
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
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Activities
related to Research, Organizational issues and Administration:
Post Graduate guidance/teaching:
- 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.
- 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.
- A visiting faculty in the Dept. of Biotechnology, at Utkal University
Bhubaneswar for M.Sc. (Zoology, Microbiology and Biotechnology) students
teaching
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Organisation of National/
International Workshops/ Meetings/ Conferences:
- 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.
- Organising Secretary of Molecular Immunology
Forum meeting in December, 1994 at RMRC,
Bhubaneswar.
- 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.
- Organising Secretary of the 29th Annual meeting
of the Indian Immunology Society meeting and
symposium on Immunoparasitology in November 2002 at
Bhubaneswar.
- 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.
- 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.
- Organising Secretary of Molecular Immunology
Forum meeting in December, 1994 at RMRC,
Bhubaneswar.
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Examiner for PhD thesis for the
following Universities/Institutions:
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology,
Hyderabad
- National Institute of Immunology, Delhi
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
- University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi
University.
- Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences,
Lucknow
- Dr.MGR Medical University, Madras
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Expert/Referee for Scientific
Projects:
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research,
New Delhi
- Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi
- Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi
- Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai.
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Referee for Scientific Journals:
- Journal of Immunological Methods (Elsevier
publications)
- The Lancet ( Lancet publications)
- Lancet Infectious Diseases (Lancet Publications)
- Medical Microbiology and Immunology
(Springer-Verlog)
- Experimental Parasitology (Academic Press)
- Trends in Parasitology (Elsevier publications)
- Indian Journal of Medical Research
- Indian Journal of Experimental Biology
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Expert membership in National level
Committees:
- Member - Project Review Committee (PRC) on
Vector Borne diseases of ICMR
- Member - Filariasis Task force of ICMR
- Member - National Accreditation Board (NABL) ,
Department of Science and Technology, Delhi
- Member - Expert Group on Fellowships for ICMR
- Member - Project Advisory Group (PAC) for Health
Sciences, SERC, Dept. Science and Technology, New
Delhi
- Member - Research Area Panel (RAP) of National
Institute of Immunology, New Delhi
- Member - Scientific Advisory Committee of Centre
for Research in Medical Entomology, Madurai
- Member - Scientific Advisory Committee of
Malaria Research Centre, Delhi
- Member - Infrastructure Development Task force
of DBT, Delhi
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