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Prof. (Dr.) Subrata Sinha

President

Affiliation :

AIIMS Delhi

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Educational Qualifications

SL. No.	Degree	Academic Year	College/University	Subject/Remarks
1.	PhD	1989	Council of National Academic Awards, UK at MRC Toxicology Unit, Carshalton, UK	Title of Thesis: The role of oncogenes in experimental rat liver cancer
2.	MD (Biochemistry)	1983	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi	Title of Thesis: Studies of plasma membrane specific antigen of the human placenta
3.	MBBS	1980	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi	Sir Dorabjee Tata Award for the best undergraduate in Biochemistry
4.	Higher Secondary	1974	Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi	First Division, Distinction in Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics

Previous Employment and Experience

Institution	Position	Period of work
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi	Dean (Academics) Dean (Research) Dean (Examinations)	1 July 2022 - till 31 Jan 2023 1 Nov 2020 - 26 Aug 22 1 March, 2020 - 30 Oct, 2020
Department of Biochemistry	Head, resumed charge after deputation Also Head, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine; Head, Dept. of Biotechnology	01.08 2003 - 28. 06.2010 Since 28 Dec 2017 till date Since Jan 2020 1 June 2019- 25 Sept 2019
National Brain Research Centre (Autonomous institution of the Dept of Biotechnology) Manesar, Haryana	Director	on deputation from AIIMS 28 June 2010 to 28 Dec 2017
Additional charge : Regional Centre of Biotechnology (another DBT institute)	Executive Director (Additional Charge)	Nov 2015-Oct 2016
Department of Biochemistry All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi	Professor Additional Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor	Professor since December 1998 July 1996 to November 1998 July 1992 to July 1996 May 1988 to July 1992
MRC Toxicology Unit, Carshalton, England [currently relocated to Leicester University (on leave from the ICMR)]	Smith and Nephew Fellow and Non-Clinical-Scientist-1A Also registered for PhD	May 1984 to December 1986
ICMR, Talent Search Scheme (posted at National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi).	Research Officer	January 1984 to till May 1988 On leave from May 1984 to December 1986
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi	Junior Resident/ MD student (Biochemistry)	January 1980 to December 1983

Honors And Awards :

Selected Awards/ Orations

BK Bachhawat Memorial Life Time Achievement Award of Indian Academy of Neurosciences (IAN) for the year 2021, Oration delivered at the Annual Meeting of the IAN on 16 -18 Dec 2021
Sun Pharma Award Medical Sciences - Basic Research (2015)
Vishwanath Memorial Lecture Award of the Indian National Science Academy 2015
V S Khanolkar Memorial Lecture of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (2014)

Fellowships of academies and other bodies

Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, Elected 2006 (Sectional Committee for Medical Sciences 2008 -11; Convener, Health Sciences 2015 -18; Vice President 2020-2022)
Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Elected 2003 (member Sectional Committee for Medicine 2013, Convener of Committee 2015 -18)
Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, Elected 2007,
Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, Elected 2005, Member of the scrutiny committee for fellowships, 2015- 20; 2023 -
Member, Guha Research Conference, Elected 2008
Indian Academy of Neurosciences Elected 2011 (Dean of the Academy 2012-14, President, 2015-17)

Selected Fellowships

National Science Chair (SERB - DST) 2023 -2026
J C Bose Fellowship (SERB- DST), 2016; Extended till 2023
Swarnajayanti Fellowship (DST) 1998- 2003

ADVISORY COMMITTEES for scientific and academic institutions and activities (selected)
Advisory Committees of Institutions/Universities/Centres
Institute Body/Governing body

JIPMER Puducherry, (2021 - till date) - IB/GB/Standing selection committee
Indian Association of the Cultivation of Science (2020-23) - GB
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (2022- till date) - GB; Society
Translational Health Science & Technology Institute (THSTI), Gurgaon: Governing Body, (2012-17)

Department of Science and Technology (DST)

Swarnajayanti Fellowship Selection Committee
Member - Subject Area Committee -Life Sciences - 2014-17, Chairman - Subject Area Committee in Life Sciences - 2017- 20

Department of Biotechnology

Project Review Committee (PRC) (Expert Group); Neurodisease Biology (Chair 2015 -2018; previously Member 2012 -2014)
PRC (Expert Group) Nano-Biotechnology DBT (Chair, 2011 - 2013)
PRC (Expert Group) Cancer (Chair, 2010 - 2014)
Member of the committee for drafting the National Biotechnology Policy

Department of Science and Technology and SERB

Chair, Science and Technology of Yoga and Meditation (2015 - 2021)
Chair, Cognitive Science Research Initiative of DST (2014 - till date)

Indian Council for Medical ResearchChair Scientific Advisory Group, Basic Medical Sciences (2021- till date),
Chair PRC for Biochemistry, Allergy and Immunology, ICMR (2014 - till date)
Chair, GTEAC Gene Therapy Evaluation and Advisory Committee (2020 - 2022)
Member
Chair drafting Committee for Guidelines for Gene Therapy, ICMR, Released 2020
CSIR
Chair, PRC for Medical Sciences (2020 -till date)
Chair Scientific Advisory Group, Basic Medical Sciences (2021- till date),
Chair PRC for Biochemistry, Allergy and Immunology, ICMR (2014 - till date)
Chair, GTEAC Gene Therapy Evaluation and Advisory Committee (2020 - 2022)
Chair drafting Committee for Guidelines for Gene Therapy, ICMR, Released 2020

CSIR
Chair, PRC for Medical Sciences (2020 -till date)
Medical Council of India
Chairman, Committee for determining the curriculum for MD (Biochemistry), and Biochemistry curriculum in MBBS (2008)

Scientific Advisory Committee/ Research Committee of the following institutions
Chair: National Institute of Pathology, ICMR (Chairman since 2017, member since 2008)
Member:

National Institute of Biomedical Genomics; (2018 -2020)
National Institute of Immunology (2018 - 2020)
National Centre for Cell Sciences, (2011 - 2016)
Bose Institute, Kolkata (2010-17)
Rajiv Gandhi Centre of Biotechnology (2008 - till date)
Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology, Delhi (2001-2006)
School of Medical Sciences, University of Hyderabad (2007- 2009)
Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad (1999 - 2002)
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (2016 -2019)
Central Drug Research Institute CDRI (2016-2019)
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (2015-2018);
Academic Council, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), (2003- 2005)
Special Committee, Centre for Molecular Medicine, JNU,2001 -2007
Special Committee, Centre for Biotechnology, JNU, (2000 - 2007)
Special Committee, School of Life Sciences, JNU (2007 - 2010)

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