National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Naveen Kumar
FELLOW, ELECTED 2025

Born in Alwar, Rajasthan, India on 19July 1975. Educated at Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, 1994-2002; CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 2003-04; Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Insel Riems, Germany, 2004-06; Emory University School of Medicine, 2006-11; University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, 2017; B.V.Sc. & A.H. 1999; M.V.Sc. 2002; Ph.D. 2006.

Director, ICMR-National Institute o Virology, PuneMarch 2024 to date.

Senior Scientist, 2011-14, ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom; Senior Scientist, 2014-17, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar; Principal Scientist, 2017-2023, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar; Head, 2023-24, National Centre for Veterinary Type Cultures, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Hisar.

Awards/Honours: Advisor to WHO, Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R), 2024; Member, Advisory Board, Rajasthan Export Promotion Council, Govt. of Rajasthan; Member, Research Advisory Committee (RAC), Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC), Gandhinagar, 2024; Member, Governing Council of Institute of Advance Virology, Kerala, 2024; Honorary Professor, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, 2024; India Animal Health Awards 2023 (Young Scientist), 2023; ICAR Award of excellence for Agriculture research for development of India’s first Lumpy Skin Disease vaccine; Expert, Lumpy Skin Disease, FAO/WOAH, 2023; Section Editor “Virulence” 2022; Member (Eminent Scientist), Board of Management (BOM) of Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, Haryana, 2021; External member, University Research Committee, Shri Krishna Ayush University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, 2021;Commonwealth Professional Fellowship, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, UK, 2017; Societal Innovation Award, National Research Development Corporation, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, 2016; Expert, Peste des Petitis Ruminants (PPR), FAO/WOAH 2013;Fellowship, American Society of Virology, USA, 2010; Fellowship, American Society of Virology, USA, 2008; Postdoctoral research fellowship, Emory University, Atlanta, USA, 2006; DAAD fellowship, DAAD Bonn, Germany, 2004; Gold Medal, RAU Bikaner, India for first in MVSc (Veterinary Microbiology), 2002.

Fellow: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Bonn, Germany, 2004.

Research Areas: Virus-host interactions, Vaccinology

Address: Director, ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOI, 20A, Dr Ambedkar Road, Pune 411001, Maharashtra; Staff Quarter No. 3 (Director Residence), ICMR-National Institute of Virology, 20A, Dr. Ambedkar Road, Pune 411001, Maharashtra; [Tel: Off. (020) 26127301; Cell: 9992117990; Email: naveenkumar.icar@gmail.com; director.niv@icmr.gov.in]