News & Updates

• Kriti Negi (from Laboratory of Infection Biology and Translational Research) received Best Poster Presentation prize at National Public Health India Conference (NPHICON 2024) organized by National Centre for Disease Control (23^rd to 25^th February 2024)

• Dr. Vikram Saini received funding from ICMR to develop nutritional centric approach for TB management (2024-2027).

• Kanchan Saini and Kriti Negi (from Lab of Infection Biology and Translational Research) received Commendation prize and 3^rd Prize Popular Choice Award respectively in Poster presentation at AIIMS 3^rd Research Day, 2024.

• Dr. Mainpal Rana joined Lab. of Infection Biology and Translational Research as Ramalingswami Fellow (2023).

• Ms. Somdatta Naskar (Intern, 2023) joined Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Germany for advanced training.

• Dr. Vikram Saini gets Young Investigator Award Society for Free Radical Research International’s (SFRRI) 21^st Biennial Congress Punta del Este, Uruguay (Nov 2023)

• Dr. Namrata Kushwaha (Lab-alumni 2020-23) joins UGC (University Grants Commission, Govt of India) as a Young Professional. (Oct 2023)

• Lab Alumni Arpita Balakrishnan (2022-23) got admitted to the Ph.D. program at the Mossakowski Medical Research Institute in Warsaw, Poland (Oct 2023)

• 1^st Prize was awarded to Niti Shokeen (from Lab of infection biology and translational research, headed by Dr. Vikram Saini) in oral presentation category at National Science Festival, 2023 held at SMS Medical college, Jaipur on February 27^th- 28^th, 2023.

• AIIMS Research Excellence 1^st Prize of Innovative Product/device Award at "2^nd Annual Research Day Celebration" of AIIMS on 17^th October 2022.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  




• This noxious gas aggravates TB

• Dr. Vikram Saini wins "The Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA)" for the year 2018 by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India
  
  

  IYBA is a prestigious Award of Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India which identifies and nurture outstanding young scientists with innovative ideas for pursuing research in frontier areas of Biotechnology. Dr. Saini gets this award to pursue an innovative translational research focused on mechanisms of tuberculosis virulence, persistence, and drug tolerance.
  
  The award includes a citation, research funding, and a cash award of 1 lakh/year (for 3 years). The award will be conferred to Dr. Saini in a function to be organized by the DBT, GOI.





• 2^nd Prize to Dr. Priya Kalra (from Dr. Vikram Saini's Lab) at Regional Young Investigator meeting held at NIPGR, New Delhi