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Vipin Chandra Kalia

� Association of Microbiologists of India 2013

He is presently Chief Scientist, Microbial Biotechnology

and Genomics, CSIR—Institute of Genomics and Integra-

tive Biology, Delhi, is a graduate in Botany from Univer-

sity of Delhi and did his MSc and PhD in Genetics, from

Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. His

main areas of Research include Microbial Biodiversity,

Bioenergy, Biopolymers and Genomics.

His works have been well acknowledged in the areas of

Bacterial Diversity, Genomics, Taxonomy, Horizontal

Gene Transfer, Quorum Sensing and Quenching. His recent

efforts have been concentrated towards providing bacteria

with abilities to produce biomolecules having potential to

be used for treating cancer, diabetes, infectious and

inflammatory diseases. The work supported by Department

of Biotechnology, Government of India is being carried

forward by industry. His group has made contributions in

understanding metabolic pathways leading to reduction in

environmental pollution through complete degradation of

biowastes with concomitant production of bioenergy

(hydrogen) and biopolymers (bioplastics). His innovative

research works are targeted towards efficient economical

and eco-friendly approaches to societal problems espe-

cially waste management and energy crisis. Dr. Kalia has

published nearly 60 articles in leading international jour-

nals with high impact factor and has 11 patents to his

credit, including those granted in USA and UK. He has

guided 11 students for their PhD and a few hundred Post-

graduate students. He has travelled across the globe as

Visiting Professor and as Research Scientist to several

Institutes and Universities. He is a fellow of several sci-

entific societies and served various committees including

National Scientific Advisory Committee Member of the

Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. He is

associated with several International Journals as Editor and

Reviewer. He has been a Life Member of Association of

Microbiologists of India (AMI) since 1994, participated in

AMI conferences and activities. Since 2007, he has been

Editor and Associate Editor of Indian Journal of Microbi-

ology (IJM). It is with pride we state that in view of his

excellent contributions made in the field of Microbial

Genomics and Microbial Biotechnology, Dr. Kalia has

been awarded the Fellowship of AMI since 2012.

V. C. Kalia (&)
CSIR—Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi,

India

e-mail: vckalia@igib.res.in

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Indian J Microbiol (Jan–Mar 2013) 53(1):123

DOI 10.1007/s12088-013-0352-9


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