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Immunobiology of metazoan parasites



B. Ravindran, Ph.D.
Director
Institute of Life Sciences
Nalco Square
Bhubaneswar-751023, India
Office: 0091 674 2300137/ 2301476 ext. 204
Fax: 0091 674 2300728
Email: balaravi@ils.res.in, ravindran8@gmail.com

 
 
Activities related to Research, Organizational issues and Administration:

Post Graduate guidance/teaching:

  1. Recognized guide of the Utkal University, Bhubaneswar for Ph.D guidance during the last 15 years - so far 10 students have received their Ph.D under direct guidance. Co-guide for three Ph.D and 8 M.D. students. Currently 5 Ph.D students are working in the lab.
  2. Teaching faculty for 9 years for the various courses conducted at the National Institute of Communicable diseases and was in the teaching faculty for W.H.O. sponsored laboratory workshop on Immunological techniques for parasitic diseases in 1978,79 and 80 at the Biochemistry division of NICD, Delhi.
  3. A visiting faculty in the Dept. of Biotechnology, at Utkal University Bhubaneswar for M.Sc. (Zoology, Microbiology and Biotechnology) students teaching

 

Organisation of National/ International Workshops/ Meetings/ Conferences:
  1. Co-director of a DBT sponsored laboratory-training program for three weeks in Nov. 1992 on "Immunological concept in tropical parasitic diseases" conducted in my laboratory at RMRC, Bhubaneswar.
  2. Organising Secretary of Molecular Immunology Forum meeting in December, 1994 at RMRC, Bhubaneswar.
  3. Organising Secretary of an Indo-US training workshop "ICMR - Ellison Medical Foundation sponsored workshop on Immunoparasitology" at Bhubaneswar for 5 days from 11th to 15th Feb 2002.
  4. Organising Secretary of the 29th Annual meeting of the Indian Immunology Society meeting and symposium on Immunoparasitology in November 2002 at Bhubaneswar.
  5. Organising Secretary of an Indo-US training workshop "ICMR - Ellison Medical Foundation sponsored workshop on "Methodologies in Medical Research" at Bhubaneswar for 5 days 12 to 17th Aug 2004.
  6. Consultant to Ministry of Science and Technology and Innovation, Government of Malaysia to conduct a workshop on "Laboratory Techniques in Immunomodulation" at Institute of Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, July 2005.
  7. Organising Secretary of Molecular Immunology Forum meeting in December, 1994 at RMRC, Bhubaneswar.

 

Examiner for PhD thesis for the following Universities/Institutions:
  1. Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
  2. National Institute of Immunology, Delhi
  3. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi
  4. Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
  5. University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi University.
  6. Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
  7. Dr.MGR Medical University, Madras

 

Expert/Referee for Scientific Projects:
  1. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi
  2. Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi
  3. Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi
  4. Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi
  5. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai.

 

Referee for Scientific Journals:
  1. Journal of Immunological Methods (Elsevier publications)
  2. The Lancet ( Lancet publications)
  3. Lancet Infectious Diseases (Lancet Publications)
  4. Medical Microbiology and Immunology (Springer-Verlog)
  5. Experimental Parasitology (Academic Press)
  6. Trends in Parasitology (Elsevier publications)
  7. Indian Journal of Medical Research
  8. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

 

Expert membership in National level Committees:
  1. Member - Project Review Committee (PRC) on Vector Borne diseases of ICMR
  2. Member - Filariasis Task force of ICMR
  3. Member - National Accreditation Board (NABL) , Department of Science and Technology, Delhi
  4. Member - Expert Group on Fellowships for ICMR
  5. Member - Project Advisory Group (PAC) for Health Sciences, SERC, Dept. Science and Technology, New Delhi
  6. Member - Research Area Panel (RAP) of National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi
  7. Member - Scientific Advisory Committee of Centre for Research in Medical Entomology, Madurai
  8. Member - Scientific Advisory Committee of Malaria Research Centre, Delhi
  9. Member - Infrastructure Development Task force of DBT, Delhi

 

 
 

 

 

 

 
 

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