Dr. Mukesh Kumar Gupta
FELLOW, ELECTED 2022
Born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India on 04 July 1976. Educated at Bharat Sevashram Sangh Pranavanand Vidyamandir, Jamshedpur, 1981-91; Jamshedpur Cooperative College, Jamshedpur, 1991-93; Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pondicherry, 1996-2001; Madras Veterinary College, Chennai, 2001-03; Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, 2004-2007; B.V.Sc.&A.H. 2001; M.V.Sc. 2003; Ph.D. 2007.
Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, 2011 to date; Coordinator, DBT-Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology: Animal Bioinformatics, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, 2012 to date; Dean, National Institute of Technolgoy Roukela, Odisha, 2023 to date.
Assistant Professor, 2007-11, and Associate Professor, 2011, Konkuk University, South Korea; Associate Professor, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, 2011-20; Head, Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, 2015-18, Head, Central Instrument Facility, 2017-18, and Co-coordinator, TEQIP-III, 2017-21, National Institute of Technology Rourkela; Visiting Professor, Institute Superio Technico (Universitate de Lisboa), Portugal, 2018-18; Vising Professor, Konkuk University, South Korea, 2013-13; Vising Professsor, University of Malaya, Malaysia, 2010-10.
Awards/Honours: PTA Merit Award, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000; Pondicherry University Gold Medal, 2000; Partha Sarathi Das Memorial Award, 2000; Dr. YVB Gangadhara Rao Memorial Gold Medal Award, 2000; Dr. B Nandakumaran Memorial Gold Medal Award, 2000; Dr. SN Luktuke Award, 2003; TANUVAS University Gold Medal, 2003; Seoul Science Fellowship of Korean National Academy of Sciences, 2004; KSAR-Best Research Award, South Korea, 2005; Executive Member, Bihar Foundation (South Korea Chapter), 2007; Coordinator, Erasmus Mundus International Exchange Programs, The Netherlands, 2012; International Travel Award, Konkuk University, South Korea, 2013, Scientic Steering Committee Member, ARBS, Japan, 2013; Subject Expert, AICTE, 2014; Executive Member, CASE, 2014; Vice Chairman, CCMT-2015; Executive Member, HERITAGE Network, France, 2017; International Travel Award of Erasmus Mundus, Poland, 2017; Main Nominee, CPCSEA, 2017; International Travel Award of Erasmus+, Portugal, 2018; NPIU-MoE appointed Mentor for NIT Meghalaya, 2019; NPIU-MoE appointed Mentor for IIIT Manipur, 2019; Chairman, Technical Committee and Vice-Chairman Core Committee, CCMT-2019; Core Committee Member, CCMT-2020, 2021, CCMN-2020, 2021; Mentor, Next Generation Incubation, STPI India, 2020; Technical Commiittee Member, CCMT-2021, 2022, 2023, CCMN-2021, 2022, 2023; Vice-Chair, IEEE Local Chapter, 2021; Chairman, LOC, Central Seat Allocation Board 2022 & 2023; Subject Expert, NTA, 2022; Expert, NBA, 2023; Expert, UPSC, 2023; Editorial Board Member, Indian Journal of Veterinary Science and Biotechnology, 2015; Journal of Animal Research, 2011; Journal of Krishi Vigyan, 2012; Progress and Communication in Science, 2013; Associate Editor (Biotechnology and Bioinformatics), Manthan, 2015; Associate Editor, Frontiers in Genetics; Associate Editor, Frontiers in Veterinary Sciences; 18 granted patents/software copyrights.
Fellow: Royal Society of Biology, UK; National Academy of Dairy Sciences, India; National Academy of Biological Sciences, India; Indian Association for Advancement of Veterinary Research, India; Society of Applied Biotechnology, India; Academy of Environment and Life Sciences, India.
Research Areas: Reproductive Biotechnology, Male Germline Stem Cells, Transgenic Animals
Address: Professor, Room No. 209, Department of Biotechnology and Medical Enggineeing National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela 769008, Odisha; Faculty Qtr# FR-7, NIT Campus, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Rourkela 769008, Odisha; [Tel: Off. (0661) 2463394; Lab. (0661) 2464294; Res. (0661) 2463294; Cell: 7873482264; Email: guptam@nitrkl.ac.in; mukeshkgupta@gmail.com]
