and received the Best Mauritian Scientist Award. He has been
elevated to the rank of Grand Officer of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean
(G.O.S.K) on 12 March 2015 by the President of the Republic upon recommendation
by the Prime Minister of Republic of Mauritius for his contribution to
Scientific Research and Education. In 2018 he was appointed as Focal Point for
the QualiREG Agri-Food scientific and technical network in Mauritius. In 2019
he received the Excellent Educationist and Outstanding Scientist awards by the
Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur.