Staff
Research Scientist
Virology Group
International Center for Genetic
Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB)
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg
New Delhi-110067, INDIA
E.mail : vijay@icgeb.res.in
EDUCATION/TRAINING
Degree
Institute
Year
Field of Study
B.Sc. Hon’s
M.Sc.
Ph.D.
Post-doc
Bhagalpur
University, India
Magadh University, India
All India Inst. Med. Sci., India
Univ. Louis Pasteur, France
1972
1975
1978-‘83
1984-’88
Biology & Chemistry
Zoology
Medical Sciences
Molecular Biology
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Junior
Research Fellow, WHO-CCRT program,
Department of Reproductive Biology, All
India Institute of Medical Sciences, New
Delhi, Jul. 1977- Jun. 1978, Prof. K.R.
Laumas, Chairman.
Ph.D.
fellow and Lady Tata Senior Research
Scholar, Department of Reproductive Biology,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New
Delhi, Jul. 1978 - Jun. 1984, Prof. K.R.
Laumas and Prof. A. Farooq, Thesis Advisors.
Junior
Research Officer, Department of Biophysics,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New
Delhi, Jul. 1984 - Oct. 1984, Prof. R.K.
Mishra, Chairman.
Indo-French
Exchange Scholar, University of Louis
Pasteur, Institut de Chimie Biologique,
Strasbourg, France, Nov. 1984 - Aug. 1988,
Prof. P. Chambon, Advisor.
Research
Scientist, Virology Group, International
Centre for Genetic Engineering &
Biotechnology (I.C.G.E.B.), New Delhi, Sept.
1988 - Mar 1998, Prof. K.K. Tewari,
Director.
Senior
Research Scientist, Virology Group,
International Centre for Genetic Engineering
& Biotechnology (I.C.G.E.B.), New Delhi,
Apr. 1998 – Sep. 2002, Prof. V.S. Chauhan,
Director.
Staff
Research Scientist, Virology Group,
International Centre for Genetic Engineering
& Biotechnology (I.C.G.E.B.), New Delhi,
Oct. 2002 - present, Prof. V.S. Chauhan,
Director.
ACCOLADES / RECOGNITIONS
`Kul Prize’ for Best Science Graduate,
1972; Gold Medal for securing first rank
in M.Sc., 1975; Shanti Swarup
Bhatnagar Prize (Medical Sciences), 1997;
Gold Medal, Zoological Society of India,
1998; Ramniklal J. Kinarivala Cancer Research
Award, 2004; Fellow, National Academy
of Sciences, India, 2002; Fellow,
National. Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
India, 2004; Scientist-in-charge: Experimental
Animal Facility, ICGEB, New Delhi; Member:
Bio-safety Committee, National Center for Cell
Science (NCCS), Pune; Selection Committee for
Project Associates, National Institute of
Immunology (NII), New Delhi, Medical
Biotechnology Task Force, Department of
Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India,
Advisory Committee, Bhatnagar Prize (Medical
Sciences), Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR), Scientific Advisory committee,
Molecular Medicine Centre, All India Institute
of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, Medical
Sciences Research Committee, CSIR, New Delhi,
Curriculum development Committee, University
Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi; Expert:
Agricultural Scientific Recruitment Board, New
Delhi; Selection committee for faculty, Punjab
University, Chandigarh, Technology Information
Forecasting Assessment Council (TIFAC), New
Delhi ; Reviewer: Research Projects for
CSIR, DBT, DST, ICGEB (Trieste); Referee:
Gene, FEBS Lett, FEBS Journal, J. Gastroenterol.
Hepatol., Acta Biochim Biophys Sinica, Ind. J.
Med. Res., Ind. J. Biochem. Biophys. Current
Science, Peptides, Chemospehere etc;
Examinership: M.Sc., M.Phil and Ph.D.
examiners of a number of Indian universities and
research institutions.
