The Western Sydney University, Australia, has conferred the International Alumni of the Year Award 2017 on Sameer Dixit, director  of Centre for Molecular Dynamics, for his pioneering work in biomedical research in South Asia.

Dixit was presented with the award at the Parramatta City campus of the university recently. 

According to the varsity, the awards paid tribute to the achievements of graduates, and demonstrated the transformational power of education.

Dixit’s professional field is human health with biotechnology his specialty. He earned his PhD in Probiotics at the Western University School of Medicine in 2005.

Dixit in 2007 set up the Centre for Molecular Dynamics Nepal, Nepal’s first medical research institute which is carving out a reputation as the region’s leading provider of biomedical research and testing, drawing students and researchers from across South Asia.