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Dr. Baldev Raj Gulati

Dr. BALDEV RAJ GULATI Ph.D.Verified

Designation: Director

Mail-id: director.nivedi@icar.org.in | baldev.gulati@icar.org.in

Office: 080 - 23093111 (Ext - 111)

Education Highlights

  • Ph.D. (Veterinary Microbiology), CCS Haryana Agricultural University
  • Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of Minnesota, USA

Education Qualifications

M.V.Sc. (Veterinary Microbiology), CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Ph.D. (Veterinary Microbiology), CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Post-doctoral Fellowship (Veterinary Virology), University of Minnesota, USA

Awards & Recognition

2023

Fellow, Indian Association of Veterinary Microbiologists, Immunologists and Specialists in Infectious Diseases

2017

Fellow, Indian Society for Veterinary Immunology & Biotechnology

2016

Fellow, Indian Virological Society

2015

Fellow, National Academy of Veterinary Sciences, India

Research Projects Handled

Funding Agencies & Projects

Penn state-DTRA, USA

Risk estimation & prediction and Risk Mapping & Communication of Anthrax using Artificial Intelligence systems" under 'One Health' Approach for Molecular Epidemiology and Risk Assessment for Bacillus anthracis in India (OHAI)

Medical Research Council, UK

"IndiaZooRisk+: Using One Health approaches to understand and co-develop interventions for zoonotic diseases affecting forest communities in India"

National Agricultural Science Fund, ICAR

Epidemiology Studies and development of antiviral therapeutics against coronaviruses

Department of Biotechnology

Validation and translation of the vaccines as well as diagnostic techniques developed in phase-1 of ADMaC

Indian Council of Medical Research

Inter-sectoral Coordination for Prevention and Control of Zoonotic Diseases

Department of Biotechnology

Molecular epidemiology of Japanese encephalitis virus in pigs and mosquitoes in the state of Assam

Science & Engineering Research Board

Development and application of indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for serological survey of Japanese encephalitis virus infection in equines

Department of Biotechnology

DBT-NER Centre for Advanced Animal Diagnostics and Services on Animal Health and Diseases (ADSAHD)

Department of Biotechnology

Isolation and characterization of equine mesenchymal stem cells from amniotic fluid

Department of Biotechnology

Isolation and characterization of animal adenoviruses for development of a novel viral vector for vaccine delivery

Pfizer Animal Health-CRP

Studies on prevalence of bacterial (Escherichia coli and Salmonella) and viral (Corona and Rota) causes of calf scours amongst dairy cattle in India

ICAR

Characterization of equine herpesvirus isolates in India and documentation of their genetic diversity

ICAR

Investigations on neuropathogenic and non-neuropathogenic variants of equine herpes virus-1 (EHV-1) and associated latency among equines in India

ICAR

Development of diagnostics for Japanese encephalitis in equines

ICAR

Development of vaccine(s) against equine herpes virus-I infection

ICAR

Studies on high-level drug resistant bacteria in equines for search of sentinel microbes to use in predictive disease modeling and microbes with vector potential

ICAR

Development of sensitive & specific methods for diagnosis of equine rotavirus from diarrheic foals

ICAR

Studies on the improvement of the diagnostics for differentiation between EHV-1 & 4 infections employing molecular techniques

ICAR

Epidemiological studies on emerging and existing diseases of equines

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Publications

Research Publications

Contributions to scientific knowledge

23+

Publications

Sharma AK, Prashar P, Bharti OK, Riyesh T, Thakur R, Kumar N, Shanmugasundaram K, Singha H, Bhattacharya TK, Gulati BR, Isloor S, Panda AK, Sharma J, Hara M, Knobel D. 2023. Diagnosis of rabies by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on post-mortem skin tissue specimens of the nasolabial plate in a rabies suspected cow – A case study. The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science: Accepted.

2023

Kumar N, Barua S, Kumar R, Khandelwal N, Kumar A, Verma A, Singh L, Godara B, Chander Y, Kumar G, Riyesh T, Sharma DK, Pathak A, Kumar S, Dedar RK, Mehta V, Gaur M, Bhardwaj B, Vyas V, Chaudhary S, Yadav V, Bhati A, Kaul R, Bashir A, Andrabi A, Yousuf RW, Koul A, Kachhawaha S, Gurav A, Gautam S, Tiwari HA, Munjal VK, Gupta MK, Kumar R, Gulati BR, Misri J, Kumar A, Mohanty AK, Nandi S, Singh KP, Pal Y, Dutt T, Tripathi BN. Evaluation of the safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of a new live-attenuated lumpy skin disease vaccine in India. Virulence. 2023 Dec;14(1):2190647.

2023

Pegu SR, Das PJ, Sonowal J, Sengar GS, Deb R, Yadav AK, Rajkhowa S, Choudhury M, Gulati BR, Gupta VK. 2023. Japanese Encephalitis Virus Genotype III Strains Detection and Genome Sequencing from Indian Pig and Mosquito Vector. Vaccines (Basel) 11(1):150.

2023

Kumar R, Khandelwal N, Chander Y, Nagori H, Verma A, Barua A, Godara B, Pal Y, Gulati BR, Tripathi BN, Barua S, Kumar N. 2022. S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferase inhibitor DZNep blocks transcription and translation of SARS-CoV-2 genome with a low tendency to select for drug-resistant viral variants. Antiviral Research: 105232.

2022

Khandelwal N, Chander Y, Kumar R, Nagori H, Verma A, Mittal P, Riyesh T, Kamboj S, Verma SS, Khatreja S, Pal Y, Gulati BR, Tripathi BN, Barua S, Kumar N. 2021. Studies on growth characteristics and cross neutralization of wild type and Delta SARS-CoV-2 from Hisar (India). Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 11: 771524.

2021

Singha H, Shanmugasundaram K, Tripathi BN, Saini S, Khurana SK, Kanani A, Shah N, Mital A, Kanwar P, Bhat, L, Limaye V, Khasa V, Arora R, Gupta S, Sangha S, Sharma H, Agarwal SK, Tapase J, Parnam S, Dube P, Baalasundaram SK, Mandal BN, Virmani N, Gulati BR, Malik P. Serological surveillance and clinical investigation of glanders among indigenous equines in India from 2015 to 2018. Transbound Emerg Dis. 2020;00:1–13.

2020

Professional Memberships

Professional Associations

Secretary (Veterinary), Indian Virological Society 2020-23

Life Member, World Society for Virology (WSV), 2018

Founder Member, International Academy of Biosciences (IAB), UK, 2016

Life Member, Society for Biosafety

Life member, Indian Immunological Society (IIS)

Editor, VirusDisease, An official Journal of Indian Virological Society, 2020-23

Life member, Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI)

Life member, Indian Virological Society (IVS)

Life member, Indian Association of Veterinary Microbiologists, Immunologists and Specialists in Infectious Diseases (IAVMI)

Life member, Indian Society for Veterinary Immunology and Biotechnology (ISVIB)

Life Member, Indian Association of Veterinary Public Health Specialists

Editor, Indian Journal of Microbiology

Director's Message

Our institute is dedicated to advancing veterinary science and improving animal health across India. Through innovative research, collaborative efforts, and scientific excellence, we strive to address emerging challenges in animal health and public health sectors. I am honored to lead a team of dedicated scientists committed to making significant contributions to the field of veterinary epidemiology and disease control.

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Dr. Baldev Raj Gulati

Director, ICAR–National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and Disease Informatics