Dr. Manzoor Ahmad Mir holds Master’s Degree in Zoology with Gold Medal from HNBG Central University and after qualifying prestigious National level CSIR-JRF-NET examination; he worked jointly for his PhD at Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi and CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology Chandigarh in the field of Immunopathology. His basic research interests include, molecular immunology and Immunobiology of microbes (MTB). His PhD research title was “Role of co-stimulation in the survival of intracellular pathogens”. He currently teaches Cancer Biology, and Immunology at the Department of Bioresources, School of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir. He is presently heading the Department of Bioresources, University of Kashmir.