Ishan Kumar Patro

Ishan Kumar Patro is an Indian academic and former vice-chancellor of Ravenshaw University, Odisha, India.

Education
Patro pursued his M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Kurukshetra University. Haryana. He did his post-doctoral research from University of Cologne, Germany.

Career
Patro has a teaching experience of almost 3 decades. In 2017 Patro was appointed as the vice-chancellor of Ravenshaw University, India for a period of 3 years. He succeeded Prakash Chandra Sarangi in this position. Before joining as a vice-chancellor, Patro was working as a professor in Neuroscience/Zoology department of Jiwaji University, Gwalior. Madhya Pradesh. Currently, he also serves as the president of Indian Academy of Neurosciences.